PanelCensus

Solar installations in Montgomery County, MD

4,093 recorded installations in Montgomery County, Maryland — 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
1.0%
of 405,127 homes
Installations
4,093
Total capacity
119.3 MW
Median price
$3.11/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
1%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 6 hail (0.8 severe) and 6 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 12,338 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 33% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Montgomery County

#InstallerInstalls here
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Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2006
2
40.00%
2007
1
50.00%
2008
2
70.00%
2009
9
160.00%
2010
6
220.01%
2011
8
300.01%
2012
10
400.01%
2013
14
540.01%
2014
20
740.02%
2015
38
1120.03%
2016
41
1530.04%
2017
38
1910.05%
2018
31
2220.06%
2019
56
2780.07%
2020
85
3630.09%
2021
1,421
1,7840.44%
2022
1,960
3,7440.92%
2023
127
3,8710.96%
2024
115
3,9860.98%
2025
52
4,0381.00%
2026
5
4,0431.00%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Montgomery County?

PanelCensus records 4,093 solar installations in Montgomery County, Maryland (119.3 MW of capacity) — about 1.0% of the county's 405,127 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Maryland's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Montgomery County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Montgomery County is $3.11/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 9.9 kW.

Who installs solar in Montgomery County?

The most active recorded installers in Montgomery County are redacted.

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.