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Solar installations in Pitkin County, CO

351 recorded installations in Pitkin 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
2.6%
of 13,350 homes
Installations
351
Total capacity
13.2 MW
Median price
$3.96/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
4%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 361 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 97% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Pitkin County

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Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2006
1
10.01%
2007
6
70.05%
2008
25
320.24%
2009
32
640.48%
2010
23
870.65%
2011
7
940.70%
2012
8
1020.76%
2013
10
1120.84%
2014
8
1200.90%
2015
10
1300.97%
2016
9
1391.04%
2017
14
1531.15%
2018
8
1611.21%
2019
18
1791.34%
2020
26
2051.54%
2021
58
2631.97%
2022
28
2912.18%
2023
45
3362.52%
2024
15
3512.63%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Pitkin County?

PanelCensus records 351 solar installations in Pitkin County, Colorado (13.2 MW of capacity) — about 2.6% of the county's 13,350 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 Pitkin County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Pitkin County is $3.96/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 6.4 kW.

Who installs solar in Pitkin County?

The most active recorded installers in Pitkin 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.