Railway station Birmingham

Could Birmingham New Street go solar?

Measured from above, Birmingham New Street's roof could host about 1.5 MWp of solar — generating 1.2 GWh–1.4 GWh a year, enough to power roughly 481 homes.

Aerial view of Birmingham New Street
Roof capacity
1.5 MWp
~3,801 panels at full fit
Annual generation
1.2 GWh–1.4 GWh
across the whole roof
Could power
~481
average UK homes
CO₂ saved
~622 t
per year, at full capacity

Roof area read from above: ~13,380 m².Imagery dated 2023-05-03.

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

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