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Renewable Alternative Energy

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #10059 resolved from 86 public installation records.

At a glance

Renewable Alternative Energy is a solar installer with 86 recorded installations totalling 602 kW, dated 2003 to 2012. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1506th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 2,489th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 83 priced systems from all years is $6.95/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
86
Total capacity
602 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
5.6 kW
≈ $37,094
Median price
$6.95/W
all years · 83 priced
Third-party owned
3%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2003
Last recorded
2012

Track record

Install volume by year

2003
2
2004
3
2005
4
2006
5
2007
23
2008
18
2009
7
2010
13
2011
9
2012
2

Recorded installs per year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Mar 11, 2012Coarsegold, CA4.2 kW$18,702Host-owned
Jan 4, 2012Los Altos, CA18 kW$63,969Host-owned
Dec 17, 2011Los Gatos, CA11.5 kW$56,579Host-owned
Nov 26, 2011San Jose, CA5.7 kW$26,269Host-owned
Sep 4, 2011San Martin, CA9.4 kW$50,488Host-owned
Jul 16, 2011San Jose, CA5 kW$22,238Host-owned
Jul 16, 2011Watsonville, CA5.6 kW$32,834Host-owned
Feb 13, 2011San Jose, CA7.4 kW$37,757Host-owned
Jan 26, 2011Watsonville, CA4.4 kW$24,170Host-owned
Jan 26, 2011Los Gatos, CA8.3 kW$49,109Host-owned

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Service geography

Busiest cities

San Jose, CA 15Los Gatos, CA 8Gilroy, CA 8Los Altos, CA 5Watsonville, CA 5Morgan Hill, CA 4Soquel, CA 3Portola Valley, CA 2

Record

Installer ID
PC-10059
First recorded install
Apr 24, 2003
Last recorded install
Mar 11, 2012
Priced records
83

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How does Renewable Alternative Energy compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Renewable Alternative Energy ranks 1506th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $6.95/W is about 63% above the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 5.6 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. 3% 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 Golden Valley Solar (86), Green Charge (86) and Mission Solar (86).

How has Renewable Alternative Energy's installation volume changed?

Renewable Alternative Energy's earliest dated installation on record is from 2003. It has recorded installations in 10 calendar years. The busiest year was 2007, with 23 installations. 2012, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $7.96/W in 2003 to $3.99/W in 2012. The most recent recorded installation is dated Mar 11, 2012. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Renewable Alternative Energy install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Jose, CA (15), Los Gatos, CA (8), Gilroy, CA (8), Los Altos, CA (5) and Watsonville, CA (5).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Renewable Alternative Energy completed?

PanelCensus records 86 installations by Renewable Alternative Energy, from Apr 24, 2003 to Mar 11, 2012, totalling 602 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Renewable Alternative Energy charge for solar?

The median installed price across 83 priced systems from all years is $6.95/W before incentives (median system 5.6 kW, about $37,094). 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 Renewable Alternative Energy install solar?

All 86 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Jose.

Is Renewable Alternative Energy still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Renewable Alternative Energy in the public records is dated Mar 11, 2012; 2012 has 2 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Renewable Alternative Energy install leased or PPA solar systems?

3 recorded installations by Renewable Alternative Energy (3%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Renewable Alternative Energy install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Renewable Alternative Energy (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, “Renewable Alternative Energy, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/renewable-alternative-energy-10059 (data as of September 21, 2026).