Solar installations in Malheur County, OR
48 recorded installations in Malheur County, Oregon — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Malheur County, Oregon has 48 recorded solar installations totalling 83.1 MW of capacity — the 27th-highest count among the 36 Oregon counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.41% of the county's 11,678 housing units, against 0.93% statewide. The median installed price is $3.85/W before incentives, about 11% below the Oregon median of $4.35/W.
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 1.8 hail and 2.9 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Malheur County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 90 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 53% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.
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How does Malheur County compare with the rest of Oregon?
The median recorded system in Malheur County is 12.06 kW, about twice the state median of 5.59 kW. 0% of installations here are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), compared with 1% across Oregon. 4 systems (8%) of the county's records include battery storage, against 3% statewide. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Malheur County ranks 19th of 32 Oregon counties with at least 10 installations.
How has solar adoption changed in Malheur County?
The earliest recorded installation in Malheur County dates to 2009. The busiest year on record is 2017, with 13 installations. 2024 has 1 recorded installation so far. Recent years fill in as state programs and permit offices report, so the latest counts are provisional.
Who installs solar in Malheur County?
Big Dog Renewable Energy has the most recorded installations in Malheur County (10, 21% of the county's records). Other active installers here include Elite Solar Group, Intermountain Wind And Solar and Auric Solar. Installers based anywhere in Oregon are listed in the state installer directory.
Frequently asked questions
How many homes have solar in Malheur County?
PanelCensus records 48 solar installations in Malheur County, Oregon (83.1 MW of capacity) — about 0.41% of the county's 11,678 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Coverage depends on Oregon's public reporting, so the true total is likely higher.
How much does solar cost in Malheur County?
The median installed price for recorded systems in Malheur County is $3.85/W before incentives; the median system is 12.1 kW. The Oregon median is $4.35/W.
Who installs solar in Malheur County?
The most active recorded installers in Malheur County are Big Dog Renewable Energy (10), Elite Solar Group (7) and Intermountain Wind And Solar (3).
How much of the solar in Malheur County is leased?
0 recorded installations (0%) in Malheur County are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement, compared with 1% across Oregon.
How big is a typical solar system in Malheur County?
The median recorded system in Malheur County is 12.1 kW, against 5.6 kW for Oregon as a whole.
More solar data near Malheur County
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- Solar in Baker County· 30 installations
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 Malheur County, Oregon”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/oregon/malheur-county (data as of October 10, 2026).