Solar installations in Orleans County, NY
313 recorded installations in Orleans County, New York — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Orleans County, New York has 313 recorded solar installations totalling 263.8 MW of capacity — the 52nd-highest count among the 62 New York counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 1.7% of the county's 18,275 housing units, against 2.6% statewide. The median installed price is $3.27/W before incentives, about 21% below the New York median of $4.15/W.
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.
Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 1.5 hail and 0.4 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Orleans County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 187 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 167% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
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How does Orleans County compare with the rest of New York?
The median recorded system in Orleans County is 11 kW, about 44% above the state median of 7.65 kW. 9% of installations here are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), compared with 34% across New York. 2 systems (under 1%) of the county's records include battery storage, against 2% statewide. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Orleans County ranks 36th of 62 New York counties with at least 10 installations.
How has solar adoption changed in Orleans County?
The earliest recorded installation in Orleans County dates to 2006. The busiest year on record is 2016, with 36 installations. 2025 has 32 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 206 at the end of 2020 to 313 today. Recent years fill in as state programs and permit offices report, so the latest counts are provisional.
Who installs solar in Orleans County?
Cir Electrical Construction has the most recorded installations in Orleans County (42, 13% of the county's records). Other active installers here include Solar Liberty Energy Systems, Sustainable Energy Developments and Oconnell Electric. Installers based anywhere in New York are listed in the state installer directory.
Frequently asked questions
How many homes have solar in Orleans County?
PanelCensus records 313 solar installations in Orleans County, New York (263.8 MW of capacity) — about 1.7% of the county's 18,275 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Coverage depends on New York's public reporting, so the true total is likely higher.
How much does solar cost in Orleans County?
The median installed price for recorded systems in Orleans County is $3.27/W before incentives; the median system is 11 kW. The New York median is $4.15/W.
Who installs solar in Orleans County?
The most active recorded installers in Orleans County are Cir Electrical Construction (42), Solar Liberty Energy Systems (42) and Sustainable Energy Developments (37).
How much of the solar in Orleans County is leased?
29 recorded installations (9%) in Orleans County are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement, compared with 34% across New York.
How big is a typical solar system in Orleans County?
The median recorded system in Orleans County is 11 kW, against 7.7 kW for New York as a whole.
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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.
About this data
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tracking the Sun, merged with city permit records, state incentive programs and the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database / EIA-860 plant registers, as published October 10, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: PanelCensus, “Solar installations in Orleans County, New York”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/new-york/orleans-county (data as of October 10, 2026).