Solar Energy Leaders

Local authorities ranked by solar panel installations per 1,000 homes

314

Local Authorities

1,419,401

Total Installations

16,447.4

Total Capacity

314 results

#	Local Authority	Solar per 1,000	Capacity	vs Average
1	Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn	184.3	101.8 MW	+188%
2	South Hams	179.4	142.5 MW	+180%
3	South Cambridgeshire	177	295.6 MW	+176%
4	Ceredigion	175.2	47.8 MW	+173%
5	Mid Devon	172.3	68.7 MW	+169%
6	Powys	149.7	46.1 MW	+134%
7	Torridge	149.3	125.8 MW	+133%
8	Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro	144.3	239.4 MW	+125%
9	South Norfolk	136.6	109.4 MW	+113%
10	Peterborough	135.6	50.5 MW	+112%
11	Mid Suffolk	135	42.7 MW	+111%
12	West Devon	133.8	36.2 MW	+109%
13	Babergh	133.6	22.6 MW	+108%
14	North Devon	133.3	137.9 MW	+108%
15	Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy	131.7	87.8 MW	+105%
16	Eastleigh	131.6	30.6 MW	+105%
17	Winchester	131.1	133.6 MW	+105%
18	North Somerset	128	99.6 MW	+100%
19	East Hampshire	123.9	59.3 MW	+93%
20	Cornwall	123.8	650.5 MW	+93%
21	Forest of Dean	119.4	76.7 MW	+86%
22	Malvern Hills	118.7	20.3 MW	+85%
23	Boston	111.2	44.0 MW	+73%
24	East Devon	111	133.6 MW	+73%
25	Breckland	110.6	95.3 MW	+73%
26	Herefordshire, County of	110	119.7 MW	+72%
27	Bassetlaw	108.5	155.3 MW	+69%
28	Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin	108.4	163.9 MW	+69%
29	North Lincolnshire	108	89.0 MW	+68%
30	Gwynedd	106.8	57.7 MW	+67%
31	Tewkesbury	105.4	57.5 MW	+64%
32	Rutland	105.1	24.8 MW	+64%
33	Uttlesford	105	55.3 MW	+64%
34	North Norfolk	104.7	190.7 MW	+63%
35	East Lindsey	104.3	120.3 MW	+63%
36	Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych	103.4	21.1 MW	+61%
37	Wrexham / Wrecsam	102.8	47.2 MW	+60%
38	Broadland	102.6	54.7 MW	+60%
39	Colchester	102.5	157.3 MW	+60%
40	Exeter	101.5	20.3 MW	+58%
41	North Kesteven	100.6	167.8 MW	+57%
42	East Cambridgeshire	100.5	291.6 MW	+57%
43	South Holland	100.4	93.0 MW	+57%
44	West Lindsey	100.1	54.1 MW	+56%
45	Teignbridge	99.5	44.6 MW	+55%
46	Wychavon	98.4	219.5 MW	+54%
47	Stroud	98	67.5 MW	+53%
48	Chichester	97.9	84.4 MW	+53%
49	East Suffolk	97.8	155.5 MW	+53%
50	Isles of Scilly	97.8	0.3 MW	+53%
51	Wealden	97.4	94.1 MW	+52%
52	Flintshire / Sir Y Fflint	97.1	106.1 MW	+51%
53	Derbyshire Dales	96.3	75.7 MW	+50%
54	Maldon	95.8	42.9 MW	+49%
55	Dorset	93	381.2 MW	+45%
56	Preston	92.3	22.6 MW	+44%
57	Lewes	92.3	23.7 MW	+44%
58	Wiltshire	92	599.6 MW	+44%
59	West Oxfordshire	91.1	83.0 MW	+42%
60	Cambridge	90.4	18.1 MW	+41%
61	Stoke-On-Trent	89.8	35.3 MW	+40%
62	Sunderland	89.4	41.5 MW	+39%
63	Newark and Sherwood	88.2	165.9 MW	+38%
64	Melton	88	34.9 MW	+37%
65	Northumberland	87.9	52.5 MW	+37%
66	Fenland	87.3	43.6 MW	+36%
67	Hart	87.2	21.8 MW	+36%
68	Stratford-On-Avon	86.6	101.8 MW	+35%
69	Ashford	86	46.6 MW	+34%
70	West Suffolk	86	160.3 MW	+34%
