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Solar and the feed-in tariff in Braintree
1,493 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 8,029 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 245 of 633 and accounts for 0.17% of every FIT installation in the country.
1,493installations
8,029 kWinstalled capacity
245of 633 constituencies
2014busiest year, 316 installed
When they went up
Braintree peaked in 2014, later than the national peak of 2011.
What is installed
| Technology | Installations |
|---|---|
| Photovoltaic | 1,484 |
| Wind | 8 |
| Anaerobic digestion | 1 |
Domestic and everything else
| Installation type | Installations |
|---|---|
| Domestic | 1,431 |
| Non Domestic (Commercial) | 56 |
| Non Domestic (Industrial) | 4 |
| Community | 2 |
Postcode districts
Districts with five or more installations. Below five we publish nothing, because a count that small starts to identify individual houses.
| District | Installations | Capacity kW |
|---|---|---|
| CM7 | 553 | 2,469 |
| CO9 | 492 | 2,921 |
| CM77 | 194 | 1,121 |
| CO6 | 88 | 331 |
| CO10 | 84 | 438 |
| CB9 | 56 | 634 |
| CO8 | 26 | 115 |
Nearby in the ranking
Braintreecouncil view Ribble Valley1,501 installationsWest Lancashire1,501 installationsHarborough1,494 installationsSouth West Surrey1,486 installationsCharnwood1,476 installationsIpswich1,453 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)