Warehouse solar panels across County Durham
We survey industrial and distribution roofs throughout County Durham, model what each one can carry, and arrange the design, the grid application and the install through our MCS-certified partner.
- Modelled yield
- 823 kWh/kWp/yr
- Mean across County Durham towns, EU PVGIS v5.2
- Network operator
- Northern Powergrid
- G99 applications and export limits
- Solar on record
- 85 schemes / 1168 MW
- REPD Q1 2026, 9 operational
- Towns covered
- 6
- Surveys arranged county wide
What the data says about County Durham
Modelled yield is not flat across County Durham. Peterlee comes out at 845 kWh per kWp a year against 811 at Consett, a spread of 34 kWh per kWp. On a 500 kWp array that difference is about 17,000 kWh a year, which is worth checking before you accept a generic saving figure.
The larger roofs in County Durham follow the freight routes. Across the towns we cover that means A1(M), A167, A690, A6072, A688 and A689, which is where single-let distribution stock concentrates.
The government's planning database records 85 solar schemes in County Durham totalling 1168 MW, of which 9 are already operational and 25 of the schemes in our covered postcode districts are roof mounted. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026.
Connections across the county run through Northern Powergrid. Anything above 3.68 kW per phase needs a G99 application, and the export limit they offer shapes the design, so we ask the question before the array is sized rather than after.
- Durham 823 kWh/kWp
- Consett 811 kWh/kWp
- Newton Aycliffe 819 kWh/kWp
- Chester-le-Street 821 kWh/kWp
- Bishop Auckland 817 kWh/kWp
- Peterlee 845 kWh/kWp
Book a survey in County Durham
Send the postcode and the rough footprint. We come back with what the roof can carry, what it would generate against your consumption, and what the funding routes look like.