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Solar and the feed-in tariff in Dorset

8,612 installations are accredited under the Feed-in Tariff in Dorset, holding 85,407 kW. That ranks it 6 of 369 local authorities and accounts for 0.99% of the national total.

8,612installations
85,407 kWinstalled capacity
6of 369 councils
2011busiest year, 3,180 installed

When they went up

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Installations commissioned in Dorset by year. Ofgem Feed-in Tariff register, 2025-12-31.

What is installed

TechnologyInstallations
Photovoltaic8,565
Wind24
Anaerobic digestion12
Hydro11

Postcode districts

Districts with five or more installations.

DistrictInstallationsCapacity kW
DT2 87215,850
DT6 8033,444
BH21 7287,388
DT11 5883,671
DT3 5537,694
BH20 50512,939
BH22 4921,783
DT4 4801,638
DT9 4572,289
SP8 4222,195
DT10 3553,295
DT1 3051,219
BH16 2971,179
SP7 2876,733
BH19 2841,162
BH31 242900
DT8 2291,702
BH24 221725
DT5 194940
DT7 131479
SP6 535,157
SP5 30226
BA22 28155
TA20 221,695
BH18 2269
TA18 6772

Nearby in the ranking

Peterborough9,193 installationsSunderland8,891 installationsCounty Durham8,800 installationsNorthumberland8,098 installationsLeeds7,661 installationsDoncaster7,250 installations
Ofgem register as at 2025-12-31 Download all 369 councils (CSV)