How much does a farm roof near Blyth generate?

The model gives 848 kWh for every kWp installed here, so 500 kWp comes out at about 424,000 kWh a year before shading losses. A building of roughly 1,485 sqm of clear roof carries it. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.

Will the rural network around Blyth take the export?

Northern Powergrid is the distribution network operator for Northumberland. Anything above 3.68 kW per phase connects under G99, and the application sets the export limit. Rural supplies are often the binding constraint, so we ask the question before an array is sized.

Is planning permission needed for panels on a farm building near Blyth?

Usually permitted development covers a roof array. Ground mounted arrays are a different question and are far more likely to need a full application. We put both to Northumberland before design sign-off.

Has anyone near NE24 already done this?

The planning database records 2 ground mounted and 3 roof mounted solar schemes in this postcode district. That matters less as proof it works and more as evidence of how the local network has treated export applications. Roof arrays under a megawatt often never appear in the database, so the real figure is higher. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026.

Solar panels for farms in Blyth

Most holdings around Blyth already own the best generating site they will ever have, and it is the roof of the shed they built for something else. What decides a farm scheme here is the state of the roof sheets and the incoming supply, which is why the survey looks at both before anyone sizes an array.

848 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 424,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.

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Drawing Blyth unit

Roof 96 x 62 m

Array 500 kWp

Yield 424,000 kWh/yr

Scale 1:500 / Rev A / NE24

Illustrative layout for a unit of this size. Your own figures come from the roof survey.

Blyth / Northumberland

North East farmland with solar arrays on farm buildings — Industrial stock of the kind we survey across North East.

Agricultural rooftop solar across Northumberland

What a farm roof near Blyth generates

Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1078 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 848 kWh for every kWp installed (EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss). That is about 4 percent below the mean across the areas we cover, so the case here rests on using the output on the holding rather than exporting it.

The planning record lists 2 ground mounted solar schemes in this postcode district, which is a fair guide to how the local network has treated field arrays. The typical consented scheme in this district is about 26.1 MW, with the largest at 49.99 MW. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026.

3 roof mounted schemes are on record nearby. Roof arrays under a megawatt frequently never reach that database at all, so the real number of farm roofs generating around Blyth is higher than the record shows.

Most of the buildings we look at here sit in the NE postcode area.

Northumberland is the planning authority for most holdings here, and it is the authority that decides whether an array on an agricultural building falls inside permitted development.

FIG. 1 What a Blyth roof makes, month by month

May produces 8.2 times what Dec does on the same roof. A 500 kWp array here models at about 424,000 kWh across the year, but it arrives unevenly, which is why we size against your summer daytime load and then look at whether storage is worth adding for the shoulder months.

Monthly figures as a table

Month	kWh per kWp	500 kWp array
Jan	19	9,500
Feb	36	18,000
Mar	69	34,500
Apr	102	51,000
May	123	61,500
Jun	117	58,500
Jul	119	59,500
Aug	101	50,500
Sep	77	38,500
Oct	45	22,500
Nov	25	12,500
Dec	15	7,500

Source: EU PVGIS v5.2

FIG. 2 Blyth against the rest of Northumberland

Blyth848
Alnwick840
Berwick-upon-Tweed827
Cramlington825
Morpeth824
Hexham803

Blyth ranks 1 of 6 towns we cover in Northumberland on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 803 to 848, a spread of 45 kWh per kWp. On a 500 kWp array that is about 22,500 kWh a year between the strongest and weakest town in the county.

Bars are zero based, so length is proportional to the figure. Where a county is flat, that is the finding: location is not the lever, consumption is. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, modelled per town

Grid connection through Northern Powergrid

Northern Powergrid operates the distribution network across Northumberland, so the export application goes to them. Anything larger than 3.68 kW per phase falls under G99, which means an application before commissioning rather than a notification afterwards. A constrained network is not the end of a scheme. Capping export costs little when the building already absorbs most of what the roof produces.

Across Northumberland the planning database records 38 solar schemes totalling 276 MW, of which 2 are operational (REPD Q1 2026).

Solar already consented near NE24

From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026. These are the schemes on record in this postcode district, which is a fair guide to how the local network has been treating export applications.

Scheme	Operator	Capacity	Mounting	Status
Blyth Sewage Treatment Works	Northumbrian Water Limited Head Office	2.3 MW	Ground	Operational
Low Horton Farm - Solar Farm	Bluefield Renewable Developments Limited	49.99 MW	Ground	Awaiting Construction
Factory C, Coniston Road - Roof repairs & PV Array	Burberry Limited	n/a	Roof	Application Submitted
Bede Academy North, Sixth Avenue - Solar PV Panels	Emmanuel Schools Foundation	0.45 MW	Roof	Awaiting Construction
Blyth Academy, Chase Farm Drive - Solar Panels	Solar Options for Schools Limited	0.61 MW	Roof	Awaiting Construction

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Tell us where the unit is and roughly how big the roof is. We come back with what it can carry, what it would generate against your consumption, and the three ways to pay for it.

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Questions about solar in Blyth

How much does a farm roof near Blyth generate?: The model gives 848 kWh for every kWp installed here, so 500 kWp comes out at about 424,000 kWh a year before shading losses. A building of roughly 1,485 sqm of clear roof carries it. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Will the rural network around Blyth take the export?: Northern Powergrid is the distribution network operator for Northumberland. Anything above 3.68 kW per phase connects under G99, and the application sets the export limit. Rural supplies are often the binding constraint, so we ask the question before an array is sized.
Is planning permission needed for panels on a farm building near Blyth?: Usually permitted development covers a roof array. Ground mounted arrays are a different question and are far more likely to need a full application. We put both to Northumberland before design sign-off.
Has anyone near NE24 already done this?: The planning database records 2 ground mounted and 3 roof mounted solar schemes in this postcode district. That matters less as proof it works and more as evidence of how the local network has treated export applications. Roof arrays under a megawatt often never appear in the database, so the real figure is higher. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026.

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