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Sun Pirate

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #12271 resolved from 7 public installation records.

At a glance

Sun Pirate is a solar installer with 7 recorded installations totalling 26 kW, dated 2001 to 2023. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 5116th of 6,220 profiled installers by volume and 8,635th of 10,536 nationally.

Recorded installs
7
Total capacity
26 kW
DC nameplate
Median system
2.9 kW
≈ $24,250
Median price
$8.35/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2023

Track record

Install volume by year

2001
1$8.35/W
2002
1$15.87/W
2003
2$8.31/W
2005
1$8.42/W
2010
1$5.34/W
2017
1
2023
1$3.62/W

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

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Feb 3, 2023Twentynine Palms, CA2.8 kW$10,000Host-owned
Oct 24, 2017Point Reyes Station, CA6 kW$16,000—
Dec 14, 2010San Anselmo, CA8.1 kW$43,045Host-owned
Apr 27, 2005San Rafael, CA2.9 kW$24,250Host-owned
Dec 3, 2003Larkspur, CA2.9 kW$24,290Host-owned
Jul 7, 2003Mill Valley, CA2.9 kW$23,562Host-owned
Jul 11, 2002Sebastopol, CA1 kW$16,500Host-owned
Oct 4, 2001Santa Rosa, CA5.4 kW$44,918Host-owned

Service geography

Busiest cities

San Rafael, CA 1Sebastopol, CA 1Twentynine Palms, CA 1Point Reyes Station, CA 1San Anselmo, CA 1Santa Rosa, CA 1Mill Valley, CA 1Larkspur, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-12271
First recorded install
Oct 4, 2001
Last recorded install
Feb 3, 2023
Priced records
7

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How does Sun Pirate compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Sun Pirate ranks 5116th among the 6,220 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 2.9 kW, is about half of 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 Solartrope Supply (7), Southern Exposure Solar Systems (7) and Space Aces (7).

How has Sun Pirate's installation volume changed?

Sun Pirate's earliest dated installation on record is from 2001. It has recorded installations in 7 calendar years. The busiest year was 2003, with 2 installations. 2023, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $8.35/W in 2001 to $3.62/W in 2023. The most recent recorded installation is dated Feb 3, 2023. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Sun Pirate install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are San Rafael, CA (1), Sebastopol, CA (1), Twentynine Palms, CA (1), Point Reyes Station, CA (1) and San Anselmo, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Sun Pirate completed?

PanelCensus records 7 installations by Sun Pirate, from Oct 4, 2001 to Feb 3, 2023, totalling 26 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Sun Pirate charge for solar?

The median installed price across 7 priced systems is $8.35/W before incentives (median system 2.9 kW, about $24,250). The California median is $4.26/W.

Where does Sun Pirate install solar?

All 7 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in San Rafael.

Is Sun Pirate still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Sun Pirate in the public records is dated Feb 3, 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 Sun Pirate install leased or PPA solar systems?

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

Does Sun Pirate install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Sun Pirate (0%) 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, “Sun Pirate, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/sun-pirate-12271 (data as of September 21, 2026).