Selkirkshire
Solar panels in Galashiels, designed on a free call.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,690 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Galashiels, in numbers
From 20.4 kWh per kWp in December to 120.9 in May: a roof in Galashiels makes 5.9 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 894 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 26 |
| February | 46.1 |
| March | 77.3 |
| April | 106 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 109 |
| July | 114 |
| August | 101 |
| September | 81.4 |
| October | 55.3 |
| November | 37.7 |
| December | 20.4 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 894 kWh per kWp in Galashiels against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Galashiels 3% below it.
How Galashiels compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Galashiels. It is the only Selkirkshire town we track so far, with county rankings to follow as its neighbours land, a town of 15,153 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 894 kWh per kWp a year, 2.45 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £817 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £570 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Galashiels' 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 Galashiels sits with Scottish Borders, 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 Galashiels' own coordinates (55.61482, -2.80754), 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 Galashiels
On NESO's licence-area map, Galashiels is in South and Central Scotland, which SP Energy Networks operates. That makes SP Energy Networks 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 SP Energy Networks within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds SP Energy Networks as it does every network operator.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Ofgem, Distributed Generation Standards Direction guidance, checked 27 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Galashiels
A heat pump in Galashiels
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Galashiels, a 12-panel system makes about 130 kWh in December and 170 kWh in January, a fraction of its 770 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Galashiels
Galashiels' May output, about 770 kWh from 12 panels, is several times the 70 kWh or so a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's settings. Daytime charging turns that surplus into miles.
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.
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Galashiels
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Galashiels as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Galashiels
How much electricity do solar panels make in Galashiels?
About 5,690 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Galashiels: 894 kWh per kWp, or 2.45 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 770 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Galashiels?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Galashiels, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,690 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Galashiels, and what does it need from me?
SP Energy Networks covers Galashiels. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to SP Energy Networks within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds SP Energy Networks as it does every network operator.
What could I earn from exporting in Galashiels?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Galashiels sends about 4,749 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £570. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Galashiels get in December?
December is the low point: about 130 kWh from a 12-panel system in Galashiels, on PVGIS data, rising to 770 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 830 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Galashiels compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Galashiels.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Galashiels |
|---|---|---|
| Galashiels | 894 | this town |
| Hawick | 858 | −36 kWh |
| Peebles | 842 | −52 kWh |
| Gorebridge and Mayfield | 881 | −13 kWh |
| Bonnyrigg | 896 | +2 kWh |
| Dalkeith | 897 | +3 kWh |
| Penicuik | 846 | −48 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 Galashiels: Solar panels in Galashiels from OVO Solar & Battery
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