Solar installations in Belmont County, OH
31 recorded installations in Belmont County, Ohio — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Belmont County, Ohio has 31 recorded solar installations totalling 515 kW of capacity — the 37th-highest count among the 88 Ohio counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.10% of the county's 31,599 housing units, against 0.10% statewide.
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.
Search every recorded installation in Belmont County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 78 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 40% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.
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How does Belmont County compare with the rest of Ohio?
The median recorded system in Belmont County is 9.6 kW, roughly in line with the state median of 9.6 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Belmont County ranks 38th of 77 Ohio counties with at least 10 installations. Fewer than 30 systems here report an installed price, so no county price median is published.
How has solar adoption changed in Belmont County?
The earliest recorded installation in Belmont County dates to 2009. The busiest year on record is 2023, with 5 installations. 2025 has 1 recorded installation so far. Recent years fill in as state programs and permit offices report, so the latest counts are provisional.
Frequently asked questions
How many homes have solar in Belmont County?
PanelCensus records 31 solar installations in Belmont County, Ohio (515 kW of capacity) — about 0.10% of the county's 31,599 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Coverage depends on Ohio's public reporting, so the true total is likely higher.
How big is a typical solar system in Belmont County?
The median recorded system in Belmont County is 9.6 kW, against 9.6 kW for Ohio as a whole.
More solar data near Belmont 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.
About this data
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tracking the Sun, merged with city permit records, state incentive programs and the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database / EIA-860 plant registers, as published October 10, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: PanelCensus, “Solar installations in Belmont County, Ohio”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/ohio/belmont-county (data as of October 10, 2026).