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Solar installations in Colorado

116,390 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
4.6%
of 2,545,124 homes
Installations
116,390
Total capacity
2.9 GW
Median price
$4.35/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
27%
lease / PPA

Most active

Top installers in Colorado

#InstallerInstalls in CO
1redacted108,882
2NAMASTE SOLAR ELECTRIC INC921
3Tesla Energy425
4ENERGY TRANSITION PARTNERS INC dba392
5Sunrun314
6Lighthouse Solar192
7Custom Solar179
8Photon Brothers157
9SMART WAVE SOLAR152
10SAVE HOME HEAT CO INC124
11BEN'JAMIN ELECTRIC INC115
12Bella Energy91
13GREEN GRID TECHNOLOGIES DBA80
14Contractor of Record Not Designated78
15Standard Renewable Energy59

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Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2005
5
110.00%
2006
94
1050.00%
2007
1,062
1,1670.05%
2008
2,034
3,2010.13%
2009
2,572
5,7730.23%
2010
2,967
8,7400.34%
2011
2,637
11,3770.45%
2012
4,183
15,5600.61%
2013
4,581
20,1410.79%
2014
6,543
26,6841.05%
2015
5,571
32,2551.27%
2016
6,068
38,3231.51%
2017
6,435
44,7581.76%
2018
7,120
51,8782.04%
2019
8,150
60,0282.36%
2020
9,187
69,2152.72%
2021
10,833
80,0483.15%
2022
12,154
92,2023.62%
2023
19,318
111,5204.38%
2024
4,175
115,6954.55%
2025
624
116,3194.57%
2026
71
116,3904.57%

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

By county

Solar by county in Colorado

CountyInstalls% homesCapacityMedian $/W
Jefferson County20,5098.2%180.2 MW$4.35/W
Denver County18,3635.2%233.9 MW$4.35/W
Arapahoe County17,9766.8%333.0 MW$4.35/W
Boulder County13,0159.1%304.7 MW$4.11/W
Adams County11,8826.2%260.9 MW$4.55/W
Weld County8,0886.5%342.9 MW$4.42/W
Douglas County7,2305.1%59.9 MW$4.17/W
Mesa County5,2077.6%68.9 MW$4.20/W
Larimer County4,0032.5%117.1 MW$4.30/W
Broomfield County2,5768.0%31.5 MW$4.35/W
Summit County8992.8%9.0 MW$3.99/W
Clear Creek County84214.6%6.6 MW$4.41/W
Chaffee County4013.5%14.4 MW$3.75/W
Garfield County3581.5%21.7 MW$4.34/W
Pitkin County3512.6%13.2 MW$3.96/W
Rio Blanco County2928.9%39.3 MW$4.49/W
Alamosa County2693.8%195.4 MW$4.22/W
Logan County1571.8%59.6 MW$4.75/W
Rio Grande County1352.1%3.7 MW$3.69/W
Lake County942.3%1.4 MW$4.16/W
Morgan County920.79%19.3 MW$5.26/W
Park County910.63%538 kW$5.25/W
Conejos County802.0%13.2 MW$3.94/W
Saguache County350.91%3.6 MW$3.55/W
Costilla County301.2%181 kW$4.26/W
Eagle County240.07%160 kW$3.33/W
El Paso County190.01%161.8 MW$3.15/W
Pueblo County150.02%25.1 MW—
Gilpin Countylimited60.16%34 kW$3.50/W
Grand Countylimited40.02%1.3 MW$3.30/W
Montrose Countylimited40.02%12.2 MW$1.38/W
Bent Countylimited30.14%19 kW$4.58/W
La Plata Countylimited30.01%4.8 MW—
Las Animas Countylimited30.04%37.9 MW—
Moffat Countylimited30.05%5.8 MW$2.41/W
Montezuma Countylimited30.02%9.8 MW—
Fremont Countylimited20.01%2.6 MW—
Baca Countylimited10.05%5.0 MW—
Delta Countylimited10.01%10 kW$3.91/W
Elbert Countylimited10.01%0 kW—
Jackson Countylimited10.09%1.3 MW—
Otero Countylimited10.01%2.0 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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Hardware

Top solar equipment in Colorado

#Panel manufacturerSystems
1REC102
2SunPower47
3Qcells28
4Tesla20
5First Solar15
6Silfab Solar14
7Vietnam Sunergy Joint Stock Company9
8LONGi8
#Inverter manufacturerSystems
1Tesla258
2Enphase119
3SolarEdge34
4Chint Power Systems America20
5SMA13
6Yaskawa Solectria Solar13

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

Developers

Top solar developers in Colorado

#DeveloperSystems
1NAMASTE SOLAR ELECTRIC INC921
2TESLA ENERGY OPERATIONS, INC.425
3ENERGY TRANSITION PARTNERS INC dba392
4SUNRUN INSTALLATION SERVICES INC314
5LIGHTHOUSE SOLAR192
6CUSTOM SOLAR LLC179
7PHOTON BROTHERS157
8SMART WAVE SOLAR152

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 Colorado?

PanelCensus records 116,390 solar installations in Colorado, totalling 2.9 GW of capacity — about 4.6% of the state's 2,545,124 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 Colorado?

The median installed price across priced systems in Colorado is $4.35/W pre-incentive. Year-by-year medians are shown on this page.

Who are the biggest solar installers in Colorado?

redacted has the most recorded installations in Colorado (108,882), followed by NAMASTE SOLAR ELECTRIC INC (921).