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Solar installations in Pennsylvania

9,412 recorded installations — prices, growth by year, county breakdown and the installers doing the work.

Dataset updated . Refreshed from LBNL's Tracking the Sun public releases.

Installations
9,412
Total capacity
246.8 MW
Median price
$5.95/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

Most active

Top installers in Pennsylvania

#InstallerInstalls in PA
1Astrum Solar639
2Greenspring Energy424
3Sunlion Energy Systems356
4Endless Mtn Solar Services315
5Advanced Solar283
6Jk Mechanical278
7Heat Shed276
8Standard Solar213
9I Need Solar Com174
10Eos Energy173
11Kc Green Energy155
12Energy Independent Solutions152
13Edf Renewable Energy130
14Conlyn Home Improvement Codba Solar Pro121
15Moore Energy113

Pennsylvania installer directory →

Growth

Installations by year

2005
99$8.32/W
2006
13$9.66/W
2007
11$9.06/W
2008
14$8.92/W
2009
374$7.58/W
2010
2,733$6.54/W
2011
2,606$5.71/W
2012
879$4.72/W
2013
517$4.00/W
2014
25$4.22/W

Bars: recorded installs · right column: median $/W that year.

By county

Solar by county in Pennsylvania

CountyInstallsCapacityMedian $/W
Lancaster County97126.9 MW$5.50/W
Chester County90014.6 MW$6.10/W
Montgomery County78914.5 MW$6.14/W
Bucks County69014.2 MW$6.25/W
York County5386.6 MW$5.93/W
Berks County49911.7 MW$5.80/W
Philadelphia County3846.1 MW$6.48/W
Cumberland County3056.1 MW$5.86/W
Northampton County2915.7 MW$6.13/W
Lehigh County2825.7 MW$6.15/W
Delaware County2793.9 MW$6.22/W
Dauphin County2539.1 MW$5.81/W
Lebanon County2356.0 MW$5.75/W
Allegheny County2222.7 MW$5.94/W
Luzerne County1883.1 MW$6.68/W
Monroe County1605.3 MW$6.35/W
Schuylkill County1493.0 MW$6.04/W
Adams County1442.1 MW$5.54/W
Franklin County1312.3 MW$5.78/W
Perry County1181.6 MW$5.82/W
Columbia County1111.0 MW$6.19/W
Lackawanna County1031.6 MW$6.40/W
Centre County102790 kW$6.50/W
Wayne County84751 kW$5.85/W
Northumberland County81882 kW$5.31/W
Lycoming County75829 kW$5.50/W
Carbon County732.0 MW$5.84/W
Erie County72462 kW$5.85/W
Westmoreland County72634 kW$5.23/W
Washington County69912 kW$5.50/W
Union County571.2 MW$5.61/W
Montour County483.1 MW$5.42/W
Pike County45558 kW$6.15/W
Beaver County44466 kW$5.52/W
Snyder County44563 kW$5.77/W
Juniata County411.4 MW$5.55/W
Mifflin County363.3 MW$5.61/W
Susquehanna County36266 kW$6.29/W
Butler County33469 kW$5.05/W
Bradford County32317 kW$6.67/W
Clinton County31238 kW$5.83/W
Cambria County29239 kW$5.75/W
Blair County26218 kW$5.69/W
Wyoming County24148 kW$6.38/W
Fayette County23573 kW$6.06/W
Bedford County16712 kW$4.85/W
Crawford County15154 kW$5.90/W
Fulton County1588 kW$6.25/W
Huntingdon County13149 kW$5.55/W
Somerset County13233 kW$5.84/W
Indiana County1072 kW$5.49/W

Counties derived from installation ZIP codes (Census ZCTA crosswalk) — approximate at boundaries. Counties with fewer than 50 recorded installs are shown but not indexed.

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations are there in Pennsylvania?

LBNL's Tracking the Sun dataset records 9,412 residential and small-commercial solar installations in Pennsylvania, totalling 246.8 MW of capacity. (Coverage depends on the state's reporting programs, so actual totals are higher.)

How much does solar cost per watt in Pennsylvania?

The median installed price across priced systems in Pennsylvania is $5.95/W pre-incentive. Year-by-year medians are shown on this page.

Who are the biggest solar installers in Pennsylvania?

Astrum Solar has the most recorded installations in Pennsylvania (639), followed by Greenspring Energy (424).