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Solar and the feed-in tariff in Thornbury and Yate
1,979 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 9,211 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 120 of 633 and accounts for 0.23% of every FIT installation in the country.
1,979installations
9,211 kWinstalled capacity
120of 633 constituencies
2011busiest year, 702 installed
When they went up
Like most of the country, Thornbury and Yate front-loaded: the busiest year was 2011, before the tariff cuts began to bite.
What is installed
| Technology | Installations |
|---|---|
| Photovoltaic | 1,971 |
| Wind | 7 |
| Hydro | 1 |
Domestic and everything else
| Installation type | Installations |
|---|---|
| Domestic | 1,908 |
| Non Domestic (Commercial) | 57 |
| Community | 9 |
| Non Domestic (Industrial) | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BS37 | 858 | 3,421 |
| BS35 | 479 | 1,882 |
| GL12 | 213 | 1,541 |
| BS36 | 170 | 670 |
| GL9 | 71 | 291 |
| BS16 | 55 | 198 |
| SN14 | 52 | 808 |
| BS30 | 42 | 166 |
| BS32 | 27 | 148 |
| GL13 | 7 | 21 |
| BA1 | 5 | 66 |
Nearby in the ranking
South Gloucestershirecouncil view Doncaster Central2,010 installationsFolkestone and Hythe2,006 installationsAshford1,995 installationsGravesham1,978 installationsMeon Valley1,961 installationsWealden1,959 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)