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Solar installer based in California · installer record #10587 resolved from 124 public installation records.

At a glance

Sandbar is a solar installer with 124 recorded installations totalling 1.7 MW, dated 2008 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1258th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 2,031st of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 140 priced systems is $3.75/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
124
Total capacity
1.7 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
6 kW
≈ $24,601
Median price
$3.75/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
6%
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2008
2$7.11/W
2009
3$7.89/W
2010
1$6.11/W
2011
1$5.79/W
2012
5$6.08/W
2013
5$4.56/W
2014
7$4.22/W
2015
1
2016
2$5.46/W
2017
26$3.74/W
2018
43$3.71/W
2019
29$3.61/W
2020
1$3.28/W
2022
3$4.25/W
2023
1$4.11/W
2024
15$3.02/W
2025
9$3.41/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Nov 20, 2025Santa Cruz, CA4.4 kW$31,920Host-owned · battery
Sep 10, 2025San Jose, CA73.2 kW$215,880—
Jul 17, 2025San Luis Obispo, CA92.3 kW$2,800—
Jul 16, 2025Salinas, CA248.5 kW$2,800—
Jun 3, 2025Palm Desert, CA37 kW$153,765Host-owned
May 27, 2025Aptos, CA63.5 kW$216,515—
May 17, 2025Palm Springs, CA44 kW$162,960Host-owned
Mar 14, 2025Monterey, CA183.1 kW$444,847—
Feb 24, 2025Monterey, CA170.8 kW$415,266—
Dec 31, 2024Monterey, CA114.7 kW$277,603—

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Service geography

California
154

Busiest cities

Santa Cruz, CA 45Watsonville, CA 14Aptos, CA 10San Jose, CA 7Monterey, CA 6Los Gatos, CA 6Salinas, CA 5

Record

Installer ID
PC-10587
First recorded install
Oct 22, 2008
Last recorded install
Nov 20, 2025
Priced records
140

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How does Sandbar compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Sandbar ranks 1258th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.75/W is about 12% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6 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 Haenggi Home Service (124), Kd Electric (124) and Oasis Air Solar (124).

How has Sandbar's installation volume changed?

Sandbar's earliest dated installation on record is from 2008. It has recorded installations in 17 calendar years. The busiest year was 2018, with 43 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 9. Its median price per watt moved from $7.11/W in 2008 to $3.41/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Nov 20, 2025.

Where does Sandbar install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Santa Cruz, CA (45), Watsonville, CA (14), Aptos, CA (10), San Jose, CA (7) and Monterey, CA (6).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Sandbar completed?

PanelCensus records 124 installations by Sandbar, from Oct 22, 2008 to Nov 20, 2025, totalling 1.7 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Sandbar charge for solar?

The median installed price across 140 priced systems is $3.75/W before incentives (median system 6 kW, about $24,601). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Sandbar install solar?

All 124 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Santa Cruz.

Is Sandbar still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Sandbar in the public records is dated Nov 20, 2025; 2025 has 9 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Sandbar install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Sandbar install battery storage?

7 recorded installations by Sandbar (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, “Sandbar, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/sandbar-10587 (data as of September 21, 2026).