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Could Tesco Extra Romford Gallows Corner go solar?

Of all the roofs in this group, the Tesco Extra at Gallows Corner in Romford sits under the most sunshine — about 1,070 hours a year. The detached store on Bryant Avenue offers a large unobstructed roof of around 11,500 sqm. We measured roughly 4,400 panels, about 1.78 MW, for an estimated 1.5–1.8 million kWh a year. A survey would confirm the usable area.

Tesco Extra at Gallows Corner, Romford, a detached store with a big clear flat roof and its own car park off Bryant Avenue.
Roof capacity
1.8 MWp
~4,446 panels at full fit
Annual generation
1.5 GWh–1.8 GWh
across the whole roof
Could power
~618
average UK homes
CO₂ saved
~799 t
per year, at full capacity

Roof area read from above: ~11,527 m²on a 10,717 m² building footprint.Imagery dated 2024-06-23.

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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