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Solar installations in Salem County, NJ

4,680 recorded installations in Salem 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
16.9%
of 27,740 homes
Installations
4,680
Total capacity
101.7 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 1.9 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 2,314 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 202% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Salem County

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2005
3
70.03%
2006
14
210.08%
2007
14
350.13%
2008
21
560.20%
2009
38
940.34%
2010
62
1560.56%
2011
107
2630.95%
2012
68
3311.19%
2013
76
4071.47%
2014
134
5411.95%
2015
203
7442.68%
2016
363
1,1073.99%
2017
503
1,6105.80%
2018
510
2,1207.64%
2019
315
2,4358.78%
2020
306
2,7419.88%
2021
315
3,05611.02%
2022
355
3,41112.30%
2023
413
3,82413.79%
2024
411
4,23515.27%
2025
445
4,68016.87%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Salem County?

PanelCensus records 4,680 solar installations in Salem County, New Jersey (101.7 MW of capacity) — about 16.9% of the county's 27,740 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 Salem County?

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

Who installs solar in Salem County?

The most active recorded installers in Salem County are Rcl Enterprises, Trinity 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.