Could St James' Park go solar?
Rising over Newcastle city centre, St James' Park is dominated by the huge cantilevered roofs of its Milburn and Leazes stands. They cover around 12,500 sq m, enough for a theoretical ~1.8 MW full-roof solar array. This far north the sun is stingier — roughly 864 hours a year — so the estimate lands at 1.2–1.5 million kWh, near 490 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: ~12,469 m²on a 26,876 m² building footprint.Imagery dated 2024-10-14.
Full methodology, assumptions and cross-checks: how we measure. Includes solar data from Google.
St James' Park from above
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