Blackfriars Railway Bridge Solar Panels

Blackfriars railway station upgrade.

Blackfriars railway bridge solar panels.

As part of a project with solar installation firm solarcentury the roof of the bridge has been covered with 4 400 photovoltaic panels providing up to half of the energy for london blackfriars. Blackfriars bridge part of blackfriars station in london has been fitted with 4 400 photovoltaic panels which are. Image courtesy of solarcentury co uk and networkrail co uk. Work has finished on what is now the largest solar bridge in the world.

Image courtesy of network rail. The blackfriars solar bridge features about 4 400 solar panels fixed on its roof. More than a hundred bridges 26 tunnels and public ferries cross the river thames but london s blackfriars station will be unique sporting approximately 6 000 square meters of photovoltaic panels. The electricity generated will be enough to cover half of london s blackfriars station electricity needs and most importantly the use of renewable energy will help.

London blackfriars railway bridge crosses the river thames close to the tate modern gallery on the south side right on the picture and it is situated west of the millenium bridge which leads to st. Solarcentury the uk company managing the installation expects the panels to produce around 900 000 kwh of electricity annually. Some 4 400 solar photovoltaic pv panels were placed on the new roof of the bridge. London blackfriars railway bridge is the largest solar panel bridge in the world.

Network rail said it was the world s largest solar bridge and would provide up to 50 of blackfriars. It is the largest solar array in london. The only other solar bridge in the world is the kurilpa bridge in brisbane australia. The first solar panel being fixed on to the bridge s roof.

The world s first solar bridge is the kurilpa footbridge which was built in 2009 in brisbane australia.