PanelCensus

Solar installations in Texas

244,796 recorded installations — prices, growth by year, county breakdown and the installers doing the work.

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.

Installations
244,796
Total capacity
6.7 GW
Median price
$3.84/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

Most active

Top installers in Texas

#InstallerInstalls in TX
1Trismart Solar2,933
2Freedom Solar Power Tx2,875
3Freedom Solar2,699
4Greenstar Powerllc2,538
5Advanced Solar Electric2,426
6Ion Developer2,290
7Lighthouse Solar Austin2,274
8Freedom Forever2,137
9Pure Energy Ca1,784
10Cam Solar1,679
11Momentum Solar1,510
12Sunrun1,414
13Erus Energy1,395
14South Texas Solar Systems1,364
15Solar Electric Texas1,302

Texas installer directory →

Growth

Installations by year

2005
314$6.37/W
2006
363$6.69/W
2007
361$6.83/W
2008
440$7.25/W
2009
915$6.55/W
2010
1,364$5.78/W
2011
1,751$5.28/W
2012
2,236$4.05/W
2013
3,119$3.49/W
2014
4,197$3.42/W
2015
4,702$3.41/W
2016
10,686$3.62/W
2017
10,737$3.65/W
2018
11,204$3.50/W
2019
16,831$3.60/W
2020
24,866$3.75/W
2021
36,894$3.95/W
2022
56,185$3.99/W
2023
46,316$4.00/W
2024
4,567$2.41/W
2025
1,887$2.00/W
2026
135

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

By county

Solar by county in Texas

CountyInstallsCapacityMedian $/W
Bexar County53,539585.2 MW$3.90/W
Travis County32,166287.2 MW$3.68/W
Collin County3,67653.5 MW$2.00/W
Dallas County2,14816.6 MW$2.53/W
Comal County94219.1 MW$3.75/W
Williamson County92112.7 MW$3.60/W
Kendall County6967.0 MW$3.74/W
Tarrant County4833.8 MW$7.98/W
El Paso County37830.2 MW$5.19/W
Medina County2202.4 MW$3.83/W
Atascosa County14514.4 MW$3.90/W
Guadalupe County1089.4 MW$3.81/W
Hidalgo County943.2 MW$3.45/W
Denton County8532.4 MW$5.70/W
Webb County6816.5 MW$2.86/W
Cameron County5260.7 MW$3.53/W
Rockwall County51554 kW$1.99/W
Tom Green County434.3 MW$3.29/W
Nueces County39507 kW$3.76/W
Ellis County3480.3 MW$8.18/W
Bell County333.2 MW$5.74/W
Brewster County3064.7 MW$5.33/W
Montgomery County30218 kW$5.09/W
Presidio County3030.8 MW$4.12/W
Kleberg County23196 kW$3.60/W
Smith County22175 kW$5.59/W
Taylor County21206 kW$2.55/W
Archer County19220 kW$6.05/W
McLennan County187.8 MW$5.65/W
Pecos County18170.0 MW$5.08/W
Wharton County16180.8 MW$3.78/W
Bosque County14139.6 MW$5.75/W
Hays County1499 kW$3.44/W
Lamar County14166.6 MW$4.97/W
Callahan County13133 kW$2.50/W
Grayson County1342.6 MW$5.89/W
Falls County1255.1 MW$5.90/W
Gregg County12209 kW$3.80/W
Johnson County1286 kW$6.15/W
Navarro County1121.7 MW$6.11/W
Andrews County1025.0 MW—
Bowie County10130 kW$5.60/W
Brown County102.1 MW$5.12/W
Cherokee County1079 kW$5.57/W
Jeff Davis County1063 kW$4.56/W
Orange County1081 kW$4.92/W
Wichita County10125 kW$7.43/W
Wilson County108.8 MW$4.16/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 Texas?

PanelCensus records 244,796 solar installations in Texas, totalling 6.7 GW of capacity — compiled from LBNL's Tracking the Sun, city permit records, state programs and USGS/EIA utility-scale data. (Coverage depends on what the state publishes, so actual totals are higher.)

How much does solar cost per watt in Texas?

The median installed price across priced systems in Texas is $3.84/W pre-incentive. Year-by-year medians are shown on this page.

Who are the biggest solar installers in Texas?

Trismart Solar has the most recorded installations in Texas (2,933), followed by Freedom Solar Power Tx (2,875).