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Solar Works

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Solar installer based in California · active in 8 states · installer record #11589 resolved from 1,343 public installation records.

At a glance

Solar Works is a solar installer with 1,343 recorded installations totalling 9.6 MW, dated 2001 to 2025. Its records are concentrated in California (80%), where it ranks 200th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 330th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $4.35/W before incentives, across 110 priced systems.

Recorded installs
1,343
Total capacity
9.6 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
5.4 kW
≈ $32,304
Median price
$4.35/W
2023–2025 · solar only · 110 priced
Third-party owned
1%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
8%
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2001
1$8.18/W
2002
9$7.63/W
2003
37$7.50/W
2004
81$7.42/W
2005
66$7.78/W
2006
79$8.68/W
2007
105$8.40/W
2008
83$8.37/W
2009
103$7.32/W
2010
89$6.47/W
2011
69$6.00/W
2012
36$5.76/W
2013
38$5.07/W
2014
30
2015
29$3.99/W
2016
41$4.03/W
2017
30$3.76/W
2018
36$4.02/W
2019
45$3.80/W
2020
49$4.34/W
2021
48$4.29/W
2022
60$4.05/W
2023
78$4.41/W
2024
63$5.00/W
2025
38$5.30/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 11, 2025Santa Rosa, CA0.7 kW$27,197Host-owned · battery
Nov 25, 2025Albuquerque, NM5.3 kW$23,495Host-owned
Nov 12, 2025Santa Rosa, CA——Host-owned · battery
Nov 5, 2025Sebastopol, CA25.2 kW$105,738Host-owned · battery
Oct 31, 2025Sonoma, CA6.9 kW$19,776Host-owned
Oct 24, 2025Santa Rosa, CA4.2 kW$45,000Host-owned · battery
Oct 21, 2025Sebastopol, CA9.5 kW$51,392Host-owned · battery
Oct 9, 2025Sebastopol, CA8.4 kW$28,517Host-owned
Oct 6, 2025Albuquerque, NM4.3 kW$19,284Host-owned
Oct 6, 2025Sebastopol, CA1.7 kW$23,042Host-owned · battery

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Service geography

California
1,076
New York
75
Massachusetts
72
New Mexico
68
Vermont
42
Connecticut
6
Arizona
2
Pennsylvania
2

Busiest cities

Sebastopol, CA 387Santa Rosa, CA 276Petaluma, CA 54Albuquerque, NM 37Sonoma, CA 34

Record

Installer ID
PC-11589
First recorded install
Dec 17, 2001
Last recorded install
Dec 11, 2025
Priced records
1,160

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How does Solar Works compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Solar Works ranks 200th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $4.35/W is about 10% above the California median of $3.95/W on the same basis (the installer's median covers every state it works in). Its median system, 5.4 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. 8% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Next Energy (1,372), Urban Energy (1,353) and Photon Brothers (1,344).

How has Solar Works's installation volume changed?

Solar Works's earliest dated installation on record is from 2001. It has recorded installations in 25 calendar years. The busiest year was 2007, with 105 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 38. Its median price per watt moved from $8.18/W in 2001 to $5.30/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 11, 2025.

Where does Solar Works install solar?

Recorded installations span 8 states: California (1,076, 80%), New York (75, 6%), Massachusetts (72, 5%) and New Mexico (68, 5%). The cities with the most of its installations are Sebastopol, CA (387), Santa Rosa, CA (276), Petaluma, CA (54), Albuquerque, NM (37) and Sonoma, CA (34).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Solar Works completed?

PanelCensus records 1,343 installations by Solar Works, from Dec 17, 2001 to Dec 11, 2025, totalling 9.6 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Solar Works charge for solar?

For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $4.35/W before incentives, across 110 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.95/W. Across all 1,160 priced systems since 2001, including battery systems, the median is $6.66/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state incentive programs, divided by the system's DC watts, so they can include electrical upgrades or other work billed with the solar.

Where does Solar Works install solar?

Recorded installs span 8 states, led by California (1,076), New York (75) and Massachusetts (72). Its busiest city is Sebastopol, CA.

Is Solar Works still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Solar Works in the public records is dated Dec 11, 2025; 2025 has 38 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Solar Works install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Solar Works install battery storage?

107 recorded installations by Solar Works (8%) 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, “Solar Works, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/solar-works-11589 (data as of September 21, 2026).