What would a 500 kWp array produce on a farm near Kenilworth?

Yes, and the figure matters more than the sunshine. At 877 kWh per kWp a year, a 500 kWp array on a Kenilworth holding models at around 439,000 kWh. What changes the answer is how much of that the farm uses itself. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.

Which network operator handles the connection around Kenilworth?

Applications go to National Grid Electricity Distribution, who run the network across Warwickshire. On a farm the incoming supply matters as much as their answer: a single phase supply caps what can be installed whatever the roof would take.

What does Warwick require for solar on an agricultural building?

Roof-mounted panels on an agricultural building often fall under permitted development, subject to limits on projection above the roof plane and to the building not being listed or in a conservation area or National Park. We confirm the position with Warwick before the design is finalised.

Has anyone near CV8 already done this?

The planning database records 2 ground mounted and 2 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 Kenilworth

A Kenilworth farm buys electricity at the worst rate of the day in exactly the hours its roof could be generating. The survey starts on the covering: fibre cement or steel, its remaining life, the purlin spacing and what the frame will carry.

877 kWh per kWp a year at this latitude, so a 500 kWp array models at about 439,000 kWh. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.

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Drawing Kenilworth unit

Roof 96 x 62 m

Array 500 kWp

Yield 439,000 kWh/yr

Scale 1:500 / Rev A / CV8

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

Kenilworth / Warwickshire

Midlands arable farmland with solar on farm building roofs — Industrial stock of the kind we survey across West Midlands.

Solar for agricultural buildings across Warwickshire

What a farm roof near Kenilworth generates

Modelled irradiation at this latitude is 1123 kWh per square metre a year in the plane of a shallow-pitched roof, which works out at 877 kWh for every kWp installed (EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss). That sits within a few percent of the mean across the areas we cover, so what decides the scheme is your own demand pattern rather than the latitude.

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 36.5 MW, with the largest at 49.9 MW. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q1 2026.

2 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 Kenilworth is higher than the record shows.

Surveys run across CV postcodes, CV8 outward.

Warwick 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 Kenilworth roof makes, month by month

Jul produces 6.0 times what Dec does on the same roof. A 500 kWp array here models at about 439,000 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	23	11,500
Feb	39	19,500
Mar	73	36,500
Apr	101	50,500
May	118	59,000
Jun	120	60,000
Jul	121	60,500
Aug	103	51,500
Sep	80	40,000
Oct	49	24,500
Nov	29	14,500
Dec	20	10,000

Source: EU PVGIS v5.2

FIG. 2 Kenilworth against the rest of Warwickshire

Stratford-upon-Avon893
Rugby882
Warwick880
Leamington Spa880
Kenilworth877
Nuneaton866
Bedworth866

Kenilworth ranks 5 of 7 towns we cover in Warwickshire on modelled yield, against a national mean of 886 kWh per kWp. The county runs from 866 to 893, a spread of 27 kWh per kWp. Within Warwickshire that difference is small enough to ignore: where the building sits is not what decides this scheme, your consumption pattern is.

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 National Grid Electricity Distribution

National Grid Electricity Distribution operates the distribution network across Warwickshire, 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 Warwickshire the planning database records 94 solar schemes totalling 1201 MW, of which 18 are operational (REPD Q1 2026).

Solar already consented near CV8

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
Honiley Road - Solar Farm	Enso Green Holdings P Limited	49.9 MW	Ground	Revised
Honiley Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage	Enso Green Holdings Limited	23.1 MW	Ground	Awaiting Construction
UKBIC, Rowley Road - Solar Panels	UKBIC	n/a	Roof	Application Submitted
Castle Farm Recreation Ground, Fishponds Road - Solar panels	Warwick District Council	n/a	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 Kenilworth

What would a 500 kWp array produce on a farm near Kenilworth?: Yes, and the figure matters more than the sunshine. At 877 kWh per kWp a year, a 500 kWp array on a Kenilworth holding models at around 439,000 kWh. What changes the answer is how much of that the farm uses itself. Source: EU PVGIS v5.2, SARAH3, 10 degree pitch, 14 percent system loss.
Which network operator handles the connection around Kenilworth?: Applications go to National Grid Electricity Distribution, who run the network across Warwickshire. On a farm the incoming supply matters as much as their answer: a single phase supply caps what can be installed whatever the roof would take.
What does Warwick require for solar on an agricultural building?: Roof-mounted panels on an agricultural building often fall under permitted development, subject to limits on projection above the roof plane and to the building not being listed or in a conservation area or National Park. We confirm the position with Warwick before the design is finalised.
Has anyone near CV8 already done this?: The planning database records 2 ground mounted and 2 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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