Lanarkshire
Solar panels in Uddingston, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Uddingston makes about 5,470 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Uddingston, in numbers
Uddingston's best month is May, at 119.1 kWh per kWp; December manages 19.4. Over the year that comes to 860 kWh per kWp, 2% above our Lanarkshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 23.7 |
| February | 43.4 |
| March | 73.1 |
| April | 103 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 109 |
| July | 109 |
| August | 96.2 |
| September | 76.2 |
| October | 53.3 |
| November | 34.5 |
| December | 19.4 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 860 kWh per kWp in Uddingston against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Uddingston 7% below it.
How Uddingston compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Uddingston. It is one of 18 Lanarkshire towns we track, and it ranks 7th of 18 for solar yield, a town of 20,221 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 860 kWh per kWp a year, 2.35 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £791 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £544 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 Uddingston's own yield.
Planning applications here go through South Lanarkshire; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Uddingston 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 Uddingston (55.81981, -4.08249), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Uddingston
Uddingston 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.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Uddingston
A heat pump in Uddingston
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Uddingston make about 120 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Uddingston 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 Uddingston
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Uddingston make about 760 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).
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 Uddingston
If a system in Uddingston is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Uddingston
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Uddingston?
Uddingston averages 2.35 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 860 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,470 kWh, 71% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Uddingston?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Uddingston, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,470 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Uddingston, 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 Uddingston?
Around £544 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,533 kWh a 12-panel system in Uddingston 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 Uddingston in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Uddingston: about 120 kWh from 12 panels, against 760 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Uddingston 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 Uddingston |
|---|---|---|
| Uddingston | 860 | this town |
| Blantyre | 866 | +6 kWh |
| Bellshill | 851 | −9 kWh |
| Cambuslang | 863 | +3 kWh |
| Hamilton | 871 | +11 kWh |
| Coatbridge | 849 | −11 kWh |
| Motherwell | 870 | +10 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.
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