Could Utilita Arena Newcastle go solar?
Unlike its heritage neighbours in this list, Utilita Arena Newcastle is a modern venue with a broad, low-pitch roof — the kind large solar arrays are actually built on. The measured potential is around 1.6 MW, roughly 4,000 panels across 10,700 sq m, generating an estimated 1.2–1.5 million kWh a year, comparable to nearly 500 homes.
Roof area read from above: ~10,682 m²on a 8,994 m² building footprint.Imagery dated 2022-07-07.
Full methodology, assumptions and cross-checks: how we measure. Includes solar data from Google.
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