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Solar and the feed-in tariff in Leicester West
1,935 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 9,917 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 130 of 633 and accounts for 0.22% of every FIT installation in the country.
1,935installations
9,917 kWinstalled capacity
130of 633 constituencies
2012busiest year, 884 installed
When they went up
Like most of the country, Leicester West front-loaded: the busiest year was 2012, before the tariff cuts began to bite.
What is installed
| Technology | Installations |
|---|---|
| Photovoltaic | 1,934 |
| Anaerobic digestion | 1 |
Domestic and everything else
| Installation type | Installations |
|---|---|
| Domestic | 1,893 |
| Non Domestic (Commercial) | 34 |
| Non Domestic (Industrial) | 4 |
| Community | 4 |
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
Leicestercouncil view Gordon1,942 installationsMiddlesbrough South and East Cleveland1,942 installationsTewkesbury1,939 installationsNormanton- Pontefract and Castleford1,923 installationsNorth West Durham1,921 installationsMoray1,920 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)