Midlothian
Solar panels in Gorebridge and Mayfield.
Twelve panels here make about 5,600 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Gorebridge and Mayfield's solar year
From 20.3 kWh per kWp in December to 120.5 in May: a roof in Gorebridge and Mayfield makes 5.9 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 881 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 24.9 |
| February | 44.5 |
| March | 74.6 |
| April | 105 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 108 |
| July | 111 |
| August | 101 |
| September | 81.4 |
| October | 54.3 |
| November | 36.3 |
| December | 20.3 |
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: Gorebridge and Mayfield makes 881 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Gorebridge and Mayfield is 5% below it.
How Gorebridge and Mayfield compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Gorebridge and Mayfield. It is one of 7 Midlothian towns we track, and it ranks 5th of 7 for solar yield, a town of 22,205 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 881 kWh per kWp a year, 2.41 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £807 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £560 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Gorebridge and Mayfield'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.
Midlothian is the planning authority covering Gorebridge and Mayfield, which the House of Commons Library classes 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Gorebridge and Mayfield (55.84416, -3.04943), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Who runs the grid in Gorebridge and Mayfield
Gorebridge and Mayfield sits in SP Energy Networks' South and Central Scotland licence area, so SP Energy Networks is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, SP Energy Networks only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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 Gorebridge and Mayfield
A heat pump in Gorebridge and Mayfield
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Gorebridge and Mayfield make about 800 kWh, against 2,800 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
Scottish homes apply through Home Energy Scotland rather than the Boiler Upgrade Scheme: up to £7,500 in grant for a heat pump, up to £7,500 more as an optional interest-free loan, and a £1,500 uplift for rural and island homes (checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Gorebridge and Mayfield
A 12-panel roof in Gorebridge and Mayfield makes about 770 kWh in May. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
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 Gorebridge and Mayfield
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Gorebridge and Mayfield as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Gorebridge and Mayfield solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Gorebridge and Mayfield?
Each kWp of panels in Gorebridge and Mayfield makes 881 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,600 kWh, from about 130 kWh in December up to 770 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Gorebridge and Mayfield?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Gorebridge and Mayfield differs is output: about 5,600 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Gorebridge and Mayfield need approval from the network operator?
Gorebridge and Mayfield is on SP Energy Networks' network (South and Central Scotland licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: SP Energy Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. 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. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Gorebridge and Mayfield?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 4,666 kWh of the 5,600 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Gorebridge and Mayfield goes to the grid, around £560 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Gorebridge and Mayfield in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 71% of a Gorebridge and Mayfield roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 800 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Gorebridge and Mayfield 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 Gorebridge and Mayfield |
|---|---|---|
| Gorebridge and Mayfield | 881 | this town |
| Bonnyrigg | 896 | +15 kWh |
| Dalkeith | 897 | +16 kWh |
| Musselburgh | 900 | +19 kWh |
| Penicuik | 846 | −35 kWh |
| Tranent | 901 | +20 kWh |
| Prestonpans | 924 | +43 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
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Further reading for Gorebridge and Mayfield
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
How to clean solar panels, and whether you need to at all
Cleaning is oversold and pigeon mesh is undersold. The numbers behind both.
Read the guide →Inside a home battery: capacity, power and losses
Usable capacity, kW output, round trip losses and chemistry, in plain terms.
Read the guide →Home EV charger types and speeds, explained properly
Granny cable, 7kW wall unit or 22kW three phase. What each adds per hour, and which you need.
Read the guide →The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, explained
A fixed amount, claimed on your behalf by our installation teams, with a real deadline on the £9,000 version.
Read the guide →Which tariffs are actually built for battery charging
A battery buys cheap and uses dear. The tariff decides how much that is worth.
Read the guide →Your MCS certificate: what it shows, when it arrives, and how a Smart Export Guarantee supplier uses it
The document your export payments hang on. Who issues it, what it shows, and how to get a copy.
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