Warehouse solar panels across Greater Manchester
We survey industrial and distribution roofs throughout Greater Manchester, model what each one can carry, and arrange the design, the grid application and the install through our MCS-certified partner.
- Modelled yield
- 791 kWh/kWp/yr
- Mean across Greater Manchester towns, EU PVGIS v5.2
- Network operator
- Electricity North West
- G99 applications and export limits
- Solar on record
- 118 schemes / 110 MW
- REPD Q1 2026, 11 operational
- Towns covered
- 10
- Surveys arranged county wide
What the data says about Greater Manchester
Modelled yield is not flat across Greater Manchester. Wigan comes out at 828 kWh per kWp a year against 769 at Ashton-under-Lyne, a spread of 59 kWh per kWp. On a 500 kWp array that difference is about 29,500 kWh a year, which is worth checking before you accept a generic saving figure.
The larger roofs in Greater Manchester follow the freight routes. Across the towns we cover that means M60, M62 J11, M56, A57, A6 and M61 J3, which is where single-let distribution stock concentrates.
The government's planning database records 118 solar schemes in Greater Manchester totalling 110 MW, of which 11 are already operational and 14 of the schemes in our covered postcode districts are roof mounted. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026.
Connections across the county run through Electricity North West. 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.
- Manchester 788 kWh/kWp
- Bolton 801 kWh/kWp
- Stockport 785 kWh/kWp
- Rochdale 771 kWh/kWp
- Oldham 771 kWh/kWp
- Salford 794 kWh/kWp
- Wigan 828 kWh/kWp
- Bury 788 kWh/kWp
- Altrincham 816 kWh/kWp
- Ashton-under-Lyne 769 kWh/kWp
Book a survey in Greater Manchester
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.