PanelCensus

Active Solar

Recently active

Solar installer based in California · installer record #359 resolved from 134 public installation records.

At a glance

Active Solar is a solar installer with 134 recorded installations totalling 1.2 MW, dated 2005 to 2024. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1186th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 1,923rd of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 121 priced systems is $4.18/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
134
Total capacity
1.2 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
6.9 kW
≈ $29,000
Median price
$4.18/W
pre-incentive · 121 priced
Third-party owned
6%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
1%
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2024

Track record

Install volume by year

2005
2$6.34/W
2009
1
2010
4$6.78/W
2011
1
2012
2$6.50/W
2013
7$5.34/W
2014
12$5.11/W
2015
20$3.00/W
2016
22$3.06/W
2017
25$4.56/W
2018
14$3.86/W
2019
14$3.94/W
2020
4$3.91/W
2021
3$3.96/W
2022
1$5.19/W
2023
2$6.46/W
2024
1$3.66/W

Bars: recorded installs · right column: this installer's median $/W that year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Mar 12, 2024San Juan Capo, CA8.7 kW$31,839Host-owned
May 22, 2023San Juan Capo, CA7.6 kW$63,888Host-owned · battery
Apr 6, 2023Laguna Niguel, CA4.3 kW$19,440Host-owned
Jan 28, 2022San Juan Capo, CA10.9 kW$56,776Host-owned
Sep 13, 2021Mission Viejo, CA7.2 kW$24,419Host-owned
Apr 16, 2021Dana Point, CA20.5 kW$86,000Host-owned
Apr 12, 2021San Juan Capo, CA8.2 kW$32,500Host-owned
Dec 16, 2020San Clemente, CA4.4 kW$16,768Host-owned
Apr 21, 2020Laguna Hills, CA7.9 kW$43,750Host-owned
Feb 13, 2020Dana Point, CA7.1 kW$28,700Host-owned

See all 134 installations →searchable & filterable; export to CSV with a free account

Service geography

California
135

Busiest cities

San Juan Capo, CA 24San Clemente, CA 16Laguna Niguel, CA 11Dana Point, CA 6Mission Viejo, CA 6Laguna Hills, CA 6San Juan Capistrano, CA 5Huntington Beach, CA 4

Record

Installer ID
PC-359
First recorded install
Aug 2, 2005
Last recorded install
Mar 12, 2024
Priced records
121
Also appears as
Active Solar Company

Is this your company?

Installers will be able to claim this profile, correct records and add licensing, NABCEP credentials and service details. Create a free account to be ready when claims open.

How does Active Solar compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Active Solar ranks 1186th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $4.18/W is roughly in line with the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.9 kW, is about 17% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 6% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. under 1% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include University City Photons (135), Baker Electric, Inc (135) and THE HOWES COMPANY (135).

How has Active Solar's installation volume changed?

Active Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2005. It has recorded installations in 17 calendar years. The busiest year was 2017, with 25 installations. 2024, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $6.34/W in 2005 to $3.66/W in 2024. The most recent recorded installation is dated Mar 12, 2024.

Where does Active Solar install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Juan Capo, CA (24), San Clemente, CA (16), Laguna Niguel, CA (11), Dana Point, CA (6) and Mission Viejo, CA (6).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Active Solar completed?

PanelCensus records 134 installations by Active Solar, from Aug 2, 2005 to Mar 12, 2024, totalling 1.2 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Active Solar charge for solar?

The median installed price across 121 priced systems is $4.18/W before incentives (median system 6.9 kW, about $29,000). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Active Solar install solar?

All 134 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Juan Capo.

Is Active Solar still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Active Solar in the public records is dated Mar 12, 2024; 2024 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Active Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?

8 recorded installations by Active Solar (6%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Active Solar install battery storage?

1 recorded installation by Active Solar (under 1%) includes a battery.

Related installers and places

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + permit and program records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching.

About this data

Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tracking the Sun, merged with city permit records, state incentive programs and the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database / EIA-860 plant registers, as published September 21, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: PanelCensus, “Active Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/active-solar-359 (data as of September 21, 2026).