Is there enough sun in Brixton to make this work?

Modelled at 906 kWh per kWp a year for a shallow-pitched roof at this latitude, which puts a 500 kWp array at roughly 453,000 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 Brixton?

Capacity varies street by street, and only UK Power 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.

Solar panels for warehouses in Brixton

What makes a Brixton scheme work is rarely the panels. It is the condition of the roof underneath them. The survey measures the roof, not the postcode: cladding profile, purlin centres, remaining sheet life and the load the frame can take.

906 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 453,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.

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Drawing Brixton unit

Roof 96 x 62 m

Array 500 kWp

Yield 453,000 kWh/yr

Scale 1:500 / Rev A / Greater London

Illustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.

Brixton / Greater London

Aerial view of an industrial estate where some warehouse roofs carry solar arrays and others are bare steel — Industrial stock of the kind we survey across Greater London.

Logistics solar PV across Greater London

What a roof in Brixton actually generates

Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1163 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 906 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.

FIG. 1 What a Brixton roof makes, month by month

Jul produces 5.7 times what Dec does on the same roof. A 500 kWp array here models at about 453,000 kWh across the year, but it arrives unevenly, which is why we size against your summer daytime load and then look at whether storage is worth adding for the shoulder months.

Monthly figures as a table

Month	kWh per kWp	500 kWp array
Jan	25	12,500
Feb	38	19,000
Mar	73	36,500
Apr	105	52,500
May	120	60,000
Jun	124	62,000
Jul	126	63,000
Aug	106	53,000
Sep	83	41,500
Oct	52	26,000
Nov	31	15,500
Dec	22	11,000

Source: EU PVGIS v5.2

FIG. 2 Brixton against the rest of Greater London

Chelsea908
Havering908
Wandsworth908
Bermondsey907
Brixton906
Clapham906
Notting Hill906
Vauxhall906
Ealing905

Brixton ranks 17 of 50 towns we cover in Greater London on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 847 to 987, a spread of 140 kWh per kWp. On a 500 kWp array that is about 70,000 kWh a year between the strongest and weakest town in the county.

Bars are zero based, so length is proportional to the figure. Where a county is flat, that is the finding: location is not the lever, consumption is. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, modelled per town

Grid connection through UK Power Networks

Connections around Brixton are handled by UK Power 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.

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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 Brixton

Is there enough sun in Brixton to make this work?: Modelled at 906 kWh per kWp a year for a shallow-pitched roof at this latitude, which puts a 500 kWp array at roughly 453,000 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 Brixton?: Capacity varies street by street, and only UK Power 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.

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