Solar panels for warehouses in Wokingham
Sheds around Wokingham tend to have more roof than the business has any other use for. We start with the covering and the structure, because a roof with five years left in it changes the answer entirely.
898 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 449,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Book a roof survey in WokinghamIllustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.
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What a roof in Wokingham actually generates
Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1153 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 898 kWh for every kWp installed (EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss). That sits within a few percent of the mean across the towns we cover, so the case rests on your consumption pattern rather than on the weather.
We survey across the RG postcode area, starting from RG40.
Wokingham is the planning authority for most sites here, and the built-up area holds a population of about 50,325, so the stock here runs to trade counters, light industrial terraces and the occasional larger shed (ONS Census 2021 built-up areas).
Wokingham ranks 7 of 8 towns we cover in Berkshire on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 891 to 910, a spread of 19 kWh per kWp. Within Berkshire that difference is small enough to ignore: where the building sits is not what decides this scheme, your consumption pattern is.
Grid connection through Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks is the network operator here, and their answer on export capacity shapes the design. Any commercial array above 3.68 kW per phase connects under G99 rather than G98, and the application fixes what you are allowed to push back onto the network. If the local network is tight, limiting export rarely breaks the case here: most of the generation is consumed on site while the building is working.
Across Berkshire the planning database records 83 solar schemes totalling 317 MW, of which 8 are operational (REPD Q1 2026).
Solar already consented near RG40
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026. These are the schemes on record in this postcode district, which is a fair guide to how the local network has been treating export applications.
| Scheme | Operator | Capacity | Mounting | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barkham Farms - Solar Farm | Wokingham Borough Council | 33 MW | Ground | Awaiting Construction |
| Rectory Road - Roof Mounted Solar panels | Wokingham Borough Council | n/a | Roof | Awaiting Construction |
Send us the postcode
Tell us where the unit is and roughly how big the roof is. We come back with what it can carry, what it would generate against your consumption, and the three ways to pay for it.
Lenzie Consulting Ltd arranges the survey and passes your details to our MCS-certified installation partner so they can quote.
Questions about solar in Wokingham
- What would a 500 kWp array produce in Wokingham?
- Yes, and the number matters more than the sunshine. At 898 kWh per kWp a year, a 500 kWp array on a Wokingham roof models at around 449,000 kWh. What changes the answer is how much of that you use on site rather than export. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
- Which network operator handles the connection in Wokingham?
- Applications go to Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, who run the network across Berkshire. They decide the export limit, and we handle the G99 paperwork alongside the array design.
- What does Wokingham require for rooftop solar?
- Roof-mounted panels on a commercial building usually fall under permitted development, subject to the limits on projection above the roof plane and to the building not being listed or in a conservation area. We confirm the position with Wokingham before the design is finalised.
- Has anyone near RG40 already done this?
- The planning database records 2 solar schemes in this postcode district, 1 of them roof mounted. That matters less as proof that it works and more as evidence of how the local network has been treating export applications. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026.