Real Goods
No recent recordsSolar installer based in California · installer record #52203 resolved from 636 public installation records.
At a glance
Real Goods is a solar installer with 636 recorded installations totalling 2.6 MW, dated 1998 to 2008. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 373rd of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 616th of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 636 priced systems is $8.27/W before incentives.
Track record
Install volume by year
Bars: recorded installs · right column: this installer's median $/W that year.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2015 | Hopland, CA | 117.6 kW | — | — |
| Feb 4, 2009 | Blythe, CA | 28.7 kW | — | — |
| Feb 11, 2008 | Philo, CA | 6 kW | $49,910 | Host-owned |
| Feb 11, 2008 | Boonville, CA | 6 kW | $44,901 | Host-owned |
| Jan 25, 2008 | Napa, CA | 4.1 kW | $35,460 | Host-owned |
| Jan 11, 2008 | Garden Valley, CA | 5.1 kW | $43,786 | Host-owned |
| Jan 4, 2008 | Whitewater, CA | 3.6 kW | $57,218 | — |
| Dec 28, 2007 | Ridgecrest, CA | 3.6 kW | $42,084 | — |
| Dec 12, 2007 | Sausalito, CA | 6 kW | $50,301 | Host-owned |
| Nov 30, 2007 | Vacaville, CA | 4.8 kW | $41,529 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
- California
- 640
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-52203
- First recorded install
- Nov 12, 1998
- Last recorded install
- Feb 11, 2008
- Priced records
- 636
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How does Real Goods compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Real Goods ranks 373rd among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $8.27/W is about twice the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 3.4 kW, is about 43% 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 Bta Solar (642), Citadel Roofing Solar (639) and Top Hat Energy (637).
How has Real Goods's installation volume changed?
Real Goods's earliest dated installation on record is from 1998. It has recorded installations in 12 calendar years. The busiest year was 2006, with 202 installations. 2015, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $6.08/W in 1998 to $8.59/W in 2008. The most recent recorded installation is dated Feb 11, 2008. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.
Where does Real Goods install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Santa Rosa, CA (66), San Francisco, CA (31), Oakland, CA (29), Berkeley, CA (20) and Sebastopol, CA (19).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Real Goods completed?
PanelCensus records 636 installations by Real Goods, from Nov 12, 1998 to Feb 11, 2008, totalling 2.6 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Real Goods charge for solar?
The median installed price across 636 priced systems is $8.27/W before incentives (median system 3.4 kW, about $27,531). The California median is $4.26/W.
Where does Real Goods install solar?
All 636 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Santa Rosa.
Is Real Goods still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Real Goods in the public records is dated Feb 11, 2008; 2015 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Real Goods install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by Real Goods (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Real Goods install battery storage?
0 recorded installations by Real Goods (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 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, “Real Goods, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/real-goods-52203 (data as of September 21, 2026).