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Solar installations in Arkansas

2,433 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
0.18%†
recorded floor — true rate higher
Installations
2,433
Total capacity
412.3 MW
Median price
$2.02/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

† Arkansas is under-reported. Public solar data is incomplete here, so the 0.18% homes-with-solar figure is a floor — the true rate is higher. See how complete each state's data is on the coverage scorecard.

Most active

Top installers in Arkansas

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2009
2
20.00%
2010
80
820.01%
2011
81
1630.01%
2015
2
1650.01%
2016
2
1670.01%
2017
9
1760.01%
2018
11
1870.01%
2019
137
3240.02%
2020
145
4690.03%
2021
365
8340.06%
2022
966
1,8000.13%
2023
285
2,0850.15%
2024
119
2,2040.16%
2025
38
2,2420.16%
2026
8
2,2500.16%

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

By county

Solar by county in Arkansas

CountyInstalls% homesCapacityMedian $/W
Pulaski County2,0501.1%113.1 MW$2.01/W
Saline County1140.22%9.2 MW$1.99/W
Washington County340.03%18.5 MW$5.32/W
Garland County270.05%1.6 MW$6.92/W
Polk County130.14%1.4 MW$5.05/W
Benton County110.01%69 kW$5.61/W
Carroll Countylimited90.07%2.5 MW$6.59/W
Jackson Countylimited80.11%15.2 MW—
White Countylimited60.02%8.3 MW—
Lincoln Countylimited50.11%7.4 MW$7.16/W
Ashley Countylimited40.04%2.8 MW—
Boone Countylimited40.02%29 kW$3.16/W
Chicot Countylimited40.08%4 kW$4.37/W
Crawford Countylimited40.02%40 kW$2.85/W
Franklin Countylimited40.05%7.7 MW$4.53/W
Howard Countylimited40.07%5.3 MW$2.91/W
Logan Countylimited40.04%7.1 MW$5.31/W
Mississippi Countylimited40.02%3.0 MW—
Newton Countylimited40.10%20 kW$7.57/W
Searcy Countylimited40.09%7 kW$9.59/W
Sebastian Countylimited40.01%40 kW$6.26/W
Baxter Countylimited30.01%10 kW$6.80/W
Clark Countylimited30.03%8.6 MW—
Faulkner Countylimited30.01%25 kW$8.58/W
Fulton Countylimited30.05%1.4 MW$3.61/W
Grant Countylimited30.04%11 kW$3.67/W
Madison Countylimited30.04%1.3 MW$9.93/W
Ouachita Countylimited30.03%19.1 MW—
St. Francis Countylimited30.03%2.6 MW$6.68/W
Van Buren Countylimited30.03%1.4 MW$3.86/W
Woodruff Countylimited30.09%17 kW$3.35/W
Calhoun Countylimited20.08%31.0 MW—
Craighead Countylimited20.00%14.7 MW—
Crittenden Countylimited20.01%0 kW—
Independence Countylimited20.01%33 kW$5.13/W
Johnson Countylimited20.02%9.3 MW—
Pike Countylimited20.04%30 kW$7.73/W
Union Countylimited20.01%1.8 MW$6.54/W
Arkansas Countylimited10.01%0 kW—
Clay Countylimited10.01%1.4 MW—
Cleburne Countylimited10.01%2 kW$4.03/W
Greene Countylimited10.01%1.9 MW—
Hempstead Countylimited10.01%13 kW$6.78/W
Lee Countylimited10.03%0 kW—
Miller Countylimited10.01%1.4 MW—
Pope Countylimited10.00%7 kW$7.63/W
Stone Countylimited10.01%5 kW$4.95/W
Yell Countylimited10.01%11 kW$6.13/W

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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Hardware

Top solar equipment in Arkansas

#Panel manufacturerSystems
1First Solar17
2Qcells3
3Sharp3
4REC3
5JinkoSolar2
6LG2
#Inverter manufacturerSystems
1Enphase17
2SolarEdge3
3Tesla3

From recorded equipment on Arkansas systems (Tracking the Sun + state/permit data); counts are systems where the manufacturer is known.

Developers

Top solar developers in Arkansas

#DeveloperSystems
1ADT SOLAR348
2FREEDOM FOREVER281
3ARROWHEAD SOLAR242
4SEAL CORPORATION170
5FLUENT SOLAR LLC138
6Cheyanne AgSOLAR LLC125
7SHINE SOLAR124
8EMAIL RETURNED ATLANTIC KEY ENERGY LLC111

Developer/EPC named on the permit or program record — often the same firm as the installer.

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations are there in Arkansas?

PanelCensus records 2,433 solar installations in Arkansas, totalling 412.3 MW of capacity — about 0.18% of the state's 1,382,664 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 Arkansas?

The median installed price across priced systems in Arkansas is $2.02/W pre-incentive. Year-by-year medians are shown on this page.

Who are the biggest solar installers in Arkansas?

Adt Solar has the most recorded installations in Arkansas (348), followed by Freedom Forever (281).