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Feed-in tariff solar in Pontefract (WF8)

655 installations in the WF8 postcode district, which covers Pontefract and the surrounding area, are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff, holding 2,775 kW between them. That is an average system size of 4.24 kW, and ranks the district 325 of 2645.

655installations
2,775 kWinstalled capacity
4.24 kWaverage system
2011busiest year

Where WF8 is

WF8 is a postcode district in the Pontefract post town, in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber. It covers Darrington, Kirk Smeaton, Little Smeaton and Thorpe Audlin.

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 62 124 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Installations commissioned in Pontefract (WF8) by year. Ofgem Feed-in Tariff register, 2025-12-31.

What is installed

TechnologyInstallations
Photovoltaic654
Wind1

Where this sits

Wakefield5,752 installations Normanton- Pontefract and Castleford1,923 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)