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Solar installations in Shelby County, TN

217 recorded installations in Shelby County, Tennessee — 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
0.05%†
recorded floor — true rate higher
Installations
217
Total capacity
132.5 MW
Median price
$2.00/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

† Tennessee is under-reported. Public solar data is incomplete statewide, so this 0.05% homes-with-solar figure is a floor — the true rate is higher. See the coverage scorecard.

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 3.7 hail and 1.7 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 528 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 41% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Shelby County

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2014
1
10.00%
2016
1
20.00%
2017
3
50.00%
2018
1
60.00%
2020
19
250.01%
2021
51
760.02%
2022
49
1250.03%
2023
62
1870.05%
2024
16
2030.05%
2025
14
2170.05%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Shelby County?

PanelCensus records 217 solar installations in Shelby County, Tennessee (132.5 MW of capacity) — about 0.05% of the county's 403,144 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Tennessee's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Shelby County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Shelby County is $2.00/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 21.5 kW.

Who installs solar in Shelby County?

The most active recorded installers in Shelby County are Adt Solar, Troy Salerno Electric Inc., MARC JONES CONSTRUCTION LLC (B000).

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.