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Bonterra

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #79235 resolved from 11 public installation records.

At a glance

Bonterra is a solar installer with 11 recorded installations totalling 188 kW, dated 2010 to 2017. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 4146th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 7,172nd of 10,537 nationally.

Recorded installs
11
Total capacity
188 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
5 kW
≈ $29,286
Median price
—
too few priced systems
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2017

Track record

Install volume by year

2010
1
2011
6
2012
3
2017
1

Recorded installs per year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
May 2, 2017Lakewood, CA105.6 kW$316,800Host-owned
Dec 19, 2012Torrance, CA25 kW$151,743Host-owned
Jul 18, 2012Torrance, CA6 kW$29,286Host-owned
May 24, 2012Cypress, CA3.5 kW$17,225Host-owned
Dec 8, 2011Yorba Linda, CA18 kW$112,500Host-owned
Aug 29, 2011Huntington Beach, CA2.1 kW$11,707Host-owned
Aug 8, 2011Santa Barbara, CA5 kW——
Jun 29, 2011Long Beach, CA4.8 kW$30,200Host-owned
Jan 31, 2011Redondo Beach, CA3.9 kW$26,025Host-owned
Jan 10, 2011Santa Barbara, CA11.3 kW——

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Service geography

Busiest cities

Torrance, CA 2Santa Barbara, CA 2Huntington Beach, CA 1Yorba Linda, CA 1Lakewood, CA 1Long Beach, CA 1Manhattan Beach, CA 1Cypress, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-79235
First recorded install
Dec 15, 2010
Last recorded install
May 2, 2017
Priced records
9

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How does Bonterra compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Bonterra ranks 4146th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 5 kW, is about 15% below the state median of 5.9 kW. 0% 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 Blue Light Solar (11), Milesahead Dba Arc Energy Solutions (11) and Advanced Solar Solutions (11).

How has Bonterra's installation volume changed?

Bonterra's earliest dated installation on record is from 2010. It has recorded installations in 4 calendar years. The busiest year was 2011, with 6 installations. 2017, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $5.37/W in 2010 to $3.00/W in 2017. The most recent recorded installation is dated May 2, 2017. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Bonterra install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Torrance, CA (2), Santa Barbara, CA (2), Huntington Beach, CA (1), Yorba Linda, CA (1) and Lakewood, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Bonterra completed?

PanelCensus records 11 installations by Bonterra, from Dec 15, 2010 to May 2, 2017, totalling 188 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Bonterra charge for solar?

The median installed price across 9 priced systems from all years is $5.66/W before incentives (median system 5 kW, about $29,286). 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 Bonterra install solar?

All 11 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Torrance.

Is Bonterra still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Bonterra in the public records is dated May 2, 2017; 2017 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Bonterra install leased or PPA solar systems?

0 recorded installations by Bonterra (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Bonterra install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Bonterra (0%) 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 October 19, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: PanelCensus, “Bonterra, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/bonterra-79235 (data as of October 19, 2026).