Solar installations in Somerset County, ME
41 recorded installations in Somerset County, Maine — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Somerset County, Maine has 41 recorded solar installations totalling 169.2 MW of capacity — the 6th-highest count among the 16 Maine counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.14% of the county's 30,009 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 1.3 hail and 0 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Somerset County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 155 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 26% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.
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Top installers in Somerset County
No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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Installations by year
How does Somerset County compare with the rest of Maine?
The median recorded system in Somerset County is 4158.7 kW, about 495 times the state median of 8.4 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Somerset County ranks 5th 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 Somerset County?
The earliest recorded installation in Somerset County dates to 2008. The busiest year on record is 2023, with 15 installations. 2024 has 11 recorded installations so far. 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 Somerset County?
PanelCensus records 41 solar installations in Somerset County, Maine (169.2 MW of capacity) — about 0.14% of the county's 30,009 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 Somerset County?
The median recorded system in Somerset County is 4,158.7 kW, against 8.4 kW for Maine as a whole.
More solar data near Somerset County
- Solar in Maine· 22,412 installations
- Solar installers in Maine
- Solar in Kennebec County· 66 installations
- Solar in York County· 66 installations
- Solar in Lincoln County· 45 installations
- Solar in Aroostook County· 38 installations
- Solar in Knox County· 36 installations
- Solar in Oxford County· 36 installations
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 Somerset County, Maine”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/maine/somerset-county (data as of October 10, 2026).