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Solar and the feed-in tariff in Bolton South East

697 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 3,113 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 485 of 633 and accounts for 0.08% of every FIT installation in the country.

697installations
3,113 kWinstalled capacity
485of 633 constituencies
2011busiest year, 177 installed

When they went up

Like most of the country, Bolton South East front-loaded: the busiest year was 2011, before the tariff cuts began to bite.

0 89 177 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Installations commissioned in Bolton South East by year. Ofgem Feed-in Tariff register, 2025-12-31.

What is installed

TechnologyInstallations
Photovoltaic696
Micro CHP1

Domestic and everything else

Installation typeInstallations
Domestic668
Non Domestic (Commercial)27
Community1
Non Domestic (Industrial)1

Postcode districts

Districts with five or more installations. Below five we publish nothing, because a count that small starts to identify individual houses.

DistrictInstallationsCapacity kW
BL3 3661,716
BL4 2491,022
M26 37124
BL5 21120
M46 932
BL2 936
BL1 664

Nearby in the ranking

Boltoncouncil view Wirral West708 installationsMiddlesbrough703 installationsRochford and Southend East699 installationsOrpington693 installationsSouthport691 installationsKingston upon Hull West and Hessle688 installations

On the tariff itself rather than the map: the rate finder will tell you what an installation here is paid, from its eligibility date and size.

Ofgem register as at 2025-12-31 Download all 633 constituencies (CSV)