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Solar installations in Saratoga County, NY

3,576 recorded installations in Saratoga 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
3.2%
of 111,127 homes
Installations
3,576
Total capacity
695.9 MW
Median price
$4.08/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
34%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 8.4 hail and 3.1 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 2,800 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 128% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Saratoga County

#InstallerInstalls here
1Tesla1,009
2Kasselman Solar634
3Plugpv328
4Apex Energy Tek184
5Suncommon130
6Monolith Solar105
7American Energy Care97
8Sunrun89
9Rgs Energy78
10Wiltshire Renewable Energy Systems77

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2005
5
70.01%
2006
9
160.01%
2007
13
290.03%
2008
15
440.04%
2009
25
690.06%
2010
37
1060.10%
2011
39
1450.13%
2012
88
2330.21%
2013
117
3500.32%
2014
226
5760.52%
2015
480
1,0560.95%
2016
591
1,6471.48%
2017
357
2,0041.80%
2018
179
2,1831.96%
2019
122
2,3052.07%
2020
94
2,3992.16%
2021
157
2,5562.30%
2022
156
2,7122.44%
2023
255
2,9672.67%
2024
220
3,1872.87%
2025
334
3,5213.17%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Saratoga County?

PanelCensus records 3,576 solar installations in Saratoga County, New York (695.9 MW of capacity) — about 3.2% of the county's 111,127 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 Saratoga County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Saratoga County is $4.08/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 8.7 kW.

Who installs solar in Saratoga County?

The most active recorded installers in Saratoga County are Tesla, Kasselman Solar, Plugpv.

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.