Could Braehead Shopping Centre go solar?
On the banks of the Clyde at Renfrew, Braehead pairs a riverside super-mall with an expansive flat roof of about 48,000 sqm. It ranks among the largest retail roofs we've measured near Glasgow. Cover the lot and roughly 20,000 panels — around 8 MW — could generate an estimated 5.2–6.4 million kWh a year, close to 2,200 homes. A survey would confirm the usable area.
Roof area read from above: ~48,018 m²on a 54,550 m² building footprint.Imagery dated 2021-09-01.
Full methodology, assumptions and cross-checks: how we measure. Includes solar data from Google.
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