Could Westminster Abbey go solar?

Solar panels on Westminster Abbey belong firmly in the hypothetical: this is the coronation church of a thousand years and a World Heritage Site. Still, the steep lead roofs over its nave and transepts cover close to 9,000 sq m — a theoretical 1.2 MW, some 3,000 panels and 1.0–1.2 million kWh a year. Consent for that would never come easily, and rightly so.

Roof area read from above: ~8,989 m².Imagery dated 2024-08-11.

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