Solar panels for warehouses in Sutton Coldfield
What makes a Sutton Coldfield scheme work is rarely the panels. It is the condition of the roof underneath them. The survey measures the roof, not the postcode: cladding profile, purlin centres, remaining sheet life and the load the frame can take.
852 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 426,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Book a roof survey in Sutton ColdfieldIllustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.
Logistics solar PV across West Midlands
What a roof in Sutton Coldfield actually generates
Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1092 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 852 kWh for every kWp installed (EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss). That is about 4 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.
Sutton Coldfield ranks 5 of 8 towns we cover in West Midlands on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 839 to 868, a spread of 29 kWh per kWp. Within West Midlands that difference is small enough to ignore: where the building sits is not what decides this scheme, your consumption pattern is.
Grid connection through National Grid Electricity Distribution
Connections around Sutton Coldfield are handled by National Grid Electricity Distribution, 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 West Midlands the planning database records 195 solar schemes totalling 533 MW, of which 3 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 Sutton Coldfield
- Is there enough sun in Sutton Coldfield to make this work?
- Modelled at 852 kWh per kWp a year for a shallow-pitched roof at this latitude, which puts a 500 kWp array at roughly 426,000 kWh a year before shading. That array needs about 1,485 sqm of clear roof once walkways and setbacks are allowed for. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
- Who do we apply to for export in Sutton Coldfield?
- Capacity varies street by street, and only National Grid Electricity Distribution can answer it for your connection. We ask the question early, because an export-limited offer changes the design rather than killing the scheme.