True Renewable Energy
Recently activeSolar installer based in California · installer record #13243 resolved from 117 public installation records.
Data through: California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data).
At a glance
True Renewable Energy is a solar installer with 117 recorded installations totalling 521 kW, dated 2018 to 2026. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 1265th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 2,075th of 10,537 nationally. Its median installed price for solar-only systems in 2023–2025 is $6.11/W before incentives, across 23 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 | True Renewable Energy | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14 | $6.09/W | $3.80/W | +60% |
| 2023 | 7 | $6.88/W | $4.06/W | +69% |
| 2021 | 13 | $5.22/W | $3.98/W | +31% |
| 2020 | 41 | $5.67/W | $3.97/W | +43% |
| 2019 | 24 | $5.63/W | $3.95/W | +43% |
| 2018 | 14 | $4.96/W | $4.01/W | +24% |
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.
Equipment
Module, inverter and battery brands
| Equipment | Year | Main brands (share of systems that reported one) | Year before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modules | 202415 reported | Qcells 100% | — |
| Inverters | 202415 reported | Enphase 87% · Qcells 13% | — |
Manufacturer on each recorded installation, as filed with the state program (Tracking the Sun for earlier years). Brand names are grouped by manufacturer family (e.g. Hanwha Q CELLS and Qcells North America count as Qcells). Not every state reports equipment, and battery brands come mainly from California and New Jersey.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2026 | Oakland, CA | 5.4 kW | — | Host-owned |
| May 8, 2025 | Concord, CA | 4.8 kW | $24,000 | Host-owned |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Lathrop, CA | 4.9 kW | $22,000 | Host-owned |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Newark, CA | 8 kW | $48,000 | Host-owned · battery |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Stockton, CA | 4.1 kW | $19,800 | Host-owned |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Watsonville, CA | 4.4 kW | $22,410 | Host-owned |
| May 29, 2024 | Oakland, CA | 4 kW | $30,040 | Host-owned |
| May 23, 2024 | Antioch, CA | 3.2 kW | $20,800 | Host-owned |
| May 22, 2024 | Oakland, CA | 4.4 kW | $34,900 | Host-owned |
| May 14, 2024 | Stockton, CA | 3.2 kW | $14,000 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
- California
- 117
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-13243
- First recorded install
- Jun 29, 2018
- Last recorded install
- Jan 15, 2026
- Priced records
- 116
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How does True Renewable Energy compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations True Renewable Energy ranks 1265th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its 2023–2025 solar-only median of $6.11/W is about 55% above the California median of $3.95/W on the same basis. Its median system, 4.1 kW, is about 31% 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. under 1% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Epica (116), Jb Construction (116) and Northwest Ext (116).
How has True Renewable Energy's installation volume changed?
True Renewable Energy's earliest dated installation on record is from 2018. It has recorded installations in 7 calendar years. The busiest year was 2020, with 41 installations. 2025, its latest year with records, has 2. Its median price per watt moved from $4.96/W in 2018 to $4.76/W in 2025. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jan 15, 2026.
Where does True Renewable Energy install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Oakland, CA (18), Stockton, CA (10), Vallejo, CA (9), San Jose, CA (6) and Antioch, CA (6).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has True Renewable Energy completed?
PanelCensus records 117 installations by True Renewable Energy, from Jun 29, 2018 to Jan 15, 2026, totalling 521 kW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does True Renewable Energy charge for solar?
For solar-only systems installed in 2023–2025, the median reported price is $6.11/W before incentives, across 23 priced systems. The California median on the same basis is $3.95/W. Across all 116 priced systems since 2018, including battery systems, the median is $5.65/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 True Renewable Energy install solar?
All 117 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Oakland.
Is True Renewable Energy still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to True Renewable Energy in the public records is dated Jan 15, 2026; 2025 has 2 recorded installations. Records here run California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data), so the newest installations may not appear yet.
Does True Renewable Energy install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by True Renewable Energy (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does True Renewable Energy install battery storage?
1 recorded installation by True Renewable Energy (under 1%) includes a battery.
Related installers and places
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun (through 2025), monthly state program records (California DGStats, NYSERDA, NJ Clean Energy, Illinois Shines) and permit records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching and, for state program records, by the systems both sources share.
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, “True Renewable Energy, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/true-renewable-energy-13243 (data as of September 21, 2026).