Solar installations in Kennebec County, ME
66 recorded installations in Kennebec County, Maine — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Kennebec County, Maine has 66 recorded solar installations totalling 214.6 MW of capacity — the 3rd-highest count among the 16 Maine counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.10% of the county's 63,140 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 1.6 hail and 1.2 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Kennebec County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 373 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 18% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.
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Top installers in Kennebec County
No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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Installations by year
How does Kennebec County compare with the rest of Maine?
The median recorded system in Kennebec County is 1975 kW, about 235 times the state median of 8.4 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Kennebec County ranks 7th 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 Kennebec County?
The earliest recorded installation in Kennebec County dates to 2003. The busiest year on record is 2022, with 20 installations. 2024 has 9 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 12 at the end of 2019 to 66 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 Kennebec County?
PanelCensus records 66 solar installations in Kennebec County, Maine (214.6 MW of capacity) — about 0.10% of the county's 63,140 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 Kennebec County?
The median recorded system in Kennebec County is 1,975 kW, against 8.4 kW for Maine as a whole.
More solar data near Kennebec 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 Kennebec County, Maine”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/maine/kennebec-county (data as of October 10, 2026).