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Solar panels for warehouses in Abingdon

The economics of a Abingdon rooftop array turn on how much of the generation the occupier uses on site. The survey measures the roof, not the postcode: cladding profile, purlin centres, remaining sheet life and the load the frame can take.

904 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 452,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.

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96 m phase 1
Drawing Abingdon unit
Roof 96 x 62 m
Array 500 kWp
Yield 452,000 kWh/yr
Scale 1:500 / Rev A / Oxfordshire

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

Abingdon / Oxfordshire
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 Oxfordshire.

Warehouse rooftop solar across Oxfordshire

What a roof in Abingdon actually generates

Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1158 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 904 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 Abingdon roof makes, month by month

What a Abingdon roof makes, month by month

Modelled output per kWp installed, for a shallow-pitched south-facing array. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2.

050100Jan: 26 kWh per kWpJanFeb: 39 kWh per kWpFebMar: 74 kWh per kWpMarApr: 104 kWh per kWpAprMay: 121 kWh per kWpMayJun: 124 kWh per kWpJunJul: 126 kWh per kWpJul126 kWh Aug: 105 kWh per kWpAugSep: 83 kWh per kWpSepOct: 51 kWh per kWpOctNov: 30 kWh per kWpNovDec: 21 kWh per kWpDec

Jul produces 6.0 times what Dec does on the same roof. A 500 kWp array here models at about 452,000 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
MonthkWh per kWp500 kWp array
Jan2613,000
Feb3919,500
Mar7437,000
Apr10452,000
May12160,500
Jun12462,000
Jul12663,000
Aug10552,500
Sep8341,500
Oct5125,500
Nov3015,000
Dec2110,500
Source: EU PVGIS v5.2
FIG. 2 Abingdon against the rest of Oxfordshire
  • Didcot913
  • Abingdon904
  • Witney902
  • Henley-on-Thames899
  • Oxford895
  • Bicester895
  • Banbury891
  • Thame891

Abingdon ranks 2 of 8 towns we cover in Oxfordshire on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 891 to 913, a spread of 22 kWh per kWp. Within Oxfordshire that difference is small enough to ignore: where the building sits is not what decides this scheme, your consumption pattern is.

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 Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks

Connections around Abingdon are handled by Scottish and Southern Electricity 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.

Across Oxfordshire the planning database records 149 solar schemes totalling 2544 MW, of which 31 are operational (REPD Q1 2026).

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Questions about solar in Abingdon

How much does a warehouse roof in Abingdon generate?
The model gives 904 kWh for every kWp installed here, so 500 kWp comes out at about 452,000 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 Abingdon have capacity?
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks is the distribution network operator for Oxfordshire. 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.

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