Could Buckingham Palace go solar?

Nobody is going to rack solar panels across the front of Buckingham Palace — but the roof still has a measurable size. The monarch's official London residence carries long lead-and-slate ranges around its quadrangle, roughly 11,500 sq m. A full-roof read comes to about 1.5 MW and 3,600 panels; the Grade I listing and the setting make that theory, not plan.

Roof area read from above: ~11,474 m².Imagery dated 2024-08-11.

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