Could London Stadium go solar?

Once the centrepiece of London 2012 and now home to West Ham United, the London Stadium wears one of the world's largest cantilevered roofs. That sweeping ring, about 20,800 sq m of it, could in principle hold roughly 8,300 solar panels — near 3.3 MW of capacity. We estimate 2.8–3.5 million kWh a year from it, similar to about 1,160 homes.

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: ~20,790 m².Imagery dated 2024-08-11.

Full methodology, assumptions and cross-checks: how we measure. Includes solar data from Google.

London Stadium from above

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