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Solar panels in Kirkcaldy, with the numbers shown.
About 5,600 kWh a year from 12 panels in Kirkcaldy, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Kirkcaldy's solar year
PVGIS puts Kirkcaldy at 880 kWh per kWp a year, 5% below our Fife county estimate. 71% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 27.8 |
| February | 44.2 |
| March | 74.8 |
| April | 105 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 109 |
| July | 112 |
| August | 96 |
| September | 78 |
| October | 52.8 |
| November | 35.3 |
| December | 22.3 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 880 kWh per kWp in Kirkcaldy against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Kirkcaldy 5% below it.
How Kirkcaldy compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Kirkcaldy is one of 10 Fife towns we track, and it ranks 10th of 10 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 50,609 residents, and its roofs see 2.41 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 5,597 kWh of generation, of which around 4,660 kWh is exported at 12p for £559 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Kirkcaldy's own yield, and prices a 12 panel system at £6,360 installed before any battery. Your free design call reworks every number for your actual roof, its shading and your usage.
Fife is the planning authority covering Kirkcaldy, which the House of Commons Library classes as a 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Kirkcaldy (56.10963, -3.16334), 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 Kirkcaldy
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Kirkcaldy is SP Energy Networks, which runs the South and Central Scotland licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means SP Energy Networks is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Kirkcaldy
A heat pump in Kirkcaldy
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Kirkcaldy make about 820 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 Kirkcaldy
From April to September, 71% of a Kirkcaldy roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 780 kWh in May on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
The calculator above includes a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed. Renters and flat owners with off-street parking can claim 75% of a chargepoint's cost, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Kirkcaldy
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Kirkcaldy as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Kirkcaldy solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Kirkcaldy?
Each kWp of panels in Kirkcaldy makes 880 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,600 kWh, from about 140 kWh in December up to 780 kWh in May.
How much are solar panels in Kirkcaldy?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Kirkcaldy before a battery. What Kirkcaldy changes is the return, about 5,600 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Kirkcaldy need approval from the network operator?
Kirkcaldy 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 can I earn from exporting solar in Kirkcaldy?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Kirkcaldy exports about 4,660 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £559; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Is solar worth it in Kirkcaldy in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 71% of a Kirkcaldy roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 820 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Kirkcaldy compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Kirkcaldy.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Kirkcaldy |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkcaldy | 880 | this town |
| Glenrothes | 903 | +23 kWh |
| Cowdenbeath | 899 | +19 kWh |
| Methil | 890 | +10 kWh |
| Leven | 894 | +14 kWh |
| Dalgety Bay | 896 | +16 kWh |
| Edinburgh | 915 | +35 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.
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