71	Westmorland and Furness	84.5	68.7 MW	+32%
72	Shropshire	84.5	279.4 MW	+32%
73	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	84.5	120.3 MW	+32%
74	New Forest	84.3	75.4 MW	+32%
75	North Yorkshire	83.8	267.1 MW	+31%
76	Chorley	83.3	14.2 MW	+30%
77	Mid Sussex	82	35.3 MW	+28%
78	Rushcliffe	81.6	70.2 MW	+27%
79	Guildford	80.5	17.0 MW	+26%
80	Plymouth	80.2	36.7 MW	+25%
81	Huntingdonshire	78.8	155.3 MW	+23%
82	Isle of Wight	78.8	99.3 MW	+23%
83	Vale of White Horse	78.8	165.0 MW	+23%
84	Nottingham	78.6	33.4 MW	+23%
85	Fareham	78.6	35.3 MW	+23%
86	South Kesteven	77.4	78.8 MW	+21%
87	South Gloucestershire	77.1	163.2 MW	+20%
88	South Oxfordshire	77.1	55.3 MW	+20%
89	Cherwell	76.1	134.7 MW	+19%
90	Test Valley	75.3	197.8 MW	+17%
91	Torfaen	75.2	20.7 MW	+17%
92	Tendring	74.8	87.5 MW	+17%
93	Harborough	74.7	49.1 MW	+17%
94	Horsham	74.6	68.2 MW	+16%
95	Waverley	74.5	18.4 MW	+16%
96	Wokingham	74.5	51.8 MW	+16%
97	Maidstone	73.9	32.7 MW	+15%
98	Knowsley	73.4	17.4 MW	+15%
99	Rother	73.2	18.8 MW	+14%
100	Tandridge	73.2	10.4 MW	+14%
101	Mole Valley	72.7	11.4 MW	+13%
102	Conwy	72.4	43.7 MW	+13%
103	Great Yarmouth	72.1	28.1 MW	+12%
104	Doncaster	71.9	61.1 MW	+12%
105	Rochford	71.8	41.7 MW	+12%
106	Canterbury	70.7	119.2 MW	+10%
107	Reigate and Banstead	70.6	15.0 MW	+10%
108	Folkestone and Hythe	70.4	35.1 MW	+10%
109	East Riding of Yorkshire	70.2	90.4 MW	+10%
110	Tunbridge Wells	69.1	48.2 MW	+8%
111	Stafford	68.9	19.7 MW	+7%
112	Gravesham	68.8	10.2 MW	+7%
113	Bath and North East Somerset	68.2	30.3 MW	+6%
114	North West Leicestershire	67.6	69.1 MW	+5%
115	Rotherham	67.1	28.9 MW	+5%
116	Milton Keynes	67.1	74.0 MW	+5%
117	Warwick	66.4	31.8 MW	+4%
118	Cotswold	66.3	73.4 MW	+3%
119	Hinckley and Bosworth	66.3	56.2 MW	+3%
120	North Northamptonshire	66.1	174.6 MW	+3%
121	Cheshire West And Chester	66	60.8 MW	+3%
122	North Hertfordshire	66	39.4 MW	+3%
123	South Derbyshire	66	36.3 MW	+3%
124	Bolsover	65.9	25.1 MW	+3%
125	West Northamptonshire	65.5	162.2 MW	+2%
126	Woking	65.4	11.9 MW	+2%
127	South Ribble	65.1	14.6 MW	+2%
128	Havant	64.7	16.1 MW	+1%
129	Arun	64.1	72.3 MW	avg
130	North East Derbyshire	63.8	62.2 MW	avg
131	Chelmsford	63.5	21.3 MW	-1%
132	Chesterfield	63.2	37.9 MW	-1%
133	Hartlepool	63.1	23.7 MW	-2%
134	Bracknell Forest	63	12.8 MW	-2%
135	Rugby	62.9	83.4 MW	-2%
136	Sevenoaks	62.7	14.1 MW	-2%
137	Cheltenham	62.5	11.6 MW	-2%
138	West Berkshire	62.3	43.3 MW	-3%
139	Wakefield	62	41.8 MW	-3%
140	Telford and Wrekin	62	51.0 MW	-3%
141	Buckinghamshire	61.8	224.4 MW	-4%
142	Stockton-On-Tees	61.8	28.9 MW	-4%
143	Oadby and Wigston	61.8	5.9 MW	-4%
144	Braintree	61.6	150.7 MW	-4%
145	Central Bedfordshire	61.3	108.0 MW	-4%
146	North Tyneside	61.3	19.2 MW	-4%
147	Warrington	60.9	27.4 MW	-5%
148	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	60.6	133.6 MW	-5%
149	Staffordshire Moorlands	60.6	34.3 MW	-5%
