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Solar installations in Douglas County, CO

7,230 recorded installations in Douglas 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
5.1%
of 140,542 homes
Installations
7,230
Total capacity
59.9 MW
Median price
$4.17/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
47%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 4,559 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 159% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Douglas County

#InstallerInstalls here
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Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2006
1
10.00%
2007
10
110.01%
2008
30
410.03%
2009
72
1130.08%
2010
69
1820.13%
2011
120
3020.21%
2012
223
5250.37%
2013
371
8960.64%
2014
513
1,4091.00%
2015
362
1,7711.26%
2016
524
2,2951.63%
2017
556
2,8512.03%
2018
659
3,5102.50%
2019
589
4,0992.92%
2020
591
4,6903.34%
2021
500
5,1903.69%
2022
519
5,7094.06%
2023
1,335
7,0445.01%
2024
186
7,2305.14%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Douglas County?

PanelCensus records 7,230 solar installations in Douglas County, Colorado (59.9 MW of capacity) — about 5.1% of the county's 140,542 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 Douglas County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Douglas County is $4.17/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 5.6 kW.

Who installs solar in Douglas County?

The most active recorded installers in Douglas 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.