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Solar installations in New Jersey

192,243 recorded installations — prices, growth by year, county breakdown and the installers doing the work.

Dataset updated . Refreshed from LBNL's Tracking the Sun public releases.

Installations
192,243
Total capacity
4.1 GW
Median price
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
65%
lease / PPA

Most active

Top installers in New Jersey

Growth

Installations by year

2005
720
2006
886
2007
648
2008
870
2009
1,403
2010
2,702
2011
6,460
2012
6,415
2013
6,500
2014
7,055
2015
13,093
2016
22,282
2017
19,040
2018
17,808
2019
16,490
2020
14,498
2021
15,221
2022
18,820
2023
20,911

Bars: recorded installs · right column: median $/W that year.

By county

Solar by county in New Jersey

CountyInstallsCapacityMedian $/W
Ocean County23,983326.7 MW
Middlesex County18,140567.4 MW
Burlington County16,816387.0 MW
Camden County16,220299.7 MW$5.99/W
Monmouth County13,960284.0 MW
Atlantic County13,879195.3 MW
Gloucester County12,340212.8 MW
Bergen County10,513209.5 MW
Union County9,452174.6 MW
Mercer County7,574216.9 MW
Essex County7,307147.3 MW$8.44/W
Somerset County6,652185.7 MW
Cape May County5,78668.9 MW$7.00/W
Passaic County5,619108.4 MW
Cumberland County5,378121.2 MW
Morris County5,147157.7 MW
Salem County3,73655.5 MW
Hudson County2,811131.9 MW
Hunterdon County2,54773.9 MW
Sussex County1,93752.0 MW
Warren County1,80072.2 MW

Counties derived from installation ZIP codes (Census ZCTA crosswalk) — approximate at boundaries. Counties with fewer than 50 recorded installs are shown but not indexed.

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations are there in New Jersey?

LBNL's Tracking the Sun dataset records 192,243 residential and small-commercial solar installations in New Jersey, totalling 4.1 GW of capacity. (Coverage depends on the state's reporting programs, so actual totals are higher.)

How much does solar cost per watt in New Jersey?

The New Jersey records in the dataset do not include enough price data to compute a reliable median.

Who are the biggest solar installers in New Jersey?

Sunrun has the most recorded installations in New Jersey (29,258), followed by Trinity Solar (24,057).