Solar Center

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Solar installer based in California · active in 4 states · installer record #11232 resolved from 151 public installation records.

At a glance

Solar Center is a solar installer with 151 recorded installations totalling 1.2 MW, dated 2007 to 2025. Its records are concentrated in California (69%), where it ranks 1102nd of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 1,772nd of 10,536 nationally. The median installed price across 132 priced systems is $7.73/W before incentives.

Recorded installs

151

Total capacity

1.2 MW

DC nameplate

Median system

5.5 kW

≈ $39,466

Median price

$7.73/W

pre-incentive · 132 priced

Third-party owned

lease / PPA

Battery attach

First recorded

2007

Last recorded

2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2007

15$8.90/W

2008

20$8.95/W

2009

13$8.00/W

2010

15$8.55/W

2011

4$7.73/W

2012

8$5.40/W

2013

8$5.96/W

2014

6$5.94/W

2015

9$8.04/W

2016

10$6.13/W

2017

9$6.43/W

2018

8$5.99/W

2019

17$5.79/W

2021

3$2.50/W

2022

2$3.15/W

2023

1$2.72/W

2024

2$2.98/W

2025

2$3.61/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

Date	Location	Size	Price	Ownership
Jul 29, 2025	Walnut, CA	9.4 kW	$26,000	Host-owned
Mar 10, 2025	Whittier, CA	9.8 kW	$43,640	Host-owned · battery
Oct 2, 2024	Highland, CA	11.5 kW	$42,000	Host-owned · battery
Sep 17, 2024	La Palma, CA	9.6 kW	$22,000	Host-owned
Aug 8, 2023	Pico Rivera, CA	11.9 kW	$32,400	Host-owned
Oct 14, 2022	Downey, CA	7.1 kW	$18,170	Host-owned
May 21, 2022	La Puente, CA	7.4 kW	$27,788	Host-owned
Nov 1, 2021	Temecula, CA	6.6 kW	$16,575	Host-owned
Nov 1, 2021	La Palma, CA	6.2 kW	$16,600	Host-owned
Jan 6, 2021	Fresno, CA	7.4 kW	$16,500	Host-owned

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Service geography

California: 104
New York: 41
Connecticut: 6
New Jersey: 1

Busiest cities

Sunnyvale, CA 14San Jose, CA 14Cupertino, CA 5San Mateo, CA 5San Francisco, CA 5Redwood City, CA 4Castro Valley, CA 3

Record

Installer ID: PC-11232
First recorded install: Feb 26, 2007
Last recorded install: Jul 29, 2025
Priced records: 132

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How does Solar Center compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Solar Center ranks 1102nd among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median price of $7.73/W is about 81% above the California median of $4.26/W (the installer's median covers every state it works in). Its median system, 5.5 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. 1% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 1% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Jwl (152), Quantum Solar Solutions (152) and Depinho Roofing Solar (151).

How has Solar Center's installation volume changed?

Solar Center's earliest dated installation on record is from 2007. It has recorded installations in 18 calendar years. The busiest year was 2008, with 20 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $8.90/W in 2007 to $3.61/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jul 29, 2025.

Where does Solar Center install solar?

Recorded installations span 4 states: California (104, 69%), New York (41, 27%), Connecticut (6, 4%) and New Jersey (1, under 1%). The cities with the most of its installations are Sunnyvale, CA (14), San Jose, CA (14), Cupertino, CA (5), San Mateo, CA (5) and San Francisco, CA (5).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Solar Center completed?

PanelCensus records 151 installations by Solar Center, from Feb 26, 2007 to Jul 29, 2025, totalling 1.2 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Solar Center charge for solar?

The median installed price across 132 priced systems is $7.73/W before incentives (median system 5.5 kW, about $39,466). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Solar Center install solar?

Recorded installs span 4 states, led by California (104), New York (41) and Connecticut (6). Its busiest city is Sunnyvale, CA.

Is Solar Center still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Solar Center in the public records is dated Jul 29, 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 Solar Center install leased or PPA solar systems?

2 recorded installations by Solar Center (1%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Solar Center install battery storage?

2 recorded installations by Solar Center (1%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

Dataset updated September 2026 . 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, “Solar Center, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/solar-center-11232 (data as of September 21, 2026).