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A 12-panel roof in Inverurie makes about 5,620 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.

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Sunlight in Inverurie

How much a Inverurie roof makes, month by month

Inverurie's best month is May, at 122.6 kWh per kWp; December manages 19.8. Over the year that comes to 883 kWh per kWp, 4% above our Aberdeenshire county estimate.

Map showing Inverurie in Aberdeenshire A simplified outline map of Aberdeenshire with neighbouring counties shown faintly, and a pin marking the location of Inverurie.
Inverurie in Aberdeenshire

Generation per kWp, month by month

Inverurie, 883 kWh per kWp a year
Inverurie, monthly generation per kWp Bar chart, twelve months January to December. Peak May at 123 kWh/kWp. Lowest December at 19.8 kWh/kWp. Full values are in the table below this chart. 141 0 JFMAMJJASOND 123
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Inverurie, monthly generation per kWp - monthly figures (kWh/kWp)
MonthkWh/kWp
January26.4
February43
March77.2
April106
May123
June110
July113
August99.8
September79.9
October52.8
November32.9
December19.8

Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.

5,620kWh a year, 12 panels
780kWh in May, the peak
130kWh in December

Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 883, Inverurie is 5% below it.

How Inverurie compares

Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Inverurie. It is one of 5 Aberdeenshire towns we track, and it ranks 4th of 5 for solar yield, a town of 15,045 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 883 kWh per kWp a year, 2.42 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £809 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £562 from export at 12p.

These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Inverurie'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.

Planning applications here go through Aberdeenshire; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Inverurie as a small town.

12 panels
530W panels. Most semi-detached roofs take 10 to 16 on one pitch.
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Installed prices. The named packages are the ones running on our current offers; the Duracell prices are for an installation alongside solar.
Electricity use
Export rate scenario
EV charger?
Estimated benefit, year one
£808
£67 a month · payback 7.9 yrs
System price, installed
£6,360
Simple payback
7.9 yrs
Generates a year
5,616 kWh
Exported
4,679 kWh at 12p
Where the money comes from
Solar you use, Export income, Off-peak shifting,

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Modelled for Inverurie at 57.28421, -2.37482 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.

Local grid

The network operator for Inverurie

On NESO's licence-area map, Inverurie is in North Scotland, which Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) operates. That makes SSEN the network operator for any system fitted here.

Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to SSEN within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.

Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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.

Aerial view of a residential UK street where several homes have black solar panels fitted to rear roof pitches
Several homes on the same street, all now fitted with solar.
Beyond solar

Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Inverurie

A heat pump in Inverurie

In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Inverurie make about 130 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Inverurie 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).

How heat pumps work

Charging an EV in Inverurie

Inverurie's May output, about 780 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.

EV charging explained

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Solar panel servicing and repair in Inverurie

If a system in Inverurie is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.

FAQs

Inverurie solar questions

How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Inverurie?

Inverurie averages 2.42 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 883 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,620 kWh, 71% of it between April and September.

Is solar more expensive in Inverurie?

Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Inverurie, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,620 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.

Who is the network operator in Inverurie, 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 could I earn from exporting in Inverurie?

On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Inverurie sends about 4,679 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £562. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.

How does solar perform in Inverurie in the winter months?

December is the weakest month in Inverurie: about 130 kWh from 12 panels, against 780 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.

How Inverurie compares with its neighbours

Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.

TownkWh per kWp a yearvs Inverurie
Inverurie883this town
Ellon919+36 kWh
Aberdeen903+20 kWh
Portlethen888+5 kWh
Stonehaven907+24 kWh
Peterhead876−7 kWh
Fraserburgh910+27 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.

Also for Inverurie: Solar panels in Inverurie from OVO Solar & Battery

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