Stirlingshire
Solar panels in Kilsyth, sized to your roof.
A 12-panel roof in Kilsyth makes about 5,300 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Kilsyth's solar year
Kilsyth's best month is May, at 117.6 kWh per kWp; December manages 18.3. Over the year that comes to 834 kWh per kWp, 2% above our Stirlingshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 22 |
| February | 40.7 |
| March | 70.1 |
| April | 101 |
| May | 118 |
| June | 108 |
| July | 108 |
| August | 94.3 |
| September | 72.4 |
| October | 50.6 |
| November | 32.3 |
| December | 18.3 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 834 kWh per kWp in Kilsyth against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Kilsyth 10% below it.
How Kilsyth compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Kilsyth. It is one of 9 Stirlingshire towns we track, and it ranks 9th of 9 for solar yield, a town of 10,383 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 834 kWh per kWp a year, 2.29 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £771 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £524 from export at 12p.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Kilsyth's own yield.
North Lanarkshire is the planning authority covering Kilsyth, 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 Kilsyth (55.97841, -4.05793), 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 Kilsyth
SP Energy Networks owns and runs the local electricity network in Kilsyth, as part of its South and Central Scotland licence area.
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.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Kilsyth
A heat pump in Kilsyth
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Kilsyth make about 720 kWh, against 2,720 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 Kilsyth
A 12-panel roof in Kilsyth makes about 750 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.
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 Kilsyth
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Kilsyth as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Kilsyth: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Kilsyth?
Each kWp of panels in Kilsyth makes 834 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,300 kWh, from about 120 kWh in December up to 750 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Kilsyth?
£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 Kilsyth differs is output: about 5,300 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Kilsyth need approval from the network operator?
Kilsyth 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 Kilsyth?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 4,368 kWh of the 5,300 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Kilsyth goes to the grid, around £524 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 Kilsyth in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 72% of a Kilsyth roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 720 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Kilsyth compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Kilsyth.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Kilsyth |
|---|---|---|
| Kilsyth | 834 | this town |
| Cumbernauld | 827 | −7 kWh |
| Kirkintilloch | 855 | +21 kWh |
| Denny | 856 | +22 kWh |
| Bonnybridge | 862 | +28 kWh |
| Coatbridge | 849 | +15 kWh |
| Bishopbriggs | 854 | +20 kWh |
PVGIS v5.2 for each town centroid, identical assumptions throughout. A few kWh either way is weather-year noise; a spread beyond about 30 kWh per kWp is real geography.
Also for Kilsyth: Solar panels in Kilsyth from OVO Solar & Battery
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Guides worth reading before your call
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Why solar panels stop working, and how to work out which one it is
There is an order to this, and it starts at the inverter display rather than the roof.
Read the guide →What a battery gateway actually does
Without a gateway your system shuts down when the grid does. Here is what the box actually does.
Read the guide →What it really costs to charge an EV at home versus in public
Home off-peak charging costs a fraction of the public price. The arithmetic, and the tariff it depends on.
Read the guide →Sizing a heat pump: what a proper survey covers
Sized by calculation, not by rule of thumb. What the survey covers, and what guessing costs.
Read the guide →The price cap explained, and what it does to solar payback
The cap limits unit rates, not bills. That changes what solar payback means.
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.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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