Solar panels for warehouses in Hexham
Roof space is the one asset a Hexham unit already owns and rarely uses. What decides a scheme here is the state of the covering and the load path, which is why the survey starts on the roof rather than in a spreadsheet.
803 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 402,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Book a roof survey in HexhamIllustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.
Warehouse rooftop solar across Northumberland
What a roof in Hexham actually generates
Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1019 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 803 kWh for every kWp installed (EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss). That is about 9 percent below the mean across the towns we cover, so the case here leans harder on how much you use on site rather than on raw generation.
Most of the units we look at here sit in the NE postcode area.
Northumberland is the planning authority for most sites here, and the built-up area holds a population of about 10,945, so the stock here runs to trade counters, light industrial terraces and the occasional larger shed (ONS Census 2021 built-up areas).
Hexham ranks 6 of 6 towns we cover in Northumberland on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 803 to 848, a spread of 45 kWh per kWp. On a 500 kWp array that is about 22,500 kWh a year between the strongest and weakest town in the county.
Grid connection through Northern Powergrid
Northern Powergrid operates the distribution network across Northumberland, 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 Northumberland the planning database records 38 solar schemes totalling 276 MW, of which 2 are operational (REPD Q1 2026).
Solar already consented near NE46
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halfway House, Lincoln Hill - Solar Array | Humshaugh Net Zero | 1 MW | Roof | Awaiting Construction |
| Acomb Village, Acomb - Solar Panels | Acomb Parish Council | 0.99 MW | Ground | Awaiting Construction |
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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 Hexham
- What would a 500 kWp array produce in Hexham?
- Yes, and the number matters more than the sunshine. At 803 kWh per kWp a year, a 500 kWp array on a Hexham roof models at around 402,000 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 Hexham?
- Applications go to Northern Powergrid, who run the network across Northumberland. They decide the export limit, and we handle the G99 paperwork alongside the array design.
- What does Northumberland 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 Northumberland before the design is finalised.
- Has anyone near NE46 already done this?
- The planning database records 2 solar schemes in this postcode district, 1 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.