Plug-in solar panels in Aberdeen
Three things change depending on where you live: who you notify, how much the panel actually makes, and who has to say yes first. Here are all three for Aberdeen.
In Aberdeen you notify SSEN Distribution
SSEN Distribution · North of Scotland licence area
Your network operator is fixed by your postcode. You cannot choose it and switching electricity supplier does not change it. Great Britain is divided into fourteen licence areas, and Aberdeen falls in the North of Scotland licence area.
Not SP Energy Networks. The boundary runs roughly north of Perth, and Aberdeen is on the SSEN side of it.
G98 notification is not optional and it is not the same thing as telling your supplier. It is a short form, it is free, and the QR code on your kit links straight to the right one. Do it before you connect, not after.
What 800W realistically makes in North East Scotland
These are irradiance model figures for 800W of panel, not measurements from a roof down the road. Treat them as a ceiling you will fall short of rather than a target.
700 kWh
Per year, south facing, angled properly on a garden frame or flat roof with nothing shading it.
430 kWh
Per year, mounted flat against a south-facing balcony railing. The convenience costs you output.
25–60%
The share you use as it is generated. The rest goes to the grid for nothing. Being home in the day is worth more than a bigger kit.
Aberdeen is the windiest major city on this list and coastal exposure is severe. Mounting is the thing to spend money on here. A panel that comes loose in a North Sea gale is a serious problem, not an inconvenience.
Two panels on one 800VA inverter. The sweet spot for a typical home's background load, and the largest output the rules allow.
Housing stock in Aberdeen
Aberdeen's granite tenements and semis in Rosemount, Mannofield and Cults generally have decent rear garden or drying green space. As in Glasgow, tenement title deeds rather than a single freeholder govern what you can attach to the building.
Granite City conservation areas cover much of the central and west end. Rear installs and garden frames avoid most of the difficulty.
Permission questions locally go to Aberdeen City Council or Aberdeenshire Council, though for a freestanding panel in a private rear garden you are usually dealing with a lease or a landlord rather than a planning officer.
The national rules apply here as everywhere
800VA cap, one device per household, certified complete kits only, no batteries. Full explainer →
Straight answers
Which DNO do I notify in Aberdeen?
SSEN Distribution, in its North of Scotland licence area. G98 notification is mandatory before you connect a plug-in solar kit, and it goes to your network operator, not your electricity supplier.
How much electricity will a plug-in solar kit make in Aberdeen?
An 800W array in Aberdeen models at roughly 700 kWh a year at optimal tilt, or around 430 kWh flat against a vertical balcony rail. You only save money on the share you use as it is generated.
How much does the wind matter here?
More than anywhere else on our list. Aberdeen combines high average wind speeds with coastal exposure. Spend the money on mounting rather than on a bigger kit, and check the fixings after every serious blow.
Kits that ship to Aberdeen
Every kit is certified as a complete product, ships free, and comes with the G98 notification link for SSEN Distribution. Use SSEN Distribution here and it fills in the local operator.
Kits available from 27 August 2026
That is the date SI 2026/848 comes into force and plug-in solar becomes legal to self-install in Great Britain. Certified kits are listed here as soon as they are available.
See all kitsShips to England, Wales and Scotland. Northern Ireland sits outside SI 2026/848, so we cannot supply plug-in kits to NI addresses.