Solar installations in Orleans Parish, LA
39,706 recorded installations in Orleans Parish, Louisiana — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
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 3.2 hail and 6.1 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Orleans Parish by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 7,738 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 513% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
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No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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Frequently asked questions
How many homes have solar in Orleans Parish?
PanelCensus records 39,706 solar installations in Orleans Parish, Louisiana (508.4 MW of capacity) — about 20.4% of the county's 194,758 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Louisiana's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.
How much does solar cost in Orleans Parish?
The median installed price for recorded systems in Orleans Parish is $2.50/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 6.6 kW.
Who installs solar in Orleans Parish?
No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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.