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Solar and the feed-in tariff in North Somerset
3,482 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 14,931 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 13 of 633 and accounts for 0.40% of every FIT installation in the country.
3,482installations
14,931 kWinstalled capacity
13of 633 constituencies
2011busiest year, 1,580 installed
When they went up
Like most of the country, North Somerset front-loaded: the busiest year was 2011, before the tariff cuts began to bite.
What is installed
| Technology | Installations |
|---|---|
| Photovoltaic | 3,479 |
| Wind | 2 |
| Hydro | 1 |
Domestic and everything else
| Installation type | Installations |
|---|---|
| Domestic | 3,385 |
| Non Domestic (Commercial) | 73 |
| Community | 20 |
| Non Domestic (Industrial) | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BS48 | 1,004 | 3,688 |
| BS20 | 952 | 4,029 |
| BS21 | 687 | 3,675 |
| BS49 | 272 | 832 |
| BS40 | 248 | 1,199 |
| BS41 | 229 | 1,078 |
| BS8 | 83 | 408 |
| BS13 | 7 | 22 |
Nearby in the ranking
North Somersetcouncil view South Norfolk3,751 installationsPlymouth- Moor View3,605 installationsSouth Suffolk3,495 installationsBury St Edmunds3,482 installationsWeston-Super-Mare3,446 installationsBassetlaw3,435 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)