Solar installations in Rutherford County, NC
15 recorded installations in Rutherford 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 6.6 hail (1 severe) and 1 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Rutherford County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 62 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 24% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.
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Frequently asked questions
How many homes have solar in Rutherford County?
PanelCensus records 15 solar installations in Rutherford County, North Carolina (170.0 MW of capacity) — about 0.05% of the county's 32,682 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 Rutherford County?
Not enough priced records in this county to compute a reliable median.
Who installs solar in Rutherford 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.