Solar installations in Androscoggin County, ME
473 recorded installations in Androscoggin County, Maine — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Androscoggin County, Maine has 473 recorded solar installations totalling 212.3 MW of capacity — the highest count among the 16 Maine counties with records, and 2% of the state total. That is about 0.94% of the county's 50,202 housing units, against 3.0% statewide.
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 1.5 hail and 0.1 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Androscoggin County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 324 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 146% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
Most active
Top installers in Androscoggin County
No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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Installations by year
How does Androscoggin County compare with the rest of Maine?
The median recorded system in Androscoggin County is 7.95 kW, roughly in line with the state median of 8.4 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Androscoggin County ranks 1st of 13 Maine counties with at least 10 installations. Fewer than 30 systems here report an installed price, so no county price median is published.
How has solar adoption changed in Androscoggin County?
The earliest recorded installation in Androscoggin County dates to 2002. The busiest year on record is 2024, with 152 installations. 2025 has 108 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 52 at the end of 2020 to 473 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 Androscoggin County?
PanelCensus records 473 solar installations in Androscoggin County, Maine (212.3 MW of capacity) — about 0.94% of the county's 50,202 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Coverage depends on Maine's public reporting, so the true total is likely higher.
How big is a typical solar system in Androscoggin County?
The median recorded system in Androscoggin County is 8 kW, against 8.4 kW for Maine as a whole.
More solar data near Androscoggin County
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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 Androscoggin County, Maine”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/maine/androscoggin-county (data as of October 10, 2026).