Supermarket Wembley · HA9 9EX

Could Asda Wembley Superstore go solar?

This detached Asda on Forty Lane in Wembley comes with its own car park and a large flat roof of about 9,900 sqm. We measured roughly 3,500 panels, around 1.41 MW, which could generate an estimated 1.2–1.4 million kWh a year — in the region of 475 homes. A survey would confirm how much of the roof is workable.

Asda's Wembley superstore on Forty Lane, a large flat roof with its dedicated car park alongside amid surrounding streets.
Roof capacity
1.4 MWp
~3,527 panels at full fit
Annual generation
1.2 GWh–1.4 GWh
across the whole roof
Could power
~475
average UK homes
CO₂ saved
~614 t
per year, at full capacity

Roof area read from above: ~9,869 m²on a 8,070 m² building footprint.Imagery dated 2022-07-12.

Full methodology, assumptions and cross-checks: how we measure. Includes solar data from Google.

Morning sun on the rooftop solar panels of a red-brick UK semi-detached home

That was someone else's roof.

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