Solar panels for warehouses in Great Yarmouth
Roof space is the one asset a Great Yarmouth 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.
920 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 460,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Book a roof survey in Great YarmouthIllustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.
Warehouse rooftop solar across Norfolk
What a roof in Great Yarmouth actually generates
Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1176 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 920 kWh for every kWp installed (EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss). That is around 4 percent above the mean across the towns we cover, which is as good as UK rooftop gets outside the south coast.
Distribution stock around Great Yarmouth clusters on A12 and A47, which is where the large single-let roofs are.
Most of the units we look at here sit in the NR postcode area.
Great Yarmouth is the planning authority for most sites here, and the built-up area holds a population of about 28,985, so the stock here runs to trade counters, light industrial terraces and the occasional larger shed (ONS Census 2021 built-up areas).
Great Yarmouth ranks 2 of 8 towns we cover in Norfolk on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 897 to 923, a spread of 26 kWh per kWp. Within Norfolk that difference is small enough to ignore: where the building sits is not what decides this scheme, your consumption pattern is.
Grid connection through UK Power Networks
UK Power Networks operates the distribution network across Norfolk, 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 Norfolk the planning database records 179 solar schemes totalling 1490 MW, of which 43 are operational (REPD Q1 2026).
Solar already consented near NR31
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026. These are the schemes on record in this postcode district, which is a fair guide to how the local network has been treating export applications.
| Scheme | Operator | Capacity | Mounting | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopton Holiday Village, Warren Road - Solar Panels | Bourne Leisure Limited | 0.24 MW | Roof | Awaiting Construction |
| James Paget University Hospital - Design And Installation Of PV Panels | James Paget University Hospital Trust | n/a | Roof | Under Construction |
| Proserv, Gawain Road - Solar Panels | Spartek ECS Limited | 0.25 MW | Roof | Application Submitted |
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 Great Yarmouth
- What would a 500 kWp array produce in Great Yarmouth?
- Yes, and the number matters more than the sunshine. At 920 kWh per kWp a year, a 500 kWp array on a Great Yarmouth roof models at around 460,000 kWh. What changes the answer is how much of that you use on site rather than export. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
- Which network operator handles the connection in Great Yarmouth?
- Applications go to UK Power Networks, who run the network across Norfolk. They decide the export limit, and we handle the G99 paperwork alongside the array design.
- What does Great Yarmouth require for rooftop solar?
- Roof-mounted panels on a commercial building usually fall under permitted development, subject to the limits on projection above the roof plane and to the building not being listed or in a conservation area. We confirm the position with Great Yarmouth before the design is finalised.
- Has anyone near NR31 already done this?
- The planning database records 3 solar schemes in this postcode district, 3 of them roof mounted. That matters less as proof that it works and more as evidence of how the local network has been treating export applications. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026.