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Solar installations in Penobscot County, ME

24 recorded installations in Penobscot County, Maine — 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
0.03%
of 75,405 homes
Installations
24
Total capacity
88.2 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 1.2 hail and 1.5 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 352 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 7% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Penobscot County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2008
1
10.00%
2019
1
20.00%
2020
2
40.01%
2021
2
60.01%
2022
3
90.01%
2023
3
120.02%
2024
12
240.03%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Penobscot County?

PanelCensus records 24 solar installations in Penobscot County, Maine (88.2 MW of capacity) — about 0.03% of the county's 75,405 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Maine's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Penobscot County?

Not enough priced records in this county to compute a reliable median.

Who installs solar in Penobscot County?

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.