Midlothian
Solar panels in Musselburgh, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,720 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Musselburgh, in numbers
Musselburgh's best month is May, at 123.1 kWh per kWp; December manages 20.9. Over the year that comes to 900 kWh per kWp, 7% above our Midlothian county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 26.7 |
| February | 46 |
| March | 75.9 |
| April | 106 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 110 |
| July | 112 |
| August | 102 |
| September | 82.9 |
| October | 56.3 |
| November | 38.3 |
| December | 20.9 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 900 kWh per kWp in Musselburgh against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Musselburgh 3% below it.
How Musselburgh compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Musselburgh. It is one of 7 Midlothian towns we track, and it ranks 2nd of 7 for solar yield, a town of 20,277 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 900 kWh per kWp a year, 2.47 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £821 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £574 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Musselburgh'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 Musselburgh sits with East Lothian, 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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Modelled for Musselburgh at 55.94285, -3.04931 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
SP Energy Networks and your Musselburgh connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Musselburgh 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 Musselburgh
A heat pump in Musselburgh
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Musselburgh make about 130 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Musselburgh 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 Musselburgh
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Musselburgh make about 780 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 Musselburgh
If a system in Musselburgh is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Musselburgh: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Musselburgh?
Musselburgh averages 2.47 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 900 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,720 kWh, 71% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Musselburgh?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Musselburgh, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,720 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Musselburgh, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is SP Energy Networks. Most home systems use the G98 route, a notification within 28 days of switch-on for up to 3.68kW per phase, so nothing waits on the network. Above that, G99 applies and has to be granted 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. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Musselburgh?
Around £574 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,787 kWh a 12-panel system in Musselburgh exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Musselburgh in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Musselburgh: about 130 kWh from 12 panels, against 780 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Musselburgh 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 Musselburgh |
|---|---|---|
| Musselburgh | 900 | this town |
| Prestonpans | 924 | +24 kWh |
| Tranent | 901 | +1 kWh |
| Dalkeith | 897 | −3 kWh |
| Bonnyrigg | 896 | −4 kWh |
| Edinburgh | 915 | +15 kWh |
| Gorebridge and Mayfield | 881 | −19 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 Musselburgh: Solar panels in Musselburgh from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Musselburgh
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