West Lothian
Solar panels in Linlithgow, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,530 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 Linlithgow roof makes, month by month
From 18.7 kWh per kWp in December to 120.5 in May: a roof in Linlithgow makes 6.4 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 870 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 23.7 |
| February | 43.9 |
| March | 73 |
| April | 105 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 109 |
| July | 110 |
| August | 98.2 |
| September | 79.5 |
| October | 54 |
| November | 34.8 |
| December | 18.7 |
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: Linlithgow makes 870 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Linlithgow is 6% below it.
How Linlithgow compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Linlithgow. It is one of 6 West Lothian towns we track, and it ranks 2nd of 6 for solar yield, a town of 12,377 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 870 kWh per kWp a year, 2.38 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £799 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £552 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Linlithgow'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.
Planning applications here go through West Lothian; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Linlithgow 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 Linlithgow (55.97695, -3.60071), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Linlithgow
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Linlithgow 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.
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 Linlithgow
A heat pump in Linlithgow
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Linlithgow, a 12-panel system makes about 120 kWh in December and 150 kWh in January, a fraction of its 770 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 Linlithgow
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Linlithgow make about 770 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.
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.
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 Linlithgow
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Linlithgow as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Linlithgow solar questions
How much electricity do solar panels make in Linlithgow?
About 5,530 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Linlithgow: 870 kWh per kWp, or 2.38 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 770 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Linlithgow?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Linlithgow, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,530 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Linlithgow, and what does it need from me?
SP Energy Networks covers Linlithgow. 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 Linlithgow?
Around £552 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,597 kWh a 12-panel system in Linlithgow 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 Linlithgow get in December?
December is the low point: about 120 kWh from a 12-panel system in Linlithgow, on PVGIS data, rising to 770 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 770 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Linlithgow compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Linlithgow.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Linlithgow |
|---|---|---|
| Linlithgow | 870 | this town |
| Bo'ness | 869 | −1 kWh |
| Polmont | 869 | −1 kWh |
| Bathgate | 850 | −20 kWh |
| Grangemouth | 870 | level |
| Broxburn | 848 | −22 kWh |
| Livingston | 821 | −49 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 Linlithgow: Solar panels in Linlithgow from OVO Solar & Battery
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