PanelCensus

Solar installations in New Jersey

193,866 recorded installations — prices, growth by year, county breakdown and the installers doing the work.

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.

Installations
193,866
Total capacity
6.7 GW
Median price
$4.05/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
65%
lease / PPA

Most active

Top installers in New Jersey

#InstallerInstalls in NJ
1Sunrun29,258
2Trinity Solar24,057
3Momentum Solar12,626
4Tesla Energy8,480
5Suntuity4,623
6Sunnymac4,191
7All Season Solar Nj3,582
8Vision Solar2,888
9Bright Ops2,823
10Green Power Energy2,507
11Code Green Solar2,309
12Sunpower2,259
13Emt Renewables2,109
14Rcl Enterprises2,042
15Sungevity Development1,712

New Jersey installer directory →

Growth

Installations by year

2005
727
2006
900$2.79/W
2007
662
2008
883
2009
1,437$2.88/W
2010
2,772$8.69/W
2011
6,644$4.17/W
2012
6,576$4.26/W
2013
6,658$3.91/W
2014
7,118$5.78/W
2015
13,120$1.53/W
2016
22,351$2.56/W
2017
19,134$3.18/W
2018
17,889
2019
16,628
2020
14,548
2021
15,281
2022
18,883
2023
21,118
2024
88
2025
14
2026
2

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

By county

Solar by county in New Jersey

CountyInstallsCapacityMedian $/W
Ocean County24,093562.1 MW$5.24/W
Middlesex County18,337912.0 MW$3.96/W
Burlington County16,977733.7 MW$3.92/W
Camden County16,309454.8 MW$5.03/W
Monmouth County14,072485.7 MW$3.39/W
Atlantic County13,940253.7 MW$3.39/W
Gloucester County12,406325.9 MW$4.63/W
Bergen County10,619276.2 MW$3.27/W
Union County9,518261.0 MW$4.87/W
Mercer County7,639323.7 MW$4.34/W
Essex County7,367206.0 MW$7.12/W
Somerset County6,749310.9 MW$4.10/W
Cape May County5,81278.0 MW$7.00/W
Passaic County5,657129.4 MW$4.52/W
Cumberland County5,415206.4 MW$3.65/W
Morris County5,208268.5 MW$4.90/W
Salem County3,75789.3 MW$4.02/W
Hudson County2,912204.4 MW$2.79/W
Hunterdon County2,584189.5 MW$3.36/W
Sussex County1,989116.3 MW$2.40/W
Warren County1,827164.7 MW$7.57/W

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?

PanelCensus records 193,866 solar installations in New Jersey, totalling 6.7 GW of capacity — compiled from LBNL's Tracking the Sun, city permit records, state programs and USGS/EIA utility-scale data. (Coverage depends on what the state publishes, so actual totals are higher.)

How much does solar cost per watt in New Jersey?

The median installed price across priced systems in New Jersey is $4.05/W pre-incentive. Year-by-year medians are shown on this page.

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).