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Ideal Solar

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #6249 resolved from 34 public installation records.

At a glance

Ideal Solar is a solar installer with 34 recorded installations totalling 248 kW, dated 2010 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 2525th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 4,179th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 28 priced systems is $3.59/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
34
Total capacity
248 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
6.4 kW
≈ $23,821
Median price
$3.59/W
pre-incentive · 28 priced
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
6%
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2010
1$5.35/W
2011
2$4.70/W
2012
4$4.50/W
2013
2$4.00/W
2014
1
2015
4$3.72/W
2016
3$3.45/W
2017
3$3.03/W
2018
5$2.75/W
2019
1$2.39/W
2020
2$3.08/W
2021
1$3.50/W
2022
1$3.70/W
2023
2$5.13/W
2024
1
2025
1$4.75/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Jun 17, 2025Rio Vista, CA20 kW$94,800Host-owned · battery
Nov 25, 2024Walnut Creek, CA—$49,200Host-owned · battery
May 12, 2023Discovery Bay, CA9.5 kW$41,080Host-owned
Jan 18, 2023Mountain View, CA1.6 kW$9,500Host-owned
Apr 7, 2022Vallejo, CA6.2 kW$23,000Host-owned
Nov 2, 2021Oakley, CA9.2 kW$32,000Host-owned
Apr 10, 2020Orinda, CA11 kW$37,695Host-owned
Feb 27, 2020Brentwood, CA9.9 kW$27,000Host-owned
Dec 2, 2019Danville, CA5.6 kW$13,361Host-owned
Dec 28, 2018Martinez, CA3.6 kW$11,892Host-owned

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Service geography

California
34

Busiest cities

Brentwood, CA 7Oakley, CA 3Antioch, CA 2Danville, CA 2Concord, CA 2Wallace, CA 2Tracy, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-6249
First recorded install
Jul 21, 2010
Last recorded install
Jun 17, 2025
Priced records
28

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How does Ideal Solar compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Ideal Solar ranks 2525th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.59/W is about 16% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6.4 kW, is roughly in line with 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. 6% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Forefront Licensing (34), Green Electric Solar Solutions (34) and Gwerder Construction (34).

How has Ideal Solar's installation volume changed?

Ideal Solar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2010. It has recorded installations in 16 calendar years. The busiest year was 2018, with 5 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $5.35/W in 2010 to $4.75/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jun 17, 2025.

Where does Ideal Solar install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Brentwood, CA (7), Oakley, CA (3), Antioch, CA (2), Danville, CA (2) and Concord, CA (2).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Ideal Solar completed?

PanelCensus records 34 installations by Ideal Solar, from Jul 21, 2010 to Jun 17, 2025, totalling 248 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Ideal Solar charge for solar?

The median installed price across 28 priced systems is $3.59/W before incentives (median system 6.4 kW, about $23,821). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Ideal Solar install solar?

All 34 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Brentwood.

Is Ideal Solar still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Ideal Solar in the public records is dated Jun 17, 2025; 2025 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Ideal Solar install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Ideal Solar install battery storage?

2 recorded installations by Ideal Solar (6%) 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, “Ideal Solar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/ideal-solar-6249 (data as of September 21, 2026).