Solar panels for warehouses in Woking
A Woking warehouse roof sits idle through exactly the hours its occupier buys the most expensive electricity. 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.
905 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 453,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Book a roof survey in WokingIllustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.
Logistics solar PV across Surrey
What a roof in Woking actually generates
Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1162 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 905 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.
Distribution stock around Woking clusters on A320 and M25 J11, which is where the large single-let roofs are.
Surveys run across GU postcodes, GU21 outward.
Woking is the planning authority for most sites here, and the built-up area holds a population of about 75,660, so the stock here runs to trade counters, light industrial terraces and the occasional larger shed (ONS Census 2021 built-up areas).
Woking ranks 5 of 10 towns we cover in Surrey on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 900 to 916, a spread of 16 kWh per kWp. Within Surrey 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
Connections around Woking are handled by UK Power 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 Surrey the planning database records 74 solar schemes totalling 182 MW, of which 6 are operational (REPD Q1 2026).
Solar already consented near GU21
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kestrel Way - Solar Panels | Digital Realty | 1.47 MW | Roof | Awaiting Construction |
| Mclaren Technology Centre, Chertsey Road - Solar Panels | McLaren Group Limited | 2.56 MW | Roof | 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 Woking
- What would a 500 kWp array produce in Woking?
- Yes, and the number matters more than the sunshine. At 905 kWh per kWp a year, a 500 kWp array on a Woking roof models at around 453,000 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 Woking?
- Applications go to UK Power Networks, who run the network across Surrey. They decide the export limit, and we handle the G99 paperwork alongside the array design.
- What does Woking 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 Woking before the design is finalised.
- Has anyone near GU21 already done this?
- The planning database records 2 solar schemes in this postcode district, 2 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.