Solar panels for warehouses in Hull
Roof space is the one asset a Hull unit already owns and rarely uses. We start with the covering and the structure, because a roof with five years left in it changes the answer entirely.
867 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 434,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Book a roof survey in HullIllustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.
Warehouse rooftop solar across East Riding of Yorkshire
What a roof in Hull actually generates
Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1105 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 867 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.
Distribution stock around Hull clusters on M62 J38, A63 and A1033, which is where the large single-let roofs are.
Hull ranks 3 of 6 towns we cover in East Riding of Yorkshire on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 858 to 870, a spread of 12 kWh per kWp. Within East Riding of Yorkshire that difference is small enough to ignore: where the building sits is not what decides this scheme, your consumption pattern is.
Grid connection through Northern Powergrid
Northern Powergrid operates the distribution network across East Riding of Yorkshire, 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 East Riding of Yorkshire the planning database records 86 solar schemes totalling 1439 MW, of which 2 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 Hull
- Is there enough sun in Hull to make this work?
- Modelled at 867 kWh per kWp a year for a shallow-pitched roof at this latitude, which puts a 500 kWp array at roughly 434,000 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 Hull?
- Capacity varies street by street, and only Northern Powergrid can answer it for your connection. We ask the question early, because an export-limited offer changes the design rather than killing the scheme.