Could Old Trafford go solar?

Old Trafford is the one ground Google can't read whole — its building database misses most of the cantilever roof. So this is our loose outline estimate: we hand-measured about 35,000 sq m of stand-roof area from the satellite, which works out at a deliberately wide 1.7–3.7 MW band. Treat it as a ballpark of what British football's biggest roof could hold.

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

Estimated roof area ~35,000 m².

Estimated from the building outline — we haven't measured this roof directly.Full methodology, assumptions and cross-checks: how we measure. Includes solar data from Google.

Old Trafford from above

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