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Solar installations in Alaska

60 recorded installations — prices, growth by year, county breakdown and the installers doing the work.

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.

Homes with solar
0.02%†
recorded floor — true rate higher
Installations
60
Total capacity
162.5 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

† Alaska is under-reported. Public solar data is incomplete here, so the 0.02% homes-with-solar figure is a floor — the true rate is higher. See how complete each state's data is on the coverage scorecard.

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Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2017
3
30.00%
2018
17
200.01%
2019
5
250.01%
2020
16
410.01%
2021
4
450.01%
2022
4
490.01%
2023
10
590.02%
2024
1
600.02%

New installs per year and the running cumulative total, plus % of homes with solar (ACS housing units).

By county

Solar by county in Alaska

CountyInstalls% homesCapacityMedian $/W
Northwest Arctic Borough170.62%6.6 MW—
Matanuska-Susitna Boroughlimited10.00%8.4 MW—

Counties derived from installation ZIP codes (Census ZCTA crosswalk) — approximate at boundaries. Counties marked limited have under 10 recorded installs, so their medians and penetration are indicative only. % homes = recorded installs ÷ housing units (U.S. Census ACS 5-Year, B25001).

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Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations are there in Alaska?

PanelCensus records 60 solar installations in Alaska, totalling 162.5 MW of capacity — about 0.02% of the state's 327,610 housing units (U.S. Census ACS) — compiled from LBNL's Tracking the Sun, city permit records, state programs and USGS/EIA utility-scale data. (Coverage depends on what the state publishes, so actual totals are higher.)

How much does solar cost per watt in Alaska?

The Alaska records in the dataset do not include enough price data to compute a reliable median.

Who are the biggest solar installers in Alaska?

No resolved installers recorded.