Solar panels for warehouses in Warwick
Most of the industrial stock around Warwick carries a large, shallow-pitched roof that was never asked to do anything. The survey measures the roof, not the postcode: cladding profile, purlin centres, remaining sheet life and the load the frame can take.
880 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 440,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Book a roof survey in WarwickIllustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.
Distribution centre solar across Warwickshire
What a roof in Warwick actually generates
Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1127 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 880 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 Warwick clusters on M40 J15, A46 and A425, which is where the large single-let roofs are.
We survey across the CV postcode area, starting from CV34.
Warwick is the planning authority for most sites here, and the built-up area holds a population of about 36,680, so the stock here runs to trade counters, light industrial terraces and the occasional larger shed (ONS Census 2021 built-up areas).
Warwick ranks 3 of 7 towns we cover in Warwickshire on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 866 to 893, a spread of 27 kWh per kWp. Within Warwickshire that difference is small enough to ignore: where the building sits is not what decides this scheme, your consumption pattern is.
Solar already consented near CV34
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sodick Europe Limited, Agincourt Road - Solar Panels | Sodick Europe Limited | 0.21 MW | Roof | Awaiting Construction |
| Leisure Centre, St Nicholas Park - Solar Panels | Warwick District Council | 0.21 MW | Roof | Awaiting Construction |
| Sainsburys Supermarket, Tachbrook Park Drive - Solar Panels | Sainsburys Supermarkets Limited | 0.61 MW | Roof | Awaiting Construction |
Grid connection through National Grid Electricity Distribution
National Grid Electricity Distribution is the network operator here, and their answer on export capacity shapes the design. Any commercial array above 3.68 kW per phase connects under G99 rather than G98, and the application fixes what you are allowed to push back onto the network. If the local network is tight, limiting export rarely breaks the case here: most of the generation is consumed on site while the building is working.
Across Warwickshire the planning database records 94 solar schemes totalling 1201 MW, of which 18 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 Warwick
- What would a 500 kWp array produce in Warwick?
- Yes, and the number matters more than the sunshine. At 880 kWh per kWp a year, a 500 kWp array on a Warwick roof models at around 440,000 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 Warwick?
- Applications go to National Grid Electricity Distribution, who run the network across Warwickshire. They decide the export limit, and we handle the G99 paperwork alongside the array design.
- What does Warwick 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 Warwick before the design is finalised.
- Has anyone near CV34 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.