150	Ribble Valley	60.6	16.7 MW	-5%
151	Vale Of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg	60.5	87.9 MW	-6%
152	St Albans	60.4	14.8 MW	-6%
153	Ipswich	60.4	16.4 MW	-6%
154	Basingstoke and Deane	60.1	46.0 MW	-6%
155	Swindon	60	201.8 MW	-6%
156	Dover	59.7	37.5 MW	-7%
157	County Durham	59.6	78.4 MW	-7%
158	Derby	59.3	23.4 MW	-7%
159	Leicester	59.3	29.1 MW	-7%
160	York	59.2	20.4 MW	-8%
161	Tonbridge and Malling	59.2	27.1 MW	-8%
162	Bridgend / Pen-Y-Bont Ar Ogwr	58.3	42.4 MW	-9%
163	Ashfield	58.3	17.8 MW	-9%
164	Swale	58.3	72.3 MW	-9%
165	Blackburn With Darwen	58	14.0 MW	-10%
166	Rhondda Cynon Taf	57.5	63.9 MW	-10%
167	Rossendale	57.4	8.1 MW	-10%
168	Blaenau Gwent / Blaenau Gwent	57.3	27.9 MW	-11%
169	Gedling	56.8	18.1 MW	-11%
170	Amber Valley	56.7	36.1 MW	-12%
171	Bedford	56.2	84.5 MW	-12%
172	Gosport	56.1	7.6 MW	-12%
173	East Hertfordshire	55.9	19.0 MW	-13%
174	Charnwood	55.7	83.0 MW	-13%
175	Newcastle-Under-Lyme	55.5	15.8 MW	-13%
176	Blaby	55.5	15.4 MW	-13%
177	Redcar and Cleveland	55.1	17.2 MW	-14%
178	Pendle	54.9	9.0 MW	-14%
179	Caerphilly / Caerffili	54.8	68.2 MW	-15%
180	Surrey Heath	54.6	8.4 MW	-15%
181	Thurrock	54.5	73.5 MW	-15%
182	East Staffordshire	54.4	59.0 MW	-15%
183	Darlington	54.4	20.4 MW	-15%
184	Neath Port Talbot / Castell-Nedd Port Talbot	54.3	37.0 MW	-15%
185	Cheshire East	53.9	72.8 MW	-16%
186	Runnymede	53.7	8.9 MW	-16%
187	West Lancashire	53.7	19.7 MW	-16%
188	Newport / Casnewydd	53.5	107.7 MW	-17%
189	North Warwickshire	53.1	30.4 MW	-17%
190	Mansfield	53	56.0 MW	-17%
191	Gloucester	52.9	12.5 MW	-17%
192	Bristol, City of	52.3	49.1 MW	-18%
193	Bromsgrove	51.5	10.9 MW	-20%
194	Adur	51.2	6.1 MW	-20%
195	Tameside	50.9	23.1 MW	-21%
196	Swansea / Abertawe	50.8	67.5 MW	-21%
197	Oxford	50.7	15.2 MW	-21%
198	Cannock Chase	50.7	8.9 MW	-21%
199	Kirklees	50.6	35.2 MW	-21%
200	Stockport	50.4	24.8 MW	-21%
201	Wyre	50.1	23.9 MW	-22%
202	Lichfield	50	14.7 MW	-22%
203	Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful	49.8	5.6 MW	-22%
204	Dacorum	49.4	26.2 MW	-23%
205	Worcester	49.4	11.0 MW	-23%
206	Broxtowe	49.3	20.2 MW	-23%
207	Manchester	48.9	36.9 MW	-24%
208	Windsor and Maidenhead	48.9	16.2 MW	-24%
209	Torbay	48.5	12.6 MW	-24%
210	South Tyneside	48.5	11.8 MW	-24%
211	Wyre Forest	48.3	11.0 MW	-25%
212	Erewash	48.1	11.4 MW	-25%
213	North East Lincolnshire	48	60.0 MW	-25%
214	Crawley	47.5	9.7 MW	-26%
215	Thanet	46.7	53.6 MW	-27%
216	Dartford	46.6	14.2 MW	-27%
217	Welwyn Hatfield	46.5	9.1 MW	-27%
218	Southampton	46.4	18.3 MW	-28%
219	South Staffordshire	46.1	24.9 MW	-28%
220	Stevenage	45.9	7.7 MW	-28%
221	Reading	45.1	11.9 MW	-30%
222	Lincoln	44.5	8.4 MW	-31%
223	Redditch	44.3	7.3 MW	-31%
224	Lancaster	44.3	25.4 MW	-31%
225	Rushmoor	44.2	8.6 MW	-31%
226	High Peak	44.2	7.7 MW	-31%
227	Spelthorne	44.1	9.6 MW	-31%
228	Norwich	43.3	12.7 MW	-32%
