Barrier Solar
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #1461 resolved from 707 public installation records.
At a glance
Barrier Solar is a solar installer with 707 recorded installations totalling 77.9 MW, dated 2011 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 339th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 558th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2025 is $2.21/W before incentives, across 43 priced systems.
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 | Barrier Solar | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | $2.21/W | $3.29/W | −33% |
| 2024 | 53 | $2.24/W | $3.80/W | −41% |
| 2023 | 79 | $2.50/W | $4.06/W | −38% |
| 2022 | 42 | $2.25/W | $4.11/W | −45% |
| 2021 | 61 | $2.11/W | $3.98/W | −47% |
| 2020 | 57 | $2.16/W | $3.97/W | −46% |
| 2019 | 60 | $2.54/W | $3.95/W | −36% |
| 2018 | 129 | $3.01/W | $4.01/W | −25% |
| 2017 | 58 | $3.01/W | $4.05/W | −26% |
| 2016 | 39 | $2.48/W | $4.37/W | −43% |
| 2015 | 12 | $3.48/W | $4.58/W | −24% |
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 2025. 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.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2025 | Reedley, CA | 120 kW | $258,000 | Host-owned |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Fresno, CA | 12.9 kW | $117,000 | Host-owned |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Clovis, CA | 3.5 kW | $22,380 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Fresno, CA | 904.1 kW | $1,201,000 | Host-owned |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Los Gatos, CA | 240.7 kW | $700,000 | Host-owned |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Madera, CA | 476 kW | $994,200 | Host-owned |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Fresno, CA | 79.6 kW | $465,800 | Host-owned |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Kingsburg, CA | 202.1 kW | $187,600 | Host-owned |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Los Banos, CA | 86.7 kW | $160,000 | Host-owned |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Delano, CA | 16.2 kW | $1 | Third-party |
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Service geography
- California
- 707
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-1461
- First recorded install
- Jun 1, 2011
- Last recorded install
- Dec 29, 2025
- Priced records
- 642
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How does Barrier Solar compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Barrier Solar ranks 339th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2025 solar-only median of $2.21/W is about 33% below the California median of $3.29/W on the same basis. Its median system, 23.1 kW, is about 3.9 times the state median of 5.9 kW. 16% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 1% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Green Stock Solar (709), Best Solar (708) and Earth Electric (708).
How has Barrier Solar's installation volume changed?
Barrier Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2011. It has recorded installations in 14 calendar years. The busiest year was 2018, with 130 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 56. Its median price per watt moved from $4.82/W in 2011 to $2.25/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 29, 2025.
Where does Barrier Solar install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Fresno, CA (331), Madera, CA (41), Clovis, CA (38), Chowchilla, CA (22) and Los Banos, CA (19).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Barrier Solar completed?
PanelCensus records 707 installations by Barrier Solar, from Jun 1, 2011 to Dec 29, 2025, totalling 77.9 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Barrier Solar charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2025, the median reported price is $2.21/W before incentives, across 43 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.29/W. Across all 642 priced systems since 2011, including battery systems, the median is $2.62/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state incentive programs, divided by the system's DC watts, so they can include electrical upgrades or other work billed with the solar.
Where does Barrier Solar install solar?
All 707 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Fresno.
Is Barrier Solar still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Barrier Solar in the public records is dated Dec 29, 2025; 2025 has 56 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Barrier Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?
113 recorded installations by Barrier Solar (16%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Barrier Solar install battery storage?
8 recorded installations by Barrier Solar (1%) include 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, “Barrier Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/barrier-solar-1461 (data as of September 21, 2026).