London borough installs 6,000 solar panels over marketplace

2m scheme by Hounslow council on Western International Market will be biggest solar scheme by any local authority, and use batteries to store energy

A London council is unveiling a vast installation of 6,000 solar panels on a wholesale market rooftop, which it says is the largest such array put up by a local authority.

The London Borough of Hounslow says its 2m investment in solar, which has been installed on the roof of Western International Market, is also the first by a council to adopt battery storage to maximise the power from the panels.
The 1.73 megawatt (MW) array of 6,069 panels and four 60kW lithium batteries system now generates half the site's required electricity.