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Solar and the feed-in tariff in Clacton

1,617 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 7,816 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 215 of 633 and accounts for 0.19% of every FIT installation in the country.

1,617installations

7,816 kWinstalled capacity

215of 633 constituencies

2014busiest year, 386 installed

When they went up

Clacton peaked in 2014, later than the national peak of 2011.

Installations commissioned in Clacton by year. Ofgem Feed-in Tariff register, 2025-12-31.

What is installed

Technology	Installations
Photovoltaic	1,584
Wind	33

Domestic and everything else

Installation type	Installations
Domestic	1,573
Non Domestic (Commercial)	33
Non Domestic (Industrial)	9
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
CO15	613	2,274
CO16	569	3,502
CO13	285	1,248
CO14	143	731
CO7	6	60

Nearby in the ranking

Tendringcouncil view Henley1,618 installations Sedgefield1,618 installations South Leicestershire1,617 installations Stockton South1,614 installations Dwyfor Meirionnydd1,611 installations Kenilworth and Southam1,606 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)