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Solar and the feed-in tariff in West Dorset
2,821 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 27,252 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 43 of 633 and accounts for 0.32% of every FIT installation in the country.
2,821installations
27,252 kWinstalled capacity
43of 633 constituencies
2011busiest year, 1,021 installed
When they went up
Like most of the country, West Dorset front-loaded: the busiest year was 2011, before the tariff cuts began to bite.
What is installed
| Technology | Installations |
|---|---|
| Photovoltaic | 2,800 |
| Wind | 12 |
| Anaerobic digestion | 7 |
| Hydro | 2 |
Domestic and everything else
| Installation type | Installations |
|---|---|
| Domestic | 2,690 |
| Non Domestic (Commercial) | 102 |
| Non Domestic (Industrial) | 15 |
| Community | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| DT6 | 803 | 3,444 |
| DT2 | 715 | 9,548 |
| DT9 | 442 | 2,222 |
| DT1 | 305 | 1,219 |
| DT8 | 229 | 1,702 |
| DT7 | 131 | 479 |
| DT3 | 113 | 5,839 |
| BA22 | 28 | 155 |
| DT4 | 24 | 138 |
| TA20 | 22 | 1,695 |
| TA18 | 6 | 772 |
Nearby in the ranking
Dorsetcouncil view Taunton Deane2,870 installationsDon Valley2,867 installationsWitney2,826 installationsLouth and Horncastle2,814 installationsEast Devon2,799 installationsGainsborough2,777 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.
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