Solar panels for warehouses in Ashford
A Ashford 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.
983 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 492,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Book a roof survey in AshfordIllustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.
Logistics solar PV across Kent
What a roof in Ashford actually generates
Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1256 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 983 kWh for every kWp installed (EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss). That is around 11 percent above the mean across the towns we cover, which is as good as UK rooftop gets outside the south coast.
Distribution stock around Ashford clusters on M20 J9, M20 J10 and A2070, which is where the large single-let roofs are.
Ashford ranks 3 of 12 towns we cover in Kent on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 915 to 990, a spread of 75 kWh per kWp. On a 500 kWp array that is about 37,500 kWh a year between the strongest and weakest town in the county.
Grid connection through UK Power Networks
UK Power Networks operates the distribution network across Kent, 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 Kent the planning database records 237 solar schemes totalling 2072 MW, of which 45 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 Ashford
- How much does a warehouse roof in Ashford generate?
- The model gives 983 kWh for every kWp installed here, so 500 kWp comes out at about 492,000 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 Ashford have capacity?
- UK Power Networks is the distribution network operator for Kent. 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.