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Solar installations in Chaffee County, CO

401 recorded installations in Chaffee County, Colorado — capacity, prices 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
3.5%
of 11,315 homes
Installations
401
Total capacity
14.4 MW
Median price
$3.75/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
2%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 179 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 224% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Chaffee County

#InstallerInstalls here
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Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2007
7
70.06%
2008
26
330.29%
2009
18
510.45%
2010
22
730.65%
2011
12
850.75%
2012
8
930.82%
2013
10
1030.91%
2014
13
1161.02%
2015
16
1321.17%
2016
17
1491.32%
2017
7
1561.38%
2018
20
1761.55%
2019
25
2011.78%
2020
42
2432.15%
2021
41
2842.51%
2022
57
3413.01%
2023
50
3913.46%
2024
10
4013.54%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Chaffee County?

PanelCensus records 401 solar installations in Chaffee County, Colorado (14.4 MW of capacity) — about 3.5% of the county's 11,315 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Colorado's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Chaffee County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Chaffee County is $3.75/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 4.6 kW.

Who installs solar in Chaffee County?

The most active recorded installers in Chaffee County are redacted.

County assignment is derived from installation ZIP codes via the Census 2020 ZCTA↔county crosswalk (primary county by land-area overlap) — approximate at county boundaries. Market penetration = recorded installations ÷ housing units (U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year, Table B25001); it undercounts where dataset coverage is partial. See methodology.