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Solar installations in Douglas County, OR

134 recorded installations in Douglas County, Oregon — 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
0.27%
of 50,257 homes
Installations
134
Total capacity
1.1 MW
Median price
$4.67/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
1%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 474 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 28% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.

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Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2005
5
200.04%
2006
4
240.05%
2007
5
290.06%
2008
4
330.07%
2009
6
390.08%
2010
2
410.08%
2011
4
450.09%
2012
3
480.10%
2013
7
550.11%
2014
8
630.13%
2015
5
680.14%
2016
11
790.16%
2017
13
920.18%
2020
1
930.18%
2021
4
970.19%
2022
11
1080.21%
2023
8
1160.23%
2024
9
1250.25%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Douglas County?

PanelCensus records 134 solar installations in Douglas County, Oregon (1.1 MW of capacity) — about 0.27% of the county's 50,257 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Oregon's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Douglas County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Douglas County is $4.67/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 4.5 kW.

Who installs solar in Douglas County?

The most active recorded installers in Douglas County are New Castle Solar, National Solar, Energy Design.

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.