Solar installations in Orange County, NC
2 recorded installations in Orange 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 2.3 hail and 0 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Orange County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 232 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 1% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.
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No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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Frequently asked questions
How many homes have solar in Orange County?
PanelCensus records 2 solar installations in Orange County, North Carolina (12.6 MW of capacity) — about 0.00% of the county's 62,127 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 Orange County?
The median installed price for recorded systems in Orange County is $1.86/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 6,300 kW.
Who installs solar in Orange County?
No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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.