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Solar and the feed-in tariff in West Lancashire
1,501 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 14,990 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 243 of 633 and accounts for 0.17% of every FIT installation in the country.
1,501installations
14,990 kWinstalled capacity
243of 633 constituencies
2015busiest year, 700 installed
When they went up
West Lancashire peaked in 2015, later than the national peak of 2011.
What is installed
| Technology | Installations |
|---|---|
| Photovoltaic | 1,490 |
| Wind | 9 |
| Micro CHP | 2 |
Domestic and everything else
| Installation type | Installations |
|---|---|
| Domestic | 1,441 |
| Non Domestic (Commercial) | 52 |
| Non Domestic (Industrial) | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WN8 | 716 | 4,752 |
| L39 | 446 | 2,062 |
| L40 | 261 | 6,131 |
| WN6 | 36 | 275 |
| PR8 | 26 | 148 |
| L37 | 6 | 1,017 |
| L33 | 5 | 587 |
Nearby in the ranking
West Lancashirecouncil view Batley and Spen1,507 installationsAshton-under-Lyne1,502 installationsRibble Valley1,501 installationsHarborough1,494 installationsBraintree1,493 installationsSouth West Surrey1,486 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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