Golden Bear Solar
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #5263 resolved from 368 public installation records.
At a glance
Golden Bear Solar is a solar installer with 368 recorded installations totalling 3.0 MW, dated 2007 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 593rd of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 959th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $3.60/W before incentives, across 48 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 | Golden Bear Solar | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | $3.41/W | $3.80/W | −10% |
| 2023 | 37 | $3.60/W | $4.06/W | −11% |
| 2022 | 39 | $4.18/W | $4.11/W | +2% |
| 2021 | 29 | $3.68/W | $3.98/W | −8% |
| 2020 | 28 | $3.59/W | $3.97/W | −10% |
| 2019 | 23 | $3.60/W | $3.95/W | −9% |
| 2016 | 25 | $3.28/W | $4.37/W | −25% |
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 18, 2025 | Fremont, CA | 7.4 kW | $19,292 | Host-owned · battery |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Santa Cruz, CA | 5.2 kW | $35,415 | Host-owned · battery |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Los Gatos, CA | 16.4 kW | $65,949 | Host-owned · battery |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Sunnyvale, CA | 7.2 kW | $35,532 | Host-owned · battery |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Monte Sereno, CA | 10.5 kW | $42,762 | Host-owned · battery |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Santa Cruz, CA | 6.4 kW | $38,775 | Host-owned · battery |
| Oct 6, 2025 | San Francisco, CA | — | — | Host-owned · battery |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Burlingame, CA | — | — | Host-owned · battery |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Pleasanton, CA | 5.7 kW | $0 | Host-owned · battery |
| Sep 12, 2025 | San Ramon, CA | 8.8 kW | $32,100 | Host-owned · battery |
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Service geography
- California
- 368
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-5263
- First recorded install
- Nov 27, 2007
- Last recorded install
- Dec 18, 2025
- Priced records
- 303
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How does Golden Bear Solar compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Golden Bear Solar ranks 593rd among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $3.60/W is roughly in line with the California median of $3.95/W on the same basis. Its median system, 7.3 kW, is about 24% above 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. 36% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Groundup Builders (371), Sky Country (371) and Pacific Rim Construction Aramsolar (369).
How has Golden Bear Solar's installation volume changed?
Golden Bear Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2007. It has recorded installations in 15 calendar years. The busiest year was 2022, with 65 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 28. Its median price per watt moved from $10.60/W in 2007 to $4.75/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 18, 2025.
Where does Golden Bear Solar install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Jose, CA (49), Los Gatos, CA (48), Saratoga, CA (32), Santa Cruz, CA (25) and El Dorado Hills, CA (14).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Golden Bear Solar completed?
PanelCensus records 368 installations by Golden Bear Solar, from Nov 27, 2007 to Dec 18, 2025, totalling 3.0 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Golden Bear Solar charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $3.60/W before incentives, across 48 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.95/W. Across all 303 priced systems since 2007, including battery systems, the median is $3.70/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 Golden Bear Solar install solar?
All 368 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Jose.
Is Golden Bear Solar still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Golden Bear Solar in the public records is dated Dec 18, 2025; 2025 has 28 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Golden Bear Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by Golden Bear Solar (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Golden Bear Solar install battery storage?
132 recorded installations by Golden Bear Solar (36%) include a battery.
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- Sky Country· 371 installations
- Pacific Rim Construction Aramsolar· 369 installations
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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, “Golden Bear Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/golden-bear-solar-5263 (data as of September 21, 2026).