Supermarket Hatfield · AL9 5JY

Could Tesco Extra Hatfield go solar?

At Oldings Corner in Hatfield, this standalone Tesco Extra sits within its own car park under a large roof of about 10,800 sqm. We measured roughly 4,000 panels, around 1.58 MW, which could generate an estimated 1.3–1.6 million kWh a year — in the region of 530 homes. An installer survey would confirm the usable roof.

Tesco Extra at Oldings Corner, Hatfield, a large flat store roof surrounded on all sides by its own car parking.
Roof capacity
1.6 MWp
~3,957 panels at full fit
Annual generation
1.3 GWh–1.6 GWh
across the whole roof
Could power
~528
average UK homes
CO₂ saved
~682 t
per year, at full capacity

Roof area read from above: ~10,788 m²on a 9,164 m² building footprint.Imagery dated 2024-06-21.

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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