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Shadow Fax

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #10838 resolved from 120 public installation records.

At a glance

Shadow Fax is a solar installer with 120 recorded installations totalling 730 kW, dated 2014 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1287th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 2,081st of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 96 priced systems is $3.92/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
120
Total capacity
730 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
6 kW
≈ $25,900
Median price
$3.92/W
pre-incentive · 96 priced
Third-party owned
2%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
9%
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2014
8
2015
10$5.14/W
2016
18$5.39/W
2017
12$3.84/W
2018
22$3.76/W
2019
14$3.55/W
2020
6$3.99/W
2021
9$4.49/W
2022
8$3.39/W
2023
7$4.41/W
2024
4$3.55/W
2025
2

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
May 23, 2025Gilroy, CA—$103,255Host-owned · battery
Apr 3, 2025Sunnyvale, CA—$55,420Host-owned · battery
Mar 25, 2024Stockton, CA——Host-owned · battery
Mar 21, 2024South San Francisco, CA6.4 kW—Host-owned · battery
Mar 18, 2024Mountain View, CA——Host-owned · battery
Jan 31, 2024San Jose, CA11.3 kW$40,250Host-owned
Nov 22, 2023San Jose, CA—$44,514Host-owned · battery
Nov 22, 2023Scotts Valley, CA3.8 kW$25,800Host-owned
Sep 8, 2023Gilroy, CA12.8 kW$45,000Host-owned
Aug 29, 2023San Jose, CA—$36,840Host-owned · battery

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Service geography

California
120

Busiest cities

San Jose, CA 65Sunnyvale, CA 9Campbell, CA 8Mountain View, CA 4South San Francisco, CA 4Saratoga, CA 3Los Altos, CA 3

Record

Installer ID
PC-10838
First recorded install
Sep 15, 2014
Last recorded install
May 23, 2025
Priced records
96

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How does Shadow Fax compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Shadow Fax ranks 1287th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $3.92/W is roughly in line with the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 6 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. 2% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 9% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include ELECTRIC INC MILHOLLAND (121), GC Electric Solar (121) and SUN DIEGO SOLAR (121).

How has Shadow Fax's installation volume changed?

Shadow Fax's earliest dated installation on record is from 2014. It has recorded installations in 12 calendar years. The busiest year was 2018, with 22 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $5.14/W in 2015 to $3.55/W in 2024. The most recent recorded installation is dated May 23, 2025.

Where does Shadow Fax install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Jose, CA (65), Sunnyvale, CA (9), Campbell, CA (8), Mountain View, CA (4) and South San Francisco, CA (4).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Shadow Fax completed?

PanelCensus records 120 installations by Shadow Fax, from Sep 15, 2014 to May 23, 2025, totalling 730 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Shadow Fax charge for solar?

The median installed price across 96 priced systems is $3.92/W before incentives (median system 6 kW, about $25,900). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Shadow Fax install solar?

All 120 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Jose.

Is Shadow Fax still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Shadow Fax in the public records is dated May 23, 2025; 2025 has 2 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Shadow Fax install leased or PPA solar systems?

2 recorded installations by Shadow Fax (2%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Shadow Fax install battery storage?

11 recorded installations by Shadow Fax (9%) 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, “Shadow Fax, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/shadow-fax-10838 (data as of September 21, 2026).