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Solar Quest

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #11478 resolved from 6 public installation records.

At a glance

Solar Quest is a solar installer with 6 recorded installations totalling 37 kW, dated 2008 to 2023. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 5454th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 9,196th of 10,536 nationally.

Recorded installs
6
Total capacity
37 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
5.1 kW
≈ $25,000
Median price
—
too few priced systems
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
17%
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2023

Track record

Install volume by year

2008
1$10.63/W
2010
1$8.00/W
2011
1
2016
1$7.74/W
2019
1$4.55/W
2023
1$2.51/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Oct 27, 2023Grass Valley, CA9.7 kW$24,389Host-owned
Apr 1, 2019Lotus, CA5.5 kW$25,000Host-owned
Sep 8, 2016Grass Valley, CA11.4 kW$88,265Host-owned · battery
Oct 9, 2011Lotus, CA4.2 kW—Host-owned
Oct 12, 2010Newcastle, CA1.8 kW$14,000Host-owned
Sep 24, 2008Loomis, CA4.7 kW$50,226Host-owned

Service geography

California
6

Busiest cities

Grass Valley, CA 2Lotus, CA 2Loomis, CA 1Newcastle, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-11478
First recorded install
Sep 24, 2008
Last recorded install
Oct 27, 2023
Priced records
5

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How does Solar Quest compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Solar Quest ranks 5454th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 5.1 kW, is about 14% 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. 17% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Solar Green Construction (6), Solar Knights Construction (6) and Solar Mining (6).

How has Solar Quest's installation volume changed?

Solar Quest's earliest dated installation on record is from 2008. It has recorded installations in 6 calendar years. The busiest year was 2008, with 1 installation. 2023, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $10.63/W in 2008 to $2.51/W in 2023. The most recent recorded installation is dated Oct 27, 2023.

Where does Solar Quest install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Grass Valley, CA (2), Lotus, CA (2), Loomis, CA (1) and Newcastle, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Solar Quest completed?

PanelCensus records 6 installations by Solar Quest, from Sep 24, 2008 to Oct 27, 2023, totalling 37 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Solar Quest charge for solar?

The median installed price across 5 priced systems is $7.74/W before incentives (median system 5.1 kW, about $25,000). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Solar Quest install solar?

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

Is Solar Quest still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Solar Quest in the public records is dated Oct 27, 2023; 2023 has 1 recorded installation. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Solar Quest install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Solar Quest install battery storage?

1 recorded installation by Solar Quest (17%) includes 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, “Solar Quest, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/solar-quest-11478 (data as of September 21, 2026).