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Solar and the feed-in tariff in Orkney and Shetland
1,436 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 21,836 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 252 of 633 and accounts for 0.17% of every FIT installation in the country.
1,436installations
21,836 kWinstalled capacity
252of 633 constituencies
2012busiest year, 654 installed
When they went up
Like most of the country, Orkney and Shetland front-loaded: the busiest year was 2012, before the tariff cuts began to bite.
What is installed
| Technology | Installations |
|---|---|
| Wind | 991 |
| Photovoltaic | 442 |
| Hydro | 3 |
Domestic and everything else
| Installation type | Installations |
|---|---|
| Domestic | 1,279 |
| Non Domestic (Commercial) | 123 |
| Community | 30 |
| 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.
Nearby in the ranking
Orkney Islandscouncil view South Ribble1,443 installationsEast Surrey1,439 installationsChristchurch1,437 installationsCongleton1,436 installationsRossendale and Darwen1,435 installationsCambridge1,433 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)