Solar panels for warehouses in Poole
Sheds around Poole 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.
965 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 483,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Book a roof survey in PooleIllustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.
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What a roof in Poole actually generates
Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1232 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 965 kWh for every kWp installed (EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss). That is around 9 percent above the mean across the towns we cover, which is as good as UK rooftop gets outside the south coast.
Distribution stock around Poole clusters on A35, A350 and A3049, which is where the large single-let roofs are.
We survey across the BH postcode area, starting from BH14.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is the planning authority for most sites here, and the built-up area holds a population of about 141,005, the size that tends to be served by mid-box last-mile units rather than national hubs (ONS Census 2021 built-up areas).
Poole ranks 6 of 8 towns we cover in Dorset on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 924 to 1006, a spread of 82 kWh per kWp. On a 500 kWp array that is about 41,000 kWh a year between the strongest and weakest town in the county.
Grid connection through Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks operates the distribution network across Dorset, so the export application goes to them. Anything larger than 3.68 kW per phase falls under G99, which means an application before commissioning rather than a notification afterwards. A constrained network is not the end of a scheme. Capping export costs little when the building already absorbs most of what the roof produces.
Across Dorset the planning database records 149 solar schemes totalling 1078 MW, of which 47 are operational (REPD Q1 2026).
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 Poole
- How much does a warehouse roof in Poole generate?
- The model gives 965 kWh for every kWp installed here, so 500 kWp comes out at about 483,000 kWh a year before any shading losses. You need roughly 1,485 sqm of clear roof to fit it. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
- Does the grid around Poole have capacity?
- Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks is the distribution network operator for Dorset. Anything above 3.68 kW per phase connects under G99, and the application sets the export limit. We submit it as part of the design.
- Is planning permission needed for panels on a Poole unit?
- Usually permitted development covers it. We still put the question to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole before design sign-off, and we tell you early if a full application is needed rather than discovering it late.