Aberdeenshire
Solar panels in Fraserburgh, priced before anyone visits.
About 5,790 kWh a year from 12 panels in Fraserburgh, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Fraserburgh, in numbers
Fraserburgh's best month is May, at 129.3 kWh per kWp; December manages 17.6. Over the year that comes to 910 kWh per kWp, 7% above our Aberdeenshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 24 |
| February | 43.8 |
| March | 79.2 |
| April | 111 |
| May | 129 |
| June | 118 |
| July | 119 |
| August | 104 |
| September | 81.6 |
| October | 53.4 |
| November | 28.7 |
| December | 17.6 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Against Great Britain as a whole: Fraserburgh makes 910 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Fraserburgh is 2% below it.
How Fraserburgh compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Fraserburgh. It is one of 5 Aberdeenshire towns we track, and it ranks 2nd of 5 for solar yield, a town of 12,793 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 910 kWh per kWp a year, 2.49 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £829 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £582 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Fraserburgh's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Any planning application in Fraserburgh sits with Aberdeenshire, 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Fraserburgh's own coordinates (57.69354, -2.0051), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
The network operator for Fraserburgh
On NESO's licence-area map, Fraserburgh is in North Scotland, which Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) operates. That makes SSEN the network operator for any system fitted here.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to SSEN within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Fraserburgh
A heat pump in Fraserburgh
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Fraserburgh make about 110 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Fraserburgh 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 Fraserburgh
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Fraserburgh make about 820 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.
If you rent, or own a flat, and have private off-street parking, the government chargepoint grant covers 75% of the cost, capped at £500 a socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above prices 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 Fraserburgh
If a system in Fraserburgh is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Fraserburgh solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Fraserburgh?
Fraserburgh averages 2.49 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 910 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,790 kWh, 73% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Fraserburgh?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Fraserburgh, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,790 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Fraserburgh, 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 Fraserburgh?
Around £582 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,851 kWh a 12-panel system in Fraserburgh 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 Fraserburgh in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Fraserburgh: about 110 kWh from 12 panels, against 820 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Fraserburgh compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Fraserburgh |
|---|---|---|
| Fraserburgh | 910 | this town |
| Peterhead | 876 | −34 kWh |
| Ellon | 919 | +9 kWh |
| Inverurie | 883 | −27 kWh |
| Buckie | 853 | −57 kWh |
| Aberdeen | 903 | −7 kWh |
| Portlethen | 888 | −22 kWh |
Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.
Also for Fraserburgh: Solar panels in Fraserburgh from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Fraserburgh
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
What the January price cap means for solar, and what it does not
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Read the guide →Smart charge point regulations, explained
Why your charger arrives pre-set to charge overnight, and why it waits before it starts.
Read the guide →What are the disadvantages of a heat pump? Six honest ones
Six real disadvantages, worth planning around rather than a reason to rule one out.
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 →What MCS certification actually is, and why your export payments depend on it
The badge that decides whether your solar earns export payments. It cannot be added later.
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