Solar Hardware

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #78563 resolved from 6 public installation records.

At a glance

Solar Hardware is a solar installer with 6 recorded installations totalling 14 kW, dated 2001 to 2003. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 5681st of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 9,595th of 10,536 nationally.

Recorded installs

Total capacity

14 kW

DC nameplate

Median system

2.1 kW

≈ $15,205

Median price

$6.30/W

pre-incentive

Third-party owned

lease / PPA

Battery attach

First recorded

2001

Last recorded

2003

Track record

Install volume by year

2001

1$6.18/W

2002

3$7.26/W

2003

2$5.24/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

Date	Location	Size	Price	Ownership
Dec 8, 2003	Monterey, CA	3.9 kW	$18,208	Host-owned
May 6, 2003	Olema, CA	3 kW	$17,347	Host-owned
Nov 8, 2002	Richmond, CA	2.4 kW	$18,118	Host-owned
Mar 20, 2002	Santa Rosa, CA	1.8 kW	$13,063	Host-owned
Mar 19, 2002	Sebastopol, CA	1.2 kW	$7,695	Host-owned
Oct 16, 2001	Grass Valley, CA	1.8 kW	$11,300	Host-owned

Service geography

California: 6

Busiest cities

Sebastopol, CA 1Grass Valley, CA 1Monterey, CA 1Olema, CA 1Santa Rosa, CA 1Richmond, CA 1

Record

Installer ID: PC-78563
First recorded install: Oct 16, 2001
Last recorded install: Dec 8, 2003
Priced records: 6

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How does Solar Hardware compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Solar Hardware ranks 5681st among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 2.1 kW, is about 64% 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 E J Singelyn Company (6), New Vision Tech Thru Home Depot (6) and Davis Lumber Hardware (6).

How has Solar Hardware's installation volume changed?

Solar Hardware's earliest dated installation on record is from 2001. It has recorded installations in 3 calendar years. The busiest year was 2002, with 3 installations. 2003, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $6.18/W in 2001 to $5.24/W in 2003. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 8, 2003. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Solar Hardware install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Sebastopol, CA (1), Grass Valley, CA (1), Monterey, CA (1), Olema, CA (1) and Santa Rosa, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Solar Hardware completed?

PanelCensus records 6 installations by Solar Hardware, from Oct 16, 2001 to Dec 8, 2003, totalling 14 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Solar Hardware charge for solar?

The median installed price across 6 priced systems is $6.30/W before incentives (median system 2.1 kW, about $15,205). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Solar Hardware install solar?

All 6 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Sebastopol.

Is Solar Hardware still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Solar Hardware in the public records is dated Dec 8, 2003; 2003 has 2 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Solar Hardware install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Solar Hardware install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Solar Hardware (0%) 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 Hardware, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/solar-hardware-78563 (data as of September 21, 2026).