Solar installations in Garfield County, CO
358 recorded installations in Garfield County, Colorado — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Garfield County, Colorado has 358 recorded solar installations totalling 21.7 MW of capacity — the 14th-highest count among the 42 Colorado counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 1.5% of the county's 24,640 housing units, against 4.6% statewide. The median installed price is $4.36/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.
Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 2.1 hail and 1.5 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Garfield County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 660 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 54% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.
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How does Garfield County compare with the rest of Colorado?
The median recorded system in Garfield County is 6.51 kW, about 14% above the state median of 5.72 kW. 6% of installations here are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), compared with 27% across Colorado. 8 systems (2%) of the county's records include battery storage, against 2% statewide. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Garfield County ranks 21st of 28 Colorado counties with at least 10 installations.
How has solar adoption changed in Garfield County?
The earliest recorded installation in Garfield County dates to 2006. The busiest year on record is 2023, with 72 installations. 2024 has 20 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 130 at the end of 2019 to 358 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 Garfield County?
PanelCensus records 358 solar installations in Garfield County, Colorado (21.7 MW of capacity) — about 1.5% of the county's 24,640 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 Garfield County?
The median installed price for recorded systems in Garfield County is $4.36/W before incentives; the median system is 6.5 kW. The Colorado median is $4.35/W.
How much of the solar in Garfield County is leased?
20 recorded installations (6%) in Garfield County are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement, compared with 27% across Colorado.
How big is a typical solar system in Garfield County?
The median recorded system in Garfield County is 6.5 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 Garfield County, Colorado”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/colorado/garfield-county (data as of October 10, 2026).