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Solar installations in Bennington County, VT

238 recorded installations in Bennington County, Vermont — 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
1.1%
of 20,877 homes
Installations
238
Total capacity
11.5 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
3%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 2.5 hail and 2.3 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 304 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 78% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Bennington County

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2012
2
20.01%
2015
2
40.02%
2016
18
220.10%
2017
12
340.16%
2018
38
720.34%
2019
51
1230.59%
2020
10
1330.64%
2021
18
1510.72%
2022
19
1700.81%
2023
37
2070.99%
2024
31
2381.14%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Bennington County?

PanelCensus records 238 solar installations in Bennington County, Vermont (11.5 MW of capacity) — about 1.1% of the county's 20,877 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Vermont's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Bennington County?

Not enough priced records in this county to compute a reliable median.

Who installs solar in Bennington County?

The most active recorded installers in Bennington County are Grassroot Solar, Sunrun, Power Guru.

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.