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Solar installations in San Juan County, UT

55 recorded installations in San Juan County, Utah — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.

At a glance

San Juan County, Utah has 55 recorded solar installations totalling 72.5 MW of capacity — the 24th-highest count among the 29 Utah counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.98% of the county's 5,612 housing units, against 4.1% statewide. The median installed price is $3.51/W before incentives, about 14% below the Utah median of $4.10/W.

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

Homes with solar
0.98%
of 5,612 homes
Installations
55
Total capacity
72.5 MW
Median price
$3.51/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 72 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 76% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

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No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2013
1
10.02%
2014
2
30.05%
2016
7
100.18%
2017
6
160.28%
2018
6
220.39%
2019
4
260.46%
2020
3
290.52%
2021
3
320.57%
2022
7
390.69%
2023
8
470.84%
2024
8
550.98%

How does San Juan County compare with the rest of Utah?

The median recorded system in San Juan County is 7.4 kW, about 13% above the state median of 6.57 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, San Juan County ranks 25th of 28 Utah counties with at least 10 installations.

How has solar adoption changed in San Juan County?

The earliest recorded installation in San Juan County dates to 2013. The busiest year on record is 2023, with 8 installations. 2024 has 8 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 26 at the end of 2019 to 55 today. Recent years fill in as state programs and permit offices report, so the latest counts are provisional.

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in San Juan County?

PanelCensus records 55 solar installations in San Juan County, Utah (72.5 MW of capacity) — about 0.98% of the county's 5,612 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Coverage depends on Utah's public reporting, so the true total is likely higher.

How much does solar cost in San Juan County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in San Juan County is $3.51/W before incentives; the median system is 7.4 kW. The Utah median is $4.10/W.

How big is a typical solar system in San Juan County?

The median recorded system in San Juan County is 7.4 kW, against 6.6 kW for Utah as a whole.

More solar data near San Juan County

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.

About this data

Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tracking the Sun, merged with city permit records, state incentive programs and the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database / EIA-860 plant registers, as published October 10, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: PanelCensus, “Solar installations in San Juan County, Utah”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/utah/san-juan-county (data as of October 10, 2026).