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Solar installations in Mecklenburg County, NC

5,898 recorded installations in Mecklenburg 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.

Homes with solar
1.2%
of 491,721 homes
Installations
5,898
Total capacity
48.8 MW
Median price
$2.02/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 2.9 hail and 1.1 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 1,215 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 485% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

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Top installers in Mecklenburg County

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2006
1
40.00%
2007
2
60.00%
2008
2
80.00%
2010
8
160.00%
2011
32
480.01%
2012
21
690.01%
2013
22
910.02%
2014
141
2320.05%
2015
224
4560.09%
2016
90
5460.11%
2017
137
6830.14%
2018
487
1,1700.24%
2019
694
1,8640.38%
2020
621
2,4850.51%
2021
891
3,3760.69%
2022
1,382
4,7580.97%
2023
653
5,4111.10%
2024
367
5,7781.18%
2025
119
5,8971.20%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Mecklenburg County?

PanelCensus records 5,898 solar installations in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (48.8 MW of capacity) — about 1.2% of the county's 491,721 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 Mecklenburg County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Mecklenburg County is $2.02/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 6 kW.

Who installs solar in Mecklenburg County?

The most active recorded installers in Mecklenburg County are Residential solarSolar PV. New., Sherman - SolarSolar PV2, Witherspoon - SolarSolar PV2.

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.