Supermarket Plymouth · PL3 5UQ

Could Morrisons Outland Road go solar?

Morrisons' superstore at 282 Outland Road in Plymouth is the most modest roof in this group, but still a large flat one of about 5,600 sqm in a sunny south-west spot. We measured roughly 1,900 panels, around 780 kWp, for an estimated 620,000–756,000 kWh a year — comparable to some 255 homes. A survey would confirm the usable area.

Morrisons on Outland Road in Plymouth, a standalone superstore with a large flat roof and its car park to the front.
Roof capacity
776 kWp
~1,939 panels at full fit
Annual generation
620 MWh–756 MWh
across the whole roof
Could power
~255
average UK homes
CO₂ saved
~330 t
per year, at full capacity

Roof area read from above: ~5,565 m²on a 4,681 m² building footprint.Imagery dated 2022-07-09.

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

Morning sun on the rooftop solar panels of a red-brick UK semi-detached home

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