Ayrshire
Solar panels in Irvine, designed on a free call.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,740 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Irvine roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Irvine at 902 kWh per kWp a year, 6% above our Ayrshire county estimate. 73% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 22.8 |
| February | 44 |
| March | 76.3 |
| April | 111 |
| May | 129 |
| June | 118 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 103 |
| September | 76.7 |
| October | 53 |
| November | 31.8 |
| December | 19.7 |
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: Irvine makes 902 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Irvine is 2% below it.
How Irvine compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Irvine is one of 11 Ayrshire towns we track, and it ranks 3rd of 11 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 35,438 residents, and its roofs see 2.47 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 5,737 kWh of generation, of which around 4,800 kWh is exported at 12p for £576 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Irvine'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 Irvine sits with North Ayrshire, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is medium 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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Modelled for Irvine at 55.61562, -4.66489 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
SP Energy Networks and your Irvine connection
Irvine is served by SP Energy Networks: the town's centre falls inside its South and Central Scotland licence area on NESO's boundary map.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: SP Energy Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
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 Irvine
A heat pump in Irvine
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Irvine, a 12-panel system makes about 130 kWh in December and 150 kWh in January, a fraction of its 820 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 Irvine
Irvine's May output, about 820 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.
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 Irvine
If a system in Irvine is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Irvine solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Irvine?
Irvine averages 2.47 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 902 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,740 kWh, 73% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Irvine?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Irvine, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,740 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Irvine, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is SP Energy Networks. 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. 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. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What could I earn from exporting in Irvine?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Irvine sends about 4,800 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £576. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Irvine in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Irvine: about 130 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 Irvine 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 Irvine |
|---|---|---|
| Irvine | 902 | this town |
| Kilwinning | 912 | +10 kWh |
| Stevenston | 886 | −16 kWh |
| Troon | 906 | +4 kWh |
| Saltcoats | 885 | −17 kWh |
| Ardrossan | 885 | −17 kWh |
| Kilmarnock | 888 | −14 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 Irvine: Solar panels in Irvine from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Irvine
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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Read the guide →Why tariff choice moves payback more than kit choice
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Read the guide →G98 or G99: which one applies, what the application involves, and how long it takes
The G98 line sits at 3.68kW per phase. Above it, your network operator has to say yes first.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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