229	Eastbourne	43	9.5 MW	-33%
230	Three Rivers	42.6	6.3 MW	-34%
231	Castle Point	42.2	6.0 MW	-34%
232	Brentwood	42.1	56.3 MW	-34%
233	Salford	41.9	19.4 MW	-35%
234	Nuneaton and Bedworth	41.7	9.1 MW	-35%
235	Elmbridge	41.4	18.6 MW	-35%
236	Calderdale	40.9	16.8 MW	-36%
237	Wigan	40.8	27.7 MW	-36%
238	St. Helens	40.8	15.8 MW	-36%
239	Cardiff / Caerdydd	40.1	35.0 MW	-37%
240	Fylde	40.1	35.3 MW	-37%
241	Halton	39.9	11.4 MW	-38%
242	Basildon	39.9	27.4 MW	-38%
243	Middlesbrough	39.8	10.2 MW	-38%
244	Tamworth	39.5	6.3 MW	-38%
245	Leeds	39.3	61.6 MW	-39%
246	Newcastle Upon Tyne	39.1	18.4 MW	-39%
247	Rochdale	38.9	22.6 MW	-39%
248	Worthing	38.5	8.9 MW	-40%
249	Epping Forest	38.1	12.2 MW	-41%
250	Brighton and Hove	37.1	22.5 MW	-42%
251	Epsom and Ewell	37.1	4.9 MW	-42%
252	Burnley	36.9	7.2 MW	-42%
253	Hastings	36.8	7.2 MW	-43%
254	Havering	36.6	16.2 MW	-43%
255	Barking and Dagenham	36.6	11.0 MW	-43%
256	Coventry	36.3	20.7 MW	-43%
257	Walsall	35.8	14.9 MW	-44%
258	Oldham	34.9	15.5 MW	-46%
259	Gateshead	34.2	13.5 MW	-47%
260	Southend-On-Sea	34.1	10.4 MW	-47%
261	Medway	33.9	31.7 MW	-47%
262	Solihull	33.9	14.7 MW	-47%
263	Wirral	33.8	19.4 MW	-47%
264	Liverpool	33.7	27.6 MW	-47%
265	Luton	33.7	10.0 MW	-47%
266	Harlow	32.9	5.6 MW	-49%
267	Kingston Upon Hull, City of	32.7	33.0 MW	-49%
268	Portsmouth	32.6	16.7 MW	-49%
269	Croydon	31.7	18.9 MW	-51%
270	Bolton	31.7	27.8 MW	-51%
271	Wolverhampton	31.6	28.9 MW	-51%
272	Birmingham	31.5	54.4 MW	-51%
273	Bradford	31.4	31.8 MW	-51%
274	Dudley	31.1	17.8 MW	-51%
275	Broxbourne	29.9	5.8 MW	-53%
276	Waltham Forest	29.8	11.8 MW	-54%
277	Sutton	29.6	10.3 MW	-54%
278	Bury	29.1	10.8 MW	-55%
279	Hyndburn	29	9.1 MW	-55%
280	Bexley	29	12.8 MW	-55%
281	Richmond Upon Thames	29	8.5 MW	-55%
282	Hertsmere	28.9	18.8 MW	-55%
283	Kingston Upon Thames	28	7.5 MW	-56%
284	Bromley	27.8	16.1 MW	-57%
285	Slough	27.5	6.5 MW	-57%
286	Sefton	27.3	15.5 MW	-57%
287	Sandwell	27.2	16.9 MW	-58%
288	Merton	26.8	9.6 MW	-58%
289	Trafford	26.5	15.0 MW	-59%
290	Watford	26.1	4.6 MW	-59%
291	Ealing	25.1	16.2 MW	-61%
292	Harrow	24.7	9.6 MW	-61%
293	Hounslow	23.7	15.8 MW	-63%
294	Blackpool	23.3	6.8 MW	-64%
295	Hillingdon	22.8	13.3 MW	-64%
296	Barnet	21.9	13.5 MW	-66%
297	Enfield	21.4	12.9 MW	-67%
298	Redbridge	20.1	8.6 MW	-69%
299	Greenwich	19.7	13.7 MW	-69%
300	Lewisham	17.3	9.7 MW	-73%
301	Brent	17.2	11.1 MW	-73%
302	Haringey	14.7	7.5 MW	-77%
303	Lambeth	13.9	9.0 MW	-78%
304	City of London	13.5	1.1 MW	-79%
305	Newham	12.7	8.7 MW	-80%
306	Wandsworth	12.6	8.1 MW	-80%
307	Hackney	12.3	8.5 MW	-81%
308	Southwark	11.9	11.5 MW	-81%
309	Camden	11.8	6.7 MW	-82%
310	Islington	10.7	6.3 MW	-83%
311	Westminster	9.1	5.3 MW	-86%
312	Hammersmith and Fulham	8.7	3.5 MW	-86%
313	Tower Hamlets	8	8.0 MW	-88%
314	Kensington and Chelsea	5.3	1.9 MW	-92%

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