Solar installations in Clear Creek County, CO
842 recorded installations in Clear Creek County, Colorado — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Clear Creek County, Colorado has 842 recorded solar installations totalling 6.6 MW of capacity — the 12th-highest count among the 42 Colorado counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 14.6% of the county's 5,768 housing units, against 4.6% statewide. The median installed price is $4.41/W before incentives, roughly in line with the Colorado median of $4.35/W.
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.
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Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 125 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 674% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
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How does Clear Creek County compare with the rest of Colorado?
The median recorded system in Clear Creek County is 6.72 kW, about 17% above the state median of 5.72 kW. 20% of installations here are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), compared with 27% across Colorado. 58 systems (7%) of the county's records include battery storage, against 2% statewide. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Clear Creek County ranks 1st of 28 Colorado counties with at least 10 installations.
How has solar adoption changed in Clear Creek County?
The earliest recorded installation in Clear Creek County dates to 2006. The busiest year on record is 2023, with 101 installations. 2024 has 18 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 495 at the end of 2019 to 842 today. Recent years fill in as state programs and permit offices report, so the latest counts are provisional.
Frequently asked questions
How many homes have solar in Clear Creek County?
PanelCensus records 842 solar installations in Clear Creek County, Colorado (6.6 MW of capacity) — about 14.6% of the county's 5,768 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Coverage depends on Colorado's public reporting, so the true total is likely higher.
How much does solar cost in Clear Creek County?
The median installed price for recorded systems in Clear Creek County is $4.41/W before incentives; the median system is 6.7 kW. The Colorado median is $4.35/W.
How much of the solar in Clear Creek County is leased?
167 recorded installations (20%) in Clear Creek County are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement, compared with 27% across Colorado.
How big is a typical solar system in Clear Creek County?
The median recorded system in Clear Creek County is 6.7 kW, against 5.7 kW for Colorado as a whole.
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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.
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 October 10, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: PanelCensus, “Solar installations in Clear Creek County, Colorado”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/colorado/clear-creek-county (data as of October 10, 2026).