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Solar installations in Essex County, VT

11 recorded installations in Essex 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
0.22%
of 4,914 homes
Installations
11
Total capacity
2.9 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
18%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 1 hail and 0 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).

Search every recorded installation in Essex County by installer, size, date and equipment.

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 50 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 22% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Essex County

#InstallerInstalls here
1Sunrun2
2Green Mountain Solar1
3Apex Solar Ca1

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2015
1
10.02%
2016
1
20.04%
2018
3
50.10%
2019
3
80.16%
2020
2
100.20%
2022
1
110.22%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Essex County?

PanelCensus records 11 solar installations in Essex County, Vermont (2.9 MW of capacity) — about 0.22% of the county's 4,914 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 Essex County?

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

Who installs solar in Essex County?

The most active recorded installers in Essex County are Sunrun, Green Mountain Solar, Apex Solar Ca.

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.