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Solar installations in Texas

350,101 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.

Homes with solar
2.9%
of 11,890,808 homes
Installations
350,101
Total capacity
8.0 GW
Median price
$3.86/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

Most active

Top installers in Texas

#InstallerInstalls in TX
1Freedom Solar Power Tx9,169
2Trismart Solar6,108
3Advanced Solar Electric5,256
4Freedom Forever4,716
5Ion Solar3,973
6Greenstar Power3,915
7Cam Solar3,423
8Momentum Solar3,064
9Lighthouse Solar2,893
10South Texas Solar Systems2,730
11Erus Energy2,699
12Sunrun2,698
13Solar Electric Texas2,601
14Adt Solar2,553
15Greenstar Powerllc2,538

Texas installer directory →

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2005
314
4680.00%
2006
363
8310.01%
2007
366
1,1970.01%
2008
456
1,6530.01%
2009
947
2,6000.02%
2010
1,504
4,1040.04%
2011
2,018
6,1220.05%
2012
2,601
8,7230.07%
2013
3,719
12,4420.10%
2014
4,993
17,4350.15%
2015
5,545
22,9800.19%
2016
15,324
38,3040.32%
2017
15,184
53,4880.45%
2018
15,798
69,2860.58%
2019
22,284
91,5700.77%
2020
30,644
122,2141.03%
2021
43,069
165,2831.39%
2022
64,662
229,9451.93%
2023
55,370
285,3152.40%
2024
29,605
314,9202.65%
2025
30,480
345,4002.90%
2026
135
345,5352.91%

New installs per year and the running cumulative total, plus % of homes with solar (ACS housing units).

