Could CBS Arena go solar?

Beside the M6 on Coventry's northern edge, the CBS Arena wraps a continuous roof ring around its bowl, with exhibition halls attached alongside. Fitting solar panels across that ~28,000 sq m of roof could give Coventry City's home a theoretical full-roof capacity near 4.9 MW — generating an estimated 3.6–4.4 million kWh a year, on par with roughly 1,480 households.

Drag the handle — aerial photo left, Google Solar's measured annual sun intensity right. Brighter means more energy landing per square metre.

Roof area read from above: ~28,428 m².Imagery dated 2022-09-01.

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CBS Arena from above

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