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Solar and the feed-in tariff in Rossendale and Darwen
1,435 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 7,972 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 254 of 633 and accounts for 0.16% of every FIT installation in the country.
1,435installations
7,972 kWinstalled capacity
254of 633 constituencies
2011busiest year, 490 installed
When they went up
Like most of the country, Rossendale and Darwen front-loaded: the busiest year was 2011, before the tariff cuts began to bite.
What is installed
| Technology | Installations |
|---|---|
| Photovoltaic | 1,394 |
| Wind | 40 |
| Micro CHP | 1 |
Domestic and everything else
| Installation type | Installations |
|---|---|
| Domestic | 1,392 |
| Non Domestic (Commercial) | 41 |
| Non Domestic (Industrial) | 1 |
| Community | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BB4 | 480 | 2,717 |
| BB3 | 446 | 1,616 |
| OL13 | 270 | 2,556 |
| OL12 | 102 | 384 |
| BL7 | 57 | 355 |
| BB2 | 53 | 173 |
| BL0 | 21 | 94 |
Nearby in the ranking
Rossendalecouncil view Christchurch1,437 installationsOrkney and Shetland1,436 installationsCongleton1,436 installationsCambridge1,433 installationsNewcastle upon Tyne North1,432 installationsNorth East Hertfordshire1,432 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)