By county

Solar by county in Texas

CountyInstalls% homesCapacityMedian $/W
Bexar County100,75912.5%1.1 GW$3.92/W
Travis County40,5556.8%395.5 MW$3.64/W
Collin County3,6760.87%53.5 MW$2.00/W
Dallas County2,1490.20%16.6 MW$2.53/W
Comal County2,0922.8%31.1 MW$3.75/W
Kendall County1,4887.9%15.0 MW$3.74/W
Williamson County1,1400.45%20.0 MW$3.48/W
Medina County5162.6%5.6 MW$3.84/W
Tarrant County4830.06%3.8 MW$7.98/W
El Paso County3780.12%30.2 MW$5.19/W
Atascosa County3331.8%17.7 MW$3.95/W
Guadalupe County2290.34%10.6 MW$3.86/W
Hidalgo County940.03%3.2 MW$3.45/W
Denton County860.02%32.4 MW$5.71/W
Webb County680.08%16.5 MW$2.86/W
Cameron County530.03%60.7 MW$3.56/W
Rockwall County510.12%554 kW$1.99/W
Tom Green County430.08%4.3 MW$3.29/W
Nueces County390.03%507 kW$3.76/W
Ellis County340.05%80.3 MW$8.18/W
Bell County330.02%3.2 MW$5.74/W
Brewster County310.52%64.7 MW$5.14/W
Montgomery County300.01%218 kW$5.09/W
Presidio County300.89%30.8 MW$4.12/W
Kleberg County240.17%201 kW$3.55/W
Smith County230.02%186 kW$5.59/W
Taylor County210.03%206 kW$2.55/W
Archer County190.48%220 kW$6.05/W
McLennan County180.02%7.8 MW$5.65/W
Pecos County180.31%170.0 MW$5.08/W
Wharton County160.09%180.8 MW$3.78/W
Bosque County140.15%139.6 MW$5.75/W
Hays County140.01%99 kW$3.44/W
Lamar County140.06%166.6 MW$4.97/W
Wilson County140.07%8.9 MW$4.16/W
Callahan County130.20%133 kW$2.50/W
Grayson County130.02%42.6 MW$5.89/W
Falls County120.16%55.1 MW$5.90/W
Gregg County120.02%209 kW$3.80/W
Johnson County120.02%86 kW$6.15/W
Navarro County110.05%21.7 MW$6.11/W
Orange County110.03%86 kW$4.92/W
Andrews County100.14%25.0 MW—
Bowie County100.03%130 kW$5.60/W
Brown County100.05%2.1 MW$5.12/W
Cherokee County100.05%79 kW$5.57/W
Jeff Davis County100.67%63 kW$4.56/W
Wichita County100.02%125 kW$7.43/W
Galveston Countylimited90.01%77 kW$5.06/W
Hunt Countylimited90.02%95.6 MW$9.80/W
Jones Countylimited90.13%78 kW$2.68/W
Midland Countylimited90.01%91 kW$5.86/W
Aransas Countylimited80.05%64 kW$3.71/W
Fort Bend Countylimited80.00%27.8 MW—
Jim Wells Countylimited80.05%55 kW$4.57/W
Parker Countylimited80.01%61 kW$5.36/W
Brazoria Countylimited70.01%12 kW$3.80/W
Clay Countylimited70.14%67 kW$6.68/W
Maverick Countylimited70.04%70 kW$3.59/W
Angelina Countylimited60.02%62 kW$4.86/W
Cooke Countylimited60.03%81.1 MW$7.01/W
Henderson Countylimited60.01%45 kW$6.06/W
Hill Countylimited60.04%53.9 MW$6.69/W
Kaufman Countylimited60.01%35 kW$5.56/W
Starr Countylimited60.03%79 kW$3.29/W
Wilbarger Countylimited60.10%208 kW$3.50/W
Dawson Countylimited50.10%75.1 MW—
Ector Countylimited50.01%19.5 MW$6.02/W
Goliad Countylimited50.14%38 kW$3.49/W
Reeves Countylimited50.10%24.9 MW$4.76/W
Van Zandt Countylimited50.02%81.0 MW$5.48/W
Bee Countylimited40.04%125.4 MW$5.46/W
Burnet Countylimited40.02%22 kW$3.47/W
Dimmit Countylimited40.10%3.0 MW—
Eastland Countylimited40.04%21 kW$3.03/W
Hardin Countylimited40.02%21 kW$5.08/W
Haskell Countylimited40.13%26.6 MW$4.04/W
Karnes Countylimited40.07%15.5 MW$3.85/W
Real Countylimited40.22%4.5 MW$3.40/W
Rusk Countylimited40.02%27 kW$4.96/W
San Patricio Countylimited40.01%26 kW$3.22/W
Schleicher Countylimited40.31%45 kW$9.74/W
Upton Countylimited40.25%0 kW—
Anderson Countylimited30.01%21 kW$5.88/W
Culberson Countylimited30.31%559 kW—
Erath Countylimited30.02%27.0 MW$5.13/W
Frio Countylimited30.05%5 kW$4.33/W
Harrison Countylimited30.01%26 kW$4.82/W
Hopkins Countylimited30.02%276 kW$4.48/W
Howard Countylimited30.02%10.2 MW$5.17/W
Jefferson Countylimited30.00%30 kW$6.52/W
Live Oak Countylimited30.05%356 kW$1.74/W
Red River Countylimited30.05%45 kW$6.51/W
Shackelford Countylimited30.19%35 kW$2.49/W
Val Verde Countylimited30.02%49.0 MW$4.10/W
Winkler Countylimited30.09%682 kW$3.77/W
Austin Countylimited20.01%3.5 MW—
Cass Countylimited20.01%32 kW$4.18/W
Childress Countylimited20.07%73.3 MW—
Colorado Countylimited20.02%26 kW$4.55/W
Concho Countylimited20.14%763 kW—
Coryell Countylimited20.01%19.6 MW$6.11/W
Crane Countylimited20.11%0 kW—
DeWitt Countylimited20.02%15 kW$3.30/W
Dickens Countylimited20.18%1.8 MW—
Duval Countylimited20.04%18 kW$4.37/W
Fannin Countylimited20.01%10 kW$2.74/W
Grimes Countylimited20.02%14 kW$6.06/W
Hamilton Countylimited20.05%10 kW$7.48/W
Jackson Countylimited20.03%10 kW$2.99/W
Leon Countylimited20.02%20 kW$3.92/W
Limestone Countylimited20.02%10 kW$3.43/W
Martin Countylimited20.09%12 kW$7.41/W
Matagorda Countylimited20.01%45 kW$3.07/W
Morris Countylimited20.03%16 kW$3.66/W
Scurry Countylimited20.03%0 kW—
Sterling Countylimited20.39%45.4 MW—
Tyler Countylimited20.02%16 kW$6.07/W
Upshur Countylimited20.01%3.5 MW$5.42/W
Uvalde Countylimited20.02%8 kW$3.03/W
Borden Countylimited10.28%0 kW—
Brooks Countylimited10.03%14.5 MW—
Caldwell Countylimited10.01%10 kW$3.69/W
Calhoun Countylimited10.01%0 kW—
Coke Countylimited10.05%0 kW—
Coleman Countylimited10.02%11 kW$3.14/W
Comanche Countylimited10.01%10 kW$3.49/W
Franklin Countylimited10.02%4 kW$6.13/W
Hale Countylimited10.01%13 kW$3.13/W
Harris Countylimited10.00%7 kW—
Hood Countylimited10.00%3 kW$6.41/W
Jim Hogg Countylimited10.05%4 kW$4.03/W
Kimble Countylimited10.04%47 kW$3.28/W
Kinney Countylimited10.07%0 kW—
Knox Countylimited10.06%46 kW$6.80/W
Liberty Countylimited10.00%0 kW—
Lubbock Countylimited10.00%5.8 MW—
Menard Countylimited10.08%10.8 MW—
Milam Countylimited10.01%0 kW—
Montague Countylimited10.01%4 kW$6.05/W
Nolan Countylimited10.01%10 kW$5.24/W
Palo Pinto Countylimited10.01%5 kW$3.50/W
Panola Countylimited10.01%22 kW$5.16/W
Polk Countylimited10.00%0 kW—
Randall Countylimited10.00%0 kW—
Robertson Countylimited10.01%5 kW$2.98/W
Runnels Countylimited10.02%10 kW$3.16/W
Swisher Countylimited10.03%0 kW—
Trinity Countylimited10.01%10 kW$5.23/W
Victoria Countylimited10.00%6 kW$2.87/W
Walker Countylimited10.00%23 kW$3.46/W
Waller Countylimited10.01%10 kW$4.54/W
Wood Countylimited10.00%10 kW$3.16/W
Young Countylimited10.01%10 kW$5.39/W

