Renfrewshire
Solar panels in Linwood, sized to your roof.
About 5,410 kWh a year from 12 panels in Linwood, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Linwood can generate
From 18.2 kWh per kWp in December to 119.5 in May: a roof in Linwood makes 6.6 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 851 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 21 |
| February | 41.1 |
| March | 69.9 |
| April | 105 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 112 |
| July | 112 |
| August | 96.9 |
| September | 73.7 |
| October | 51 |
| November | 31.4 |
| December | 18.2 |
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: Linwood makes 851 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Linwood is 8% below it.
How Linwood compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Linwood. It is one of 11 Renfrewshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 6th of 11 for solar yield, a town of 8,568 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 851 kWh per kWp a year, 2.33 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £784 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £537 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 Linwood's own yield.
Linwood sits within Renfrewshire, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it 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 Linwood (55.84847, -4.50473), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Connecting solar to the Linwood network
Linwood sits in SP Energy Networks' South and Central Scotland licence area, so SP Energy Networks is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
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.
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 Linwood
A heat pump in Linwood
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Linwood's roofs make 710 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,800 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Linwood
A 12-panel roof in Linwood makes about 760 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.
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 Linwood
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Linwood: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Linwood
What could a roof in Linwood generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Linwood at 851 kWh per kWp a year, 2.33 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 5,410 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Linwood?
£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 Linwood differs is output: about 5,410 kWh a year from that system.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Linwood?
Usually not in advance. SP Energy Networks, the network operator for Linwood, only needs a G98 notification within 28 days of commissioning for systems up to 3.68kW per phase. Bigger inverter or battery outputs need G99 approval 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. "See our DNO explainer.
How much would export pay on a system in Linwood?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 4,476 kWh of the 5,410 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Linwood goes to the grid, around £537 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Do solar panels work in winter in Linwood?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Linwood 18.2 kWh per kWp in December and 21 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 120 kWh and 130 kWh in those months, against 760 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Linwood compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Linwood |
|---|---|---|
| Linwood | 851 | this town |
| Johnstone | 851 | level |
| Paisley | 858 | +7 kWh |
| Bishopton | 857 | +6 kWh |
| Erskine | 861 | +10 kWh |
| Renfrew | 860 | +9 kWh |
| Clydebank | 859 | +8 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
Also for Linwood: Solar panels in Linwood from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Linwood
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