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Solar installations in Cape May County, NJ

6,670 recorded installations in Cape May County, New Jersey — 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
6.7%
of 99,625 homes
Installations
6,670
Total capacity
88.5 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 2 hail and 2 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 5,138 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 130% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Cape May County

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2005
18
290.03%
2006
24
530.05%
2007
16
690.07%
2008
31
1000.10%
2009
57
1570.16%
2010
93
2500.25%
2011
185
4350.44%
2012
92
5270.53%
2013
145
6720.68%
2014
226
8980.90%
2015
444
1,3421.35%
2016
925
2,2672.28%
2017
829
3,0963.11%
2018
640
3,7363.75%
2019
643
4,3794.39%
2020
352
4,7314.75%
2021
416
5,1475.17%
2022
328
5,4755.50%
2023
385
5,8605.88%
2024
214
6,0746.10%
2025
596
6,6706.70%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Cape May County?

PanelCensus records 6,670 solar installations in Cape May County, New Jersey (88.5 MW of capacity) — about 6.7% of the county's 99,625 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on New Jersey's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Cape May County?

Not enough priced records in this county to compute a reliable median.

Who installs solar in Cape May County?

The most active recorded installers in Cape May County are Trinity Solar, Sunrun, All Season Solar Nj.

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.