Counties derived from installation ZIP codes (Census ZCTA crosswalk) — approximate at boundaries. Counties marked limited have under 10 recorded installs, so their medians and penetration are indicative only. % homes = recorded installs ÷ housing units (U.S. Census ACS 5-Year, B25001).

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Hardware

Top solar equipment in Texas

#Panel manufacturerSystems
1Qcells North America117
2Mission Solar Energy LLC81
3SunPower66
4CSI Solar Co., Ltd.45
5LG Electronics Inc.45
6First Solar39
7Renesola America34
8SolarWorld34
#Inverter manufacturerSystems
1SMA America288
2Tesla221
3SolarEdge Technologies Ltd.173
4Enphase92
5Generac84
6SolarEdge39

From recorded equipment on Texas systems (Tracking the Sun + state/permit data); counts are systems where the manufacturer is known.

Developers

Top solar developers in Texas

#DeveloperSystems
1Gregory Albright, FREEDOM FOREVER TEXAS, LLC901
2Adrian Buck, FREEDOM SOLAR POWER715
3DANIEL R HARGROVE, PURE ENERGY INC661
4NOT GIVEN573
5Thomas L Porter, TITAN SOLAR POWER TX INC489
6INFINITY ENERGY INC 2363 MERRITT DR, STE 200, GARLAND, TX 75041 (916) 678-4732444
7JOEL D JOHNSON410
8GREENSTAR POWER, LLC388

Developer/EPC named on the permit or program record — often the same firm as the installer.

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations are there in Texas?

PanelCensus records 350,101 solar installations in Texas, totalling 8.0 GW of capacity — about 2.9% of the state's 11,890,808 housing units (U.S. Census ACS) — 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 $3.86/W pre-incentive. Year-by-year medians are shown on this page.

Who are the biggest solar installers in Texas?

Freedom Solar Power Tx has the most recorded installations in Texas (9,169), followed by Trismart Solar (6,108).