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Solar installations in New Jersey

232,326 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.

Homes with solar
6.2%
of 3,775,842 homes
Installations
232,326
Total capacity
7.4 GW
Median price
$4.05/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

Most active

Top installers in New Jersey

#InstallerInstalls in NJ
1Sunrun36,140
2Trinity Solar29,410
3Momentum Solar15,648
4Tesla9,650
5Sunnymac7,973
6Suntuity4,739
7Emt Renewables4,464
8All Season Solar Nj3,968
9Green Power Energy3,081
10Vision Solar2,945
11Bright Planet Solar2,920
12Sunpower2,714
13Rcl Enterprises2,544
14Code Green Solar2,309
15Freedom Forever2,301

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Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2005
727
1,1520.03%
2006
900
2,0520.05%
2007
662
2,7140.07%
2008
883
3,5970.10%
2009
1,437
5,0340.13%
2010
2,772
7,8060.21%
2011
6,646
14,4520.38%
2012
6,576
21,0280.56%
2013
6,661
27,6890.73%
2014
7,121
34,8100.92%
2015
13,120
47,9301.27%
2016
22,352
70,2821.86%
2017
19,136
89,4182.37%
2018
17,890
107,3082.84%
2019
16,629
123,9373.28%
2020
14,557
138,4943.67%
2021
15,326
153,8204.07%
2022
19,076
172,8964.58%
2023
23,503
196,3995.20%
2024
18,420
214,8195.69%
2025
17,496
232,3156.15%
2026
2
232,3176.15%

New installs per year and the running cumulative total, plus % of homes with solar (ACS housing units).

By county

Solar by county in New Jersey

CountyInstalls% homesCapacityMedian $/W
Ocean County27,1159.2%619.3 MW$5.24/W
Middlesex County22,3617.1%987.9 MW$3.96/W
Burlington County20,19810.9%780.9 MW$3.92/W
Camden County19,8599.3%498.9 MW$5.03/W
Monmouth County15,9735.9%515.6 MW$3.39/W
Atlantic County15,90912.0%280.6 MW$3.39/W
Gloucester County14,65112.5%360.8 MW$4.63/W
Bergen County13,0693.5%322.7 MW$3.27/W
Union County11,8435.6%293.6 MW$4.87/W
Essex County9,7442.9%244.7 MW$5.81/W
Mercer County9,4016.2%351.9 MW$4.34/W
Somerset County8,2096.2%340.5 MW$4.10/W
Passaic County7,0343.8%147.2 MW$4.52/W
Cumberland County6,83611.9%228.6 MW$3.65/W
Cape May County6,6706.7%88.5 MW—
Morris County6,3403.2%298.9 MW$4.90/W
Salem County4,68016.9%101.7 MW$4.02/W
Hudson County3,6671.2%216.5 MW$2.79/W
Hunterdon County3,0505.9%197.7 MW$3.36/W
Sussex County2,6484.2%125.7 MW$2.40/W
Warren County2,3585.1%172.9 MW$7.57/W

Counties derived from installation ZIP codes (Census ZCTA crosswalk) — approximate at boundaries. Counties marked limited have under 10 recorded installs, so their medians and penetration are indicative only. % homes = recorded installs ÷ housing units (U.S. Census ACS 5-Year, B25001).

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Hardware

Top solar equipment in New Jersey

#Panel manufacturerSystems
1First Solar3

From recorded equipment on New Jersey systems (Tracking the Sun + state/permit data); counts are systems where the manufacturer is known.

Developers

Top solar developers in New Jersey

#DeveloperSystems
1HESP CONSTRUCTION, LLC61
2RAY ANGELINI, INC.58
3ADVANCED SOLAR PRODUCTS, INC.51
4POWER PARTNERS MASTEC LLC43
5VANGUARD ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC41
6Solar Landscape39
7BARRIER ELECTRIC30
8DOBCO SOLAR & ELECTRIC LLC19

Developer/EPC named on the permit or program record — often the same firm as the installer.

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations are there in New Jersey?

PanelCensus records 232,326 solar installations in New Jersey, totalling 7.4 GW of capacity — about 6.2% of the state's 3,775,842 housing units (U.S. Census ACS) — 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 (36,140), followed by Trinity Solar (29,410).