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Solara Energy

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #11599 resolved from 40 public installation records.

At a glance

Solara Energy is a solar installer with 40 recorded installations totalling 397 kW, dated 2001 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 2227th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 3,749th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 36 priced systems from all years is $9.41/W before incentives.

Recorded installs
40
Total capacity
397 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
9 kW
≈ $113,589
Median price
$9.41/W
all years · 36 priced
Third-party owned
60%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
60%
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2025

Track record

Install volume by year

2001
1
2002
2
2003
3
2004
6
2005
3
2006
1
2025
24

Recorded installs per year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Dec 3, 2025Bakersfield, CA12.8 kW$0Third-party · battery
Dec 2, 2025Bakersfield, CA7.3 kW$0Third-party · battery
Nov 19, 2025Fresno, CA7.5 kW$127,275Third-party · battery
Nov 17, 2025Bakersfield, CA10.7 kW$134,171Third-party · battery
Nov 17, 2025Bakersfield, CA13.2 kW$144,525Third-party · battery
Oct 17, 2025Bakersfield, CA17.1 kW$143,859Third-party · battery
Oct 8, 2025Bakersfield, CA10.7 kW$116,220Third-party · battery
Sep 16, 2025Bakersfield, CA6.8 kW$96,746Third-party · battery
Sep 15, 2025Bakersfield, CA11.1 kW$163,317Third-party · battery
Aug 28, 2025Bakersfield, CA9 kW$161,086Third-party · battery

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Service geography

California
40

Busiest cities

Bakersfield, CA 22Morgan Hill, CA 5Gilroy, CA 2Los Gatos, CA 2Mc Farland, CA 1Watsonville, CA 1San Lorenzo, CA 1Royal Oaks, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-11599
First recorded install
Aug 7, 2001
Last recorded install
Dec 3, 2025
Priced records
36

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How does Solara Energy compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Solara Energy ranks 2227th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $9.41/W is about 2.2 times the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 9 kW, is about 52% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 60% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 60% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Solar Earth Choice (40), Solar Motion (40) and Solar Service Professionals (40).

How has Solara Energy's installation volume changed?

Solara Energy's earliest dated installation on record is from 2001. It has recorded installations in 7 calendar years. The busiest year was 2025, with 24 installations. Its median price per watt moved from $7.51/W in 2001 to $13.31/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Dec 3, 2025.

Where does Solara Energy install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Bakersfield, CA (22), Morgan Hill, CA (5), Gilroy, CA (2), Los Gatos, CA (2) and Mc Farland, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Solara Energy completed?

PanelCensus records 40 installations by Solara Energy, from Aug 7, 2001 to Dec 3, 2025, totalling 397 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Solara Energy charge for solar?

The median installed price across 36 priced systems from all years is $9.41/W before incentives (median system 9 kW, about $113,589). The California median is $4.26/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state programs, so they can include work billed with the solar.

Where does Solara Energy install solar?

All 40 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Bakersfield.

Is Solara Energy still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Solara Energy in the public records is dated Dec 3, 2025; 2025 has 24 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.

Does Solara Energy install leased or PPA solar systems?

24 recorded installations by Solara Energy (60%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Solara Energy install battery storage?

24 recorded installations by Solara Energy (60%) 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, “Solara Energy, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/solara-energy-11599 (data as of September 21, 2026).