Solar panels for warehouses in Wimborne
A Wimborne warehouse roof sits idle through exactly the hours its occupier buys the most expensive electricity. We start with the covering and the structure, because a roof with five years left in it changes the answer entirely.
964 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 482,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Book a roof survey in WimborneIllustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.
Logistics solar PV across Dorset
What a roof in Wimborne actually generates
Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1231 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 964 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.
Wimborne ranks 7 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
Connections around Wimborne are handled by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, which sets the export limit for the site. Above 3.68 kW per phase the connection runs under G99, so the export limit is agreed in advance rather than assumed. Where the local network is constrained, an export-limited connection usually still makes the scheme work, because a warehouse uses most of what the roof makes during the working day.
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 Wimborne
- Is there enough sun in Wimborne to make this work?
- Modelled at 964 kWh per kWp a year for a shallow-pitched roof at this latitude, which puts a 500 kWp array at roughly 482,000 kWh a year before shading. That array needs about 1,485 sqm of clear roof once walkways and setbacks are allowed for. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
- Who do we apply to for export in Wimborne?
- Capacity varies street by street, and only Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks can answer it for your connection. We ask the question early, because an export-limited offer changes the design rather than killing the scheme.