Sunstar Energy
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #12543 resolved from 479 public installation records.
At a glance
Sunstar Energy is a solar installer with 479 recorded installations totalling 3.1 MW, dated 2002 to 2025. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 467th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 768th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2025 is $7.23/W before incentives, across 10 priced systems.
Track record
Install volume by year
Recorded installs per year; prices by year are in the table below.
Pricing
Price by year (solar only)
| Year | Priced systems | Sunstar Energy | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | $7.23/W | $3.29/W | +120% |
| 2024 | 50 | $6.98/W | $3.80/W | +84% |
| 2023 | 215 | $7.31/W | $4.06/W | +80% |
| 2022 | 60 | $7.51/W | $4.11/W | +83% |
| 2020 | 6 | $3.55/W | $3.97/W | −11% |
| 2016 | 15 | $3.57/W | $4.37/W | −18% |
Median installed price per DC watt before incentives, systems without a battery, by the year in the public record. Years with fewer than five priced systems are left out.
Why a company's own figure can differ from this one
- Timing. These prices come from state incentive filings, published about once a year, so the latest full year here is 2025. Prices moved down in many states after 2023; a company's current quotes can be lower (or higher) than its last full year on record.
- Dates. A filing is dated when the program processed it, not when the job was sold, so jobs can land in a different month or year than in the company's own books.
- What the price includes. The filed price is the whole project as reported to the program, which can include loan dealer fees, electrical panel upgrades or roof work. A company's internal figure often leaves those out.
- Batteries. Systems flagged with a battery are excluded here; a battery the filing didn't flag can still raise a year's median.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2025 | Visalia, CA | 4.1 kW | $13,770 | Host-owned |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Hanford, CA | 4.8 kW | $39,669 | Host-owned |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Madera, CA | 4.8 kW | $33,360 | Host-owned |
| May 22, 2025 | Fontana, CA | 6.2 kW | $46,127 | Host-owned |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Hanford, CA | 7 kW | $56,800 | Host-owned |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Bakersfield, CA | 6.2 kW | $36,000 | Host-owned |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Porterville, CA | 6.9 kW | $44,966 | Host-owned |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Wasco, CA | 6.2 kW | $46,255 | Host-owned |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Victorville, CA | 6.6 kW | $44,830 | Host-owned |
| Jan 21, 2025 | Dinuba, CA | 4.9 kW | $37,434 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
- California
- 479
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-12543
- First recorded install
- Jan 4, 2002
- Last recorded install
- Oct 10, 2025
- Priced records
- 451
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How does Sunstar Energy compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Sunstar Energy ranks 467th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2025 solar-only median of $7.23/W is about twice the California median of $3.29/W on the same basis. Its median system, 5.8 kW, is roughly in line with the state median of 5.9 kW. under 1% 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 Vasco Solar (483), Coldwell Solar (482) and SOUTH PLACER HEATING & AIR (481).
How has Sunstar Energy's installation volume changed?
Sunstar Energy's earliest dated installation on record is from 2002. It has recorded installations in 23 calendar years. The busiest year was 2023, with 217 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 10. Its median price per watt moved from $7.33/W in 2002 to $7.23/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Oct 10, 2025.
Where does Sunstar Energy install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Hanford, CA (42), Los Gatos, CA (37), Visalia, CA (33), Fresno, CA (28) and Victorville, CA (19).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Sunstar Energy completed?
PanelCensus records 479 installations by Sunstar Energy, from Jan 4, 2002 to Oct 10, 2025, totalling 3.1 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Sunstar Energy charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2025, the median reported price is $7.23/W before incentives, across 10 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.29/W. Across all 451 priced systems since 2002, including battery systems, the median is $7.06/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 Sunstar Energy install solar?
All 479 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Hanford.
Is Sunstar Energy still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Sunstar Energy in the public records is dated Oct 10, 2025; 2025 has 10 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Sunstar Energy install leased or PPA solar systems?
2 recorded installations by Sunstar Energy (under 1%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Sunstar Energy install battery storage?
0 recorded installations by Sunstar Energy (0%) include a battery.
Related installers and places
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- Solar installations in California· 2,408,542 records
- Vasco Solar· 483 installations
- Coldwell Solar· 482 installations
- SOUTH PLACER HEATING & AIR· 481 installations
- Family First Solar Electric· 475 installations
- Green Conception· 475 installations
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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, “Sunstar Energy, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/sunstar-energy-12543 (data as of September 21, 2026).