Midlothian
Solar panels in Livingston, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,220 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 Livingston roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Livingston at 821 kWh per kWp a year, 2% below our Midlothian 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 | 22.1 |
| February | 39.2 |
| March | 67.1 |
| April | 101 |
| May | 115 |
| June | 105 |
| July | 105 |
| August | 92.9 |
| September | 73.2 |
| October | 49.3 |
| November | 32.9 |
| 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 821, Livingston is 11% below it.
How Livingston compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Livingston is one of 7 Midlothian towns we track, and it ranks 7th of 7 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 58,580 residents, and its roofs see 2.25 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 5,222 kWh of generation, of which around 4,285 kWh is exported at 12p for £514 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Livingston's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Any planning application in Livingston sits with West Lothian, 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 Livingston (55.88411, -3.51884), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Livingston
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Livingston 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Livingston
A heat pump in Livingston
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Livingston make about 120 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Livingston 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 Livingston
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Livingston make about 730 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.
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).
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 Livingston
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Livingston as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Livingston
How much electricity do solar panels make in Livingston?
About 5,220 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Livingston: 821 kWh per kWp, or 2.25 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 730 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Livingston?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Livingston, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,220 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Livingston, and what does it need from me?
SP Energy Networks covers Livingston. 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 Livingston?
Around £514 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,285 kWh a 12-panel system in Livingston 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 Livingston get in December?
December is the low point: about 120 kWh from a 12-panel system in Livingston, on PVGIS data, rising to 730 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 720 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Livingston compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Livingston.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Livingston |
|---|---|---|
| Livingston | 821 | this town |
| Broxburn | 848 | +27 kWh |
| Bathgate | 850 | +29 kWh |
| Whitburn | 831 | +10 kWh |
| Linlithgow | 870 | +49 kWh |
| Queensferry | 896 | +75 kWh |
| Bo'ness | 869 | +48 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 Livingston: Solar panels in Livingston from OVO Solar & Battery
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