American Solar Direct
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · active in 2 states · installer record #901 resolved from 7,331 public installation records.
Data through: California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data); its other state through Dec 2025 (LBNL Tracking the Sun).
At a glance
American Solar Direct is a solar installer with 7,331 recorded installations totalling 40.7 MW, dated 2009 to 2025. Its records are concentrated in California (98%), where it ranks 36th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 48th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 5,342 priced systems from all years is $5.88/W before incentives.
Track record
Install volume by year
Recorded installs per year; prices by year are in the table below.
Pricing
Price by year (solar only)
| Year | Priced systems | American Solar Direct | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7 | $4.00/W | $3.95/W | +1% |
| 2018 | 28 | $4.01/W | $4.01/W | +0% |
| 2017 | 245 | $4.78/W | $4.05/W | +18% |
| 2016 | 1,363 | $4.66/W | $4.37/W | +7% |
| 2015 | 724 | $4.92/W | $4.58/W | +7% |
Median installed price per DC watt before incentives, systems without a battery, by the year in the public record. Years with fewer than five priced systems are left out.
Why a company's own figure can differ from this one
- Timing. These prices come from state incentive filings, published about once a year, so the latest full year here is the last year of data. Prices moved down in many states after 2023; a company's current quotes can be lower (or higher) than its last full year on record.
- Dates. A filing is dated when the program processed it, not when the job was sold, so jobs can land in a different month or year than in the company's own books.
- What the price includes. The filed price is the whole project as reported to the program, which can include loan dealer fees, electrical panel upgrades or roof work. A company's internal figure often leaves those out.
- Batteries. Systems flagged with a battery are excluded here; a battery the filing didn't flag can still raise a year's median.
Equipment
Module, inverter and battery brands
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2025 | San Juan Capo, CA | 4.3 kW | — | — |
| Jul 24, 2024 | San Diego, CA | 4.2 kW | — | — |
| May 4, 2023 | Poway, CA | 3.1 kW | — | — |
| Oct 8, 2019 | Larkspur, CA | 10.1 kW | $40,200 | Host-owned |
| Sep 9, 2019 | San Francisco, CA | 6.8 kW | $95,241 | Host-owned |
| Jun 3, 2019 | Oakville, CA | 4.4 kW | $15,656 | Host-owned |
| May 28, 2019 | Mill Valley, CA | 5.8 kW | $23,040 | Host-owned |
| May 24, 2019 | San Francisco, CA | 7.2 kW | $28,800 | Host-owned |
| Apr 5, 2019 | San Francisco, CA | 4 kW | $15,840 | Host-owned |
| Feb 4, 2019 | Hayward, CA | 4.8 kW | $20,000 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
- California
- 7,207
- Arizona
- 124
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-901
- First recorded install
- Apr 6, 2009
- Last recorded install
- Sep 25, 2025
- Priced records
- 5,342
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How does American Solar Direct compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations American Solar Direct ranks 36th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $5.88/W is about 38% above the California median of $4.26/W (the installer's median covers every state it works in). Its median system, 4.8 kW, is about 19% below the state median of 5.9 kW. 41% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 0% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Rec Solar Commercial (7,507), Sun Solar Energy Solutions (7,434) and Hooked On Solar (7,348).
How has American Solar Direct's installation volume changed?
American Solar Direct's earliest dated installation on record is from 2009. It has recorded installations in 14 calendar years. The busiest year was 2014, with 1,698 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $6.30/W in 2009 to $4.00/W in 2019. The most recent recorded installation is dated Sep 25, 2025.
Where does American Solar Direct install solar?
Recorded installations span 2 states: California (7,207, 98%) and Arizona (124, 2%). The cities with the most of its installations are San Diego, CA (471), Lancaster, CA (250), Chula Vista, CA (216), San Jose, CA (151) and Corona, CA (117).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has American Solar Direct completed?
PanelCensus records 7,331 installations by American Solar Direct, from Apr 6, 2009 to Sep 25, 2025, totalling 40.7 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does American Solar Direct charge for solar?
The median installed price across 5,342 priced systems from all years is $5.88/W before incentives (median system 4.8 kW, about $25,789). The California median is $4.26/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state programs, so they can include work billed with the solar.
Where does American Solar Direct install solar?
Recorded installs span 2 states, led by California (7,207) and Arizona (124). Its busiest city is San Diego, CA.
Is American Solar Direct still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to American Solar Direct in the public records is dated Sep 25, 2025; 2025 has 1 recorded installation. Records here run California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data); its other state through Dec 2025 (LBNL Tracking the Sun), so the newest installations may not appear yet.
Does American Solar Direct install leased or PPA solar systems?
3,039 recorded installations by American Solar Direct (41%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does American Solar Direct install battery storage?
0 recorded installations by American Solar Direct (0%) include a battery.
Related installers and places
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- Solar installations in California· 2,408,542 records
- Rec Solar Commercial· 7,507 installations
- Sun Solar Energy Solutions· 7,434 installations
- Hooked On Solar· 7,348 installations
- Solar Negotiators· 7,185 installations
- Nexus Energy Systems· 6,932 installations
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- Solar in Arizona· 124 by American Solar Direct
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun (through 2025), monthly state program records (California DGStats, NYSERDA, NJ Clean Energy, Illinois Shines) and permit records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching and, for state program records, by the systems both sources share.
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, “American Solar Direct, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/american-solar-direct-901 (data as of September 21, 2026).