Could Royal Albert Hall go solar?

There's an obvious catch to solar on the Royal Albert Hall: its crowning feature is a glazed elliptical dome, glass rather than roof. The surrounding structure still measures around 5,800 sq m, giving a theoretical 517 kWp — roughly 1,290 panels and 440,000–540,000 kWh a year. As a Grade I listed concert hall, that stays a measurement, not a mounting plan.

Roof area read from above: ~5,826 m².Imagery dated 2020-05-17.

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