Lanarkshire
Solar panels in Lanark, priced before anyone visits.
About 5,310 kWh a year from 12 panels in Lanark, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Lanark, in numbers
Lanark's best month is May, at 116.9 kWh per kWp; December manages 17.8. Over the year that comes to 835 kWh per kWp, 1% below our Lanarkshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 21.8 |
| February | 41.3 |
| March | 69.3 |
| April | 103 |
| May | 117 |
| June | 105 |
| July | 106 |
| August | 94.7 |
| September | 74.5 |
| October | 51.7 |
| November | 33.1 |
| December | 17.8 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 835 kWh per kWp in Lanark against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Lanark 10% below it.
How Lanark compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Lanark. It is one of 18 Lanarkshire towns we track, and it ranks 16th of 18 for solar yield, a town of 8,589 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 835 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 £772 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £525 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Lanark'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 Lanark sits with South Lanarkshire, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Lanark's own coordinates (55.67382, -3.77588), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
SP Energy Networks and your Lanark connection
Lanark is served by SP Energy Networks: the town's centre falls inside its South and Central Scotland licence area on NESO's boundary map.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to SP Energy Networks within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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 Lanark
A heat pump in Lanark
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Lanark, a 12-panel system makes about 110 kWh in December and 140 kWh in January, a fraction of its 740 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 Lanark
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Lanark make about 740 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
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.
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Lanark
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Lanark as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Lanark: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Lanark?
About 5,310 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Lanark: 835 kWh per kWp, or 2.29 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 740 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Lanark?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Lanark, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,310 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Lanark, and what does it need from me?
SP Energy Networks covers Lanark. 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 happens to the solar I do not use in Lanark?
Around £525 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,374 kWh a 12-panel system in Lanark exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How much solar does Lanark get in December?
December is the low point: about 110 kWh from a 12-panel system in Lanark, on PVGIS data, rising to 740 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 730 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Lanark compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Lanark.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Lanark |
|---|---|---|
| Lanark | 835 | this town |
| Carluke | 846 | +11 kWh |
| Larkhall | 864 | +29 kWh |
| Wishaw | 861 | +26 kWh |
| Shotts | 824 | −11 kWh |
| Strathaven | 804 | −31 kWh |
| Motherwell | 870 | +35 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 Lanark: Solar panels in Lanark from OVO Solar & Battery
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