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Solar and the feed-in tariff in Bolton West

1,036 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 8,230 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 379 of 633 and accounts for 0.12% of every FIT installation in the country.

1,036installations
8,230 kWinstalled capacity
379of 633 constituencies
2012busiest year, 339 installed

When they went up

Like most of the country, Bolton West front-loaded: the busiest year was 2012, before the tariff cuts began to bite.

0 170 339 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Installations commissioned in Bolton West by year. Ofgem Feed-in Tariff register, 2025-12-31.

What is installed

TechnologyInstallations
Photovoltaic1,035
Wind1

Domestic and everything else

Installation typeInstallations
Domestic1,017
Non Domestic (Commercial)16
Non Domestic (Industrial)2
Community1

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
BL6 3475,437
M46 267849
BL5 2251,224
BL1 125418
BL3 71254

Nearby in the ranking

Boltoncouncil view Surrey Heath1,043 installationsPendle1,040 installationsSouthampton- Test1,039 installationsWorthing West1,031 installationsHigh Peak1,030 installationsThurrock1,026 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)