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Solar panels in Kirkintilloch, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Kirkintilloch makes about 5,440 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Kirkintilloch, in numbers
PVGIS puts Kirkintilloch at 855 kWh per kWp a year, 4% above our Dunbartonshire county estimate. 72% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 23.1 |
| February | 42.8 |
| March | 72.2 |
| April | 102 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 109 |
| July | 110 |
| August | 96 |
| September | 75.6 |
| October | 52.9 |
| November | 33.7 |
| December | 18.5 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 855, Kirkintilloch is 8% below it.
How Kirkintilloch compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Kirkintilloch is one of 7 Dunbartonshire towns we track, and it ranks 3rd of 7 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 30,007 residents, and its roofs see 2.34 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 5,438 kWh of generation, of which around 4,501 kWh is exported at 12p for £540 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 Kirkintilloch'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.
Any planning application in Kirkintilloch sits with East Dunbartonshire, 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Kirkintilloch (55.94144, -4.15723), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Kirkintilloch
On NESO's licence-area map, Kirkintilloch is in South and Central Scotland, which SP Energy Networks operates. That makes SP Energy Networks 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 SP Energy Networks within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Kirkintilloch
A heat pump in Kirkintilloch
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Kirkintilloch make about 120 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Kirkintilloch 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).
Charging an EV in Kirkintilloch
Kirkintilloch's May output, about 760 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.
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 Kirkintilloch
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Kirkintilloch as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Kirkintilloch solar questions
How much electricity do solar panels make in Kirkintilloch?
About 5,440 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Kirkintilloch: 855 kWh per kWp, or 2.34 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 760 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Kirkintilloch?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Kirkintilloch, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,440 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Kirkintilloch, and what does it need from me?
SP Energy Networks covers Kirkintilloch. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to SP Energy Networks within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. 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.
What could I earn from exporting in Kirkintilloch?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Kirkintilloch sends about 4,501 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £540. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Kirkintilloch get in December?
December is the low point: about 120 kWh from a 12-panel system in Kirkintilloch, on PVGIS data, rising to 760 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 750 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Kirkintilloch compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Kirkintilloch.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Kirkintilloch |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkintilloch | 855 | this town |
| Bishopbriggs | 854 | −1 kWh |
| Kilsyth | 834 | −21 kWh |
| Milngavie | 852 | −3 kWh |
| Glasgow | 854 | −1 kWh |
| Cumbernauld | 827 | −28 kWh |
| Bearsden | 851 | −4 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 Kirkintilloch: Solar panels in Kirkintilloch from OVO Solar & Battery
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