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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Dunbar homes in East Lothian: a free remote design call first, then an MCS-certified installation team for your area if you decide to go ahead. PVGIS puts a roof in Dunbar at 949 kWh per kWp a year, 9% above our East Lothian county estimate.
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What a roof in Dunbar can generate
Real satellite data for Dunbar, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Dunbar compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Dunbar. It is one of 5 East Lothian towns we track, and it ranks 2nd of 5 for solar yield, a town of 10,740 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 949 kWh per kWp a year, 2.60 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £859 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £612 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Dunbar's own yield, and at Dunbar's 949 kWh per kWp it prices a 12 panel system at £6,360 installed before any battery. Your free design call reworks every number for your actual roof, its shading and your usage.
Dunbar sits within East Lothian, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it as a small town.
The charger is in the installed price but left out of payback: charging savings depend on your mileage and tariff, which the design call models properly.
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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Dunbar generates around 6,036 kWh a year, worth around £858 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Dunbar's own coordinates (56.00169, -2.51564), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate, with the full methodology, sourcing and assumptions set out on our help page.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Dunbar
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Dunbar: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Dunbar
What could a roof in Dunbar generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Dunbar at 949 kWh per kWp a year, 2.60 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Dunbar?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Dunbar costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Dunbar need a G99 application?
Most home solar and battery systems qualify for the simpler G98 notification, made to the network operator (DNO) after installation rather than before. A minority, usually larger systems, need the fuller G99 process instead. Your design call checks which applies in Dunbar before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Dunbar?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,099 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £612. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Read the guide →How Dunbar compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp | Peak sun hours | vs Dunbar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunbar | 949 | 2.60 | — |
| North Berwick | 960 | 2.63 | +11 kWh |
| Haddington | 925 | 2.53 | -24 kWh |
| Tranent | 901 | 2.47 | -48 kWh |
| Prestonpans | 924 | 2.53 | -25 kWh |
| Musselburgh | 900 | 2.47 | -49 kWh |
| Leven (Fife) | 894 | 2.45 | -55 kWh |
PVGIS v5.2 for each town centroid, identical assumptions throughout. A few kWh either way is weather-year noise; a spread beyond about 30 kWh per kWp is real geography.
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