Solar installations in Chatham County, NC
149 recorded installations in Chatham County, North Carolina — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
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 4.7 hail and 0 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Chatham County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 181 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 82% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
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How many homes have solar in Chatham County?
PanelCensus records 149 solar installations in Chatham County, North Carolina (47.0 MW of capacity) — about 0.43% of the county's 35,013 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on North Carolina's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.
How much does solar cost in Chatham County?
The median installed price for recorded systems in Chatham County is $2.02/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 12 kW.
Who installs solar in Chatham County?
The most active recorded installers in Chatham County are NC SOLAR NOW INC, 8MSOLAR LLC (82456), Tesla Energy.
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.