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Solar and the feed-in tariff in Workington

1,313 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff here, holding 19,773 kW of capacity. That ranks the constituency 296 of 633 and accounts for 0.15% of every FIT installation in the country.

1,313installations
19,773 kWinstalled capacity
296of 633 constituencies
2012busiest year, 288 installed

When they went up

Like most of the country, Workington front-loaded: the busiest year was 2012, before the tariff cuts began to bite.

0 144 288 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Installations commissioned in Workington by year. Ofgem Feed-in Tariff register, 2025-12-31.

What is installed

TechnologyInstallations
Photovoltaic1,243
Wind59
Anaerobic digestion7
Hydro3
Micro CHP1

Domestic and everything else

Installation typeInstallations
Domestic1,143
Non Domestic (Commercial)143
Non Domestic (Industrial)15
Community12

Postcode districts

Districts with five or more installations. Below five we publish nothing, because a count that small starts to identify individual houses.

DistrictInstallationsCapacity kW
CA7 5258,981
CA14 2805,639
CA15 2072,356
CA13 1921,195
CA12 57200
CA5 521,402

Nearby in the ranking

Allerdalecouncil view Broxtowe1,321 installationsMaidenhead1,316 installationsClwyd West1,314 installationsSheffield- Hallam1,301 installationsAmber Valley1,300 installationsOxford West and Abingdon1,295 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)