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Solar installations in Georgia

681 recorded installations — prices, growth by year, county breakdown 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
0.01%†
recorded floor — true rate higher
Installations
681
Total capacity
2.6 GW
Median price
$1.51/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

† Georgia is under-reported. Public solar data is incomplete here, so the 0.01% homes-with-solar figure is a floor — the true rate is higher. See how complete each state's data is on the coverage scorecard.

Most active

Top installers in Georgia

#InstallerInstalls in GA

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Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2011
1
10.00%
2012
3
40.00%
2013
6
100.00%
2014
6
160.00%
2015
13
290.00%
2016
24
530.00%
2017
107
1600.00%
2018
62
2220.01%
2019
58
2800.01%
2020
49
3290.01%
2021
116
4450.01%
2022
113
5580.01%
2023
53
6110.01%
2024
40
6510.01%
2025
26
6770.01%
2026
4
6810.01%

New installs per year and the running cumulative total, plus % of homes with solar (ACS housing units).

By county

Solar by county in Georgia

CountyInstalls% homesCapacityMedian $/W
Barrow County2770.89%2.6 MW—
Decatur County100.08%133.7 MW—
Jeff Davis Countylimited90.14%257.8 MW—
Walton Countylimited90.03%55.7 MW—
Burke Countylimited80.07%72.7 MW—
Stewart Countylimited80.38%5.6 MW—
Fulton Countylimited70.00%7.0 MW—
Lowndes Countylimited70.01%76.6 MW—
Polk Countylimited70.04%13.3 MW—
Richmond Countylimited70.01%151.6 MW—
Early Countylimited60.12%32.8 MW—
Taylor Countylimited60.15%72.2 MW—
Terrell Countylimited60.14%47.7 MW—
Bulloch Countylimited50.01%17.2 MW—
Mitchell Countylimited50.06%99.0 MW—
Upson Countylimited50.04%6.4 MW—
Effingham Countylimited40.02%41.0 MW—
Lee Countylimited40.03%175.8 MW—
Putnam Countylimited40.03%10.4 MW—
Wilkinson Countylimited40.09%9.6 MW—
Bleckley Countylimited30.06%8.6 MW—
DeKalb Countylimited30.00%3.4 MW—
Emanuel Countylimited30.03%5.6 MW—
Franklin Countylimited30.03%4.7 MW$5.72/W
Harris Countylimited30.02%7.7 MW—
Madison Countylimited30.02%6.1 MW—
Meriwether Countylimited30.03%9.2 MW—
Sumter Countylimited30.02%82.8 MW—
Troup Countylimited30.01%3.0 MW$4.35/W
Baldwin Countylimited20.01%1.4 MW—
Bibb Countylimited20.00%871 kW—
Brooks Countylimited20.03%0 kW—
Calhoun Countylimited20.10%0 kW—
Clay Countylimited20.10%3.4 MW—
Colquitt Countylimited20.01%32.0 MW—
Glynn Countylimited20.01%25.4 MW—
Gordon Countylimited20.01%7.0 MW—
Jones Countylimited20.02%4.4 MW—
Murray Countylimited20.01%4.9 MW—
Seminole Countylimited20.04%2.8 MW—
Tattnall Countylimited20.02%4.7 MW—
Telfair Countylimited20.04%4.0 MW—
Toombs Countylimited20.02%553 kW—
Twiggs Countylimited20.05%33.4 MW—
Ware Countylimited20.01%6.5 MW—
Warren Countylimited20.08%81.3 MW—
Washington Countylimited20.02%9.7 MW—
Wayne Countylimited20.02%3.5 MW—
Whitfield Countylimited20.01%8.5 MW—
Appling Countylimited10.01%37.0 MW—
Bartow Countylimited10.00%3.5 MW—
Bryan Countylimited10.01%1.9 MW—
Camden Countylimited10.00%41.5 MW—
Candler Countylimited10.02%76.5 MW—
Chatham Countylimited10.00%3.0 MW—
Chattooga Countylimited10.01%3.5 MW—
Cobb Countylimited10.00%1.8 MW—
Coffee Countylimited10.01%80.0 MW—
Columbia Countylimited10.00%2.6 MW—
Dougherty Countylimited10.00%43.2 MW—
Douglas Countylimited10.00%3.9 MW—
Echols Countylimited10.07%3.0 MW—
Elbert Countylimited10.01%40.0 MW—
Grady Countylimited10.01%2.6 MW—
Greene Countylimited10.01%4.0 MW—
Houston Countylimited10.00%98.0 MW—
Jackson Countylimited10.00%0 kW—
Jefferson Countylimited10.01%1.2 MW—
Jenkins Countylimited10.02%28.2 MW—
Lanier Countylimited10.02%2.0 MW—
Laurens Countylimited10.01%4.4 MW$1.51/W
Liberty Countylimited10.00%43.5 MW—
Montgomery Countylimited10.03%0 kW—
Muscogee Countylimited10.00%2.1 MW—
Oglethorpe Countylimited10.02%53.1 MW—
Peach Countylimited10.01%15.1 MW—
Pierce Countylimited10.01%2.6 MW—
Thomas Countylimited10.01%1.9 MW—
Tift Countylimited10.01%2.7 MW—
Treutlen Countylimited10.04%8 kW$1.98/W

Counties derived from installation ZIP codes (Census ZCTA crosswalk) — approximate at boundaries. Counties marked limited have under 10 recorded installs, so their medians and penetration are indicative only. % homes = recorded installs ÷ housing units (U.S. Census ACS 5-Year, B25001).

Search every recorded Georgia installation — by installer, size, date, storage and equipment.

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Hardware

Top solar equipment in Georgia

#Panel manufacturerSystems
1First Solar23
#Inverter manufacturerSystems
1ENPHASE2

From recorded equipment on Georgia systems (Tracking the Sun + state/permit data); counts are systems where the manufacturer is known.

Developers

Top solar developers in Georgia

#DeveloperSystems
1Green Power EMC10
2Georgia Renewables, LLC9
3Silicon Ranch4
4United Renewable Energy3
5Radiance Solar LLC3

Developer/EPC named on the permit or program record — often the same firm as the installer.

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations are there in Georgia?

PanelCensus records 681 solar installations in Georgia, totalling 2.6 GW of capacity — about 0.01% of the state's 4,483,873 housing units (U.S. Census ACS) — compiled from LBNL's Tracking the Sun, city permit records, state programs and USGS/EIA utility-scale data. (Coverage depends on what the state publishes, so actual totals are higher.)

How much does solar cost per watt in Georgia?

The median installed price across priced systems in Georgia is $1.51/W pre-incentive. Year-by-year medians are shown on this page.

Who are the biggest solar installers in Georgia?

No resolved installers recorded.