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Solar installations in Lehigh County, PA

368 recorded installations in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania — 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
0.24%
of 150,547 homes
Installations
368
Total capacity
28.0 MW
Median price
$6.15/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 4 hail and 1.4 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 1,556 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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Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2009
11
110.01%
2010
93
1040.07%
2011
74
1780.12%
2012
18
1960.13%
2013
13
2090.14%
2014
1
2100.14%
2016
1
2110.14%
2017
2
2130.14%
2018
2
2150.14%
2019
2
2170.14%
2020
3
2200.15%
2021
6
2260.15%
2022
6
2320.15%
2023
14
2460.16%
2024
23
2690.18%
2025
20
2890.19%
2026
2
2910.19%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Lehigh County?

PanelCensus records 368 solar installations in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (28.0 MW of capacity) — about 0.24% of the county's 150,547 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Pennsylvania's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Lehigh County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Lehigh County is $6.15/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 10.1 kW.

Who installs solar in Lehigh County?

The most active recorded installers in Lehigh County are Heat Shed, Endless Mtn Solar Services, Astrum Solar.

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.