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Solar installations in Worcester County, MA

552 recorded installations in Worcester County, Massachusetts — 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
0.16%
of 353,405 homes
Installations
552
Total capacity
1.3 GW
Median price
$2.95/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
19%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 7.2 hail and 2.1 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 19,776 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 3% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.

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Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2010
1
10.00%
2012
3
40.00%
2013
15
190.01%
2014
21
400.01%
2015
8
480.01%
2016
45
930.03%
2017
128
2210.06%
2018
53
2740.08%
2019
24
2980.08%
2020
65
3630.10%
2021
86
4490.13%
2022
80
5290.15%
2023
13
5420.15%
2024
6
5480.15%
2025
3
5510.16%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Worcester County?

PanelCensus records 552 solar installations in Worcester County, Massachusetts (1.3 GW of capacity) — about 0.16% of the county's 353,405 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Massachusetts's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Worcester County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Worcester County is $2.95/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 1,339.2 kW.

Who installs solar in Worcester County?

The most active recorded installers in Worcester County are Vision Solar, Momentum Solar, Sunrun.

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.