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Solar and the feed-in tariff in Cardiff South and Penarth
1,376 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 5,501 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 274 of 633 and accounts for 0.16% of every FIT installation in the country.
1,376installations
5,501 kWinstalled capacity
274of 633 constituencies
2012busiest year, 393 installed
When they went up
Like most of the country, Cardiff South and Penarth front-loaded: the busiest year was 2012, before the tariff cuts began to bite.
What is installed
| Technology | Installations |
|---|---|
| Photovoltaic | 1,376 |
Domestic and everything else
| Installation type | Installations |
|---|---|
| Domestic | 1,335 |
| Non Domestic (Commercial) | 31 |
| Community | 7 |
| Non Domestic (Industrial) | 3 |
Postcode districts
Districts with five or more installations. Below five we publish nothing, because a count that small starts to identify individual houses.
Nearby in the ranking
Cardiffcouncil view Maidstone and The Weald1,384 installationsDenton and Reddish1,379 installationsMid Derbyshire1,378 installationsRotherham1,376 installationsNewcastle-under-Lyme1,374 installationsLoughborough1,371 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)