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Solar and the feed-in tariff in Colchester

5,662 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff in Colchester, holding 28,827 kW. That ranks it 26 of 369 local authorities and accounts for 0.65% of the national total.

5,662installations
28,827 kWinstalled capacity
26of 369 councils
2015busiest year, 1,861 installed

When they went up

0 931 2k 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Installations commissioned in Colchester by year. Ofgem Feed-in Tariff register, 2025-12-31.

What is installed

TechnologyInstallations
Photovoltaic5,652
Wind8
Hydro1
Anaerobic digestion1

Postcode districts

Districts with five or more installations.

DistrictInstallationsCapacity kW
CO4 1,7316,611
CO2 1,2884,292
CO5 8529,856
CO3 7792,939
CO6 5693,220
CO7 299990
CO1 124831
CO8 1134
CM9 954

Nearby in the ranking

South Cambridgeshire6,088 installationsNorth Lincolnshire6,075 installationsWakefield5,752 installationsSheffield5,592 installationsRotherham5,434 installationsCheshire West and Chester5,385 installations
Ofgem register as at 2025-12-31 Download all 369 councils (CSV)