Could Tesco DIRFT Distribution Centre, Daventry go solar?
Sited at the DIRFT rail-freight terminal near Daventry, this Tesco distribution centre is a mega-shed built for moving goods by rail — and its expansive shallow-pitch roof is the kind of large, unbroken surface that suits solar. Estimated from the building outline (so treat the numbers as approximate), its ~66,500 sqm roof could take roughly 12,000 panels, about 4.75 MW, for an estimated 2.6–6.6 million kWh a year. A survey would confirm it.
Estimated roof area ~66,500 m²on a 66,666 m² building outline.
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.
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