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Solar and the feed-in tariff in Somerton and Frome
3,245 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 45,601 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 24 of 633 and accounts for 0.37% of every FIT installation in the country.
3,245installations
45,601 kWinstalled capacity
24of 633 constituencies
2011busiest year, 1,064 installed
When they went up
Like most of the country, Somerton and Frome front-loaded: the busiest year was 2011, before the tariff cuts began to bite.
What is installed
| Technology | Installations |
|---|---|
| Photovoltaic | 3,220 |
| Wind | 12 |
| Hydro | 10 |
| Anaerobic digestion | 3 |
Domestic and everything else
| Installation type | Installations |
|---|---|
| Domestic | 3,085 |
| Non Domestic (Commercial) | 129 |
| Community | 25 |
| Non Domestic (Industrial) | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BA11 | 806 | 4,267 |
| TA10 | 376 | 2,033 |
| TA11 | 358 | 4,423 |
| BA4 | 264 | 13,500 |
| BA9 | 232 | 1,368 |
| BA22 | 175 | 1,052 |
| BA8 | 157 | 2,250 |
| BA3 | 150 | 2,555 |
| TA12 | 147 | 959 |
| BA6 | 142 | 10,684 |
| BA7 | 99 | 387 |
| BA10 | 88 | 1,029 |
| DT9 | 73 | 315 |
| TA3 | 69 | 360 |
| TA19 | 67 | 274 |
| BA2 | 28 | 99 |
| TA13 | 12 | 42 |
Nearby in the ranking
South Somersetcouncil view Mid Norfolk3,319 installationsHoughton and Sunderland South3,293 installationsTotnes3,256 installationsSuffolk Coastal3,202 installationsSt Austell and Newquay3,188 installationsIsle of Wight3,140 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)