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Solar and the feed-in tariff in County Durham

8,800 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff in County Durham, holding 49,310 kW. That ranks it 5 of 369 local authorities and accounts for 1.01% of the national total.

8,800installations
49,310 kWinstalled capacity
5of 369 councils
2015busiest year, 1,877 installed

When they went up

0 939 2k 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Installations commissioned in County Durham by year. Ofgem Feed-in Tariff register, 2025-12-31.

What is installed

TechnologyInstallations
Photovoltaic8,719
Wind72
Hydro6
Anaerobic digestion3

Postcode districts

Districts with five or more installations.

DistrictInstallationsCapacity kW
DH8 8254,839
DH7 8173,854
DH1 6962,853
DH9 6234,069
DL14 6033,121
DL5 5593,294
DH6 5342,470
DL15 4534,170
SR7 4463,092
SR8 4302,746
DL16 3831,657
DL13 3742,038
DH2 3671,314
DL12 2932,087
DL17 2701,358
DH3 175834
DL4 153930
TS21 1531,586
DL2 127575
TS27 123556
TS29 108423
DH4 87351
NE16 80410
TS28 62352
DL11 22116
NE39 18138
NE17 827
NE38 725

Nearby in the ranking

Wiltshire9,587 installationsPeterborough9,193 installationsSunderland8,891 installationsDorset8,612 installationsNorthumberland8,098 installationsLeeds7,661 installations
Ofgem register as at 2025-12-31 Download all 369 councils (CSV)