Could British Museum go solar?

Wrap the estimate around the British Museum and you get roughly 2.5 MW of theoretical rooftop solar — about 6,200 panels over nearly 20,000 sq m of roof surrounding Foster's glazed Great Court, or 2.1–2.6 million kWh a year. Britain's most-visited museum is Grade I listed, so treat these as measured potential rather than anything on a drawing board.

Roof area read from above: ~19,790 m².Imagery dated 2024-08-11.

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