Morayshire
Solar panels in Elgin, priced before anyone visits.
About 5,550 kWh a year from 12 panels in Elgin, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Elgin roof makes, month by month
From 16.8 kWh per kWp in December to 120.4 in May: a roof in Elgin makes 7.2 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 873 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 23 |
| February | 45.7 |
| March | 78.1 |
| April | 107 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 110 |
| July | 112 |
| August | 95.8 |
| September | 80.3 |
| October | 54.3 |
| November | 31 |
| December | 16.8 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 873 kWh per kWp in Elgin against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Elgin 6% below it.
How Elgin compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Elgin. It is one of 2 Morayshire towns we track, and it ranks 1st of 2 for solar yield, a town of 24,512 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 873 kWh per kWp a year, 2.39 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £801 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £554 from export at 12p.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Elgin's own yield.
Any planning application in Elgin sits with Moray, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Elgin (57.65022, -3.31498), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
SSEN and your Elgin connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Elgin is Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), which runs the North Scotland licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means SSEN is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); SSEN, micro-generation connections page, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Elgin
A heat pump in Elgin
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Elgin make about 110 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Elgin comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
In Scotland, Home Energy Scotland offers a grant of up to £7,500 towards a heat pump, an optional interest-free loan of up to £7,500 on top, and £1,500 more for rural and island homes (Home Energy Scotland, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Elgin
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Elgin make about 770 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
The packages, priced before anyone visits
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Elgin
If a system in Elgin is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Elgin: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Elgin?
Elgin averages 2.39 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 873 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,550 kWh, 71% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Elgin?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Elgin, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,550 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Elgin, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN). Most home systems use the G98 route, a notification within 28 days of switch-on for up to 3.68kW per phase, so nothing waits on the network. Above that, G99 applies and has to be granted first. SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Elgin?
Around £554 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,616 kWh a 12-panel system in Elgin exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Elgin in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Elgin: about 110 kWh from 12 panels, against 770 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Elgin compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Elgin.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Elgin |
|---|---|---|
| Elgin | 873 | this town |
| Forres | 840 | −33 kWh |
| Buckie | 853 | −20 kWh |
| Nairn | 845 | −28 kWh |
| Balloch | 809 | −64 kWh |
| Cradlehall | 809 | −64 kWh |
| Westhill | 810 | −63 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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Guides worth reading before your call
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
What solar actually costs in 2026, and where every pound goes
Around £8,677 average, £1,550 to £1,800 per kW. Where every pound actually goes.
Read the guide →Does a standalone battery actually pay back?
No panels means one job: buy cheap, use later. The tariff decides whether it pays.
Read the guide →Charging an EV from your own solar
Every surplus kWh is 3.6 to 5 miles. Whether that beats a 7p overnight rate is arithmetic.
Read the guide →Do you need to replace your radiators for a heat pump?
Some change, most do not. The room by room arithmetic that decides which.
Read the guide →EV tariffs compared: the cheapest overnight windows
Overnight rates of 6.99p to 9p against a 26.32p capped average, compared.
Read the guide →MCS, HIES, RECC, NAPIT, TrustMark and Flexi-Orb: which badge does what
Six logos, six different jobs. What each scheme covers, and which are actually required.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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