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Solar installations in Kings County, NY

20,615 recorded installations in Kings County, New York — 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
1.9%
of 1,090,187 homes
Installations
20,615
Total capacity
248.8 MW
Median price
$4.96/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
24%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 0.9 hail and 2.8 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 6,502 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 317% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

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Top installers in Kings County

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2005
6
100.00%
2006
5
150.00%
2007
11
260.00%
2008
5
310.00%
2009
18
490.00%
2010
36
850.01%
2011
61
1460.01%
2012
106
2520.02%
2013
55
3070.03%
2014
87
3940.04%
2015
156
5500.05%
2016
421
9710.09%
2017
983
1,9540.18%
2018
962
2,9160.27%
2019
1,226
4,1420.38%
2020
1,242
5,3840.49%
2021
1,410
6,7940.62%
2022
1,329
8,1230.74%
2023
1,945
10,0680.92%
2024
1,694
11,7621.08%
2025
1,360
13,1221.20%
2026
8
13,1301.20%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Kings County?

PanelCensus records 20,615 solar installations in Kings County, New York (248.8 MW of capacity) — about 1.9% of the county's 1,090,187 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on New York's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Kings County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Kings County is $4.96/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 5.4 kW.

Who installs solar in Kings County?

The most active recorded installers in Kings County are Brooklyn Solarworks, Venture Home Solar, PRO CUSTOM SOLAR LLC.

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.