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Feed-in tariff solar in Houghton le Spring (DH5)

831 installations in the DH5 postcode district, which covers Houghton le Spring and the surrounding area, are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff, holding 2,085 kW between them. That is an average system size of 2.51 kW, and ranks the district 169 of 2645.

831installations
2,085 kWinstalled capacity
2.51 kWaverage system
2013busiest year

Where DH5 is

DH5 is a postcode district in the Houghton le Spring post town, in Sunderland, North East England. It covers Houghton-le-Spring, Hetton-le-Hole and East Rainton.

The figures on this page cover the whole district, so they include every accredited installation in those places. The register does not go finer than the district, which is the outward half of a postcode.

0 129 257 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Installations commissioned in Houghton le Spring (DH5) by year. Ofgem Feed-in Tariff register, 2025-12-31.

What is installed

TechnologyInstallations
Photovoltaic831

Where this sits

Sunderland8,891 installations Houghton and Sunderland South3,293 installations All districts2,645 with five or more

A postcode district is the outward half of a postcode, which is as precise as the public register goes. Districts with fewer than five installations are not published here. Place names come from the Royal Mail post town for the district.

Ofgem register as at 2025-12-31 Download all districts (CSV)