Solar installations in Albemarle County, VA
1,008 recorded installations in Albemarle County, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Albemarle County, Virginia has 1,008 recorded solar installations totalling 27.4 MW of capacity — the 4th-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and 5% of the state total. That is about 2.1% of the county's 48,360 housing units, against 0.51% statewide.
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.
Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 4.9 hail (2.8 severe) and 4.9 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Albemarle County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 808 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 125% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
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No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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Installations by year
How does Albemarle County compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in Albemarle County is 7.8 kW, roughly in line with the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Albemarle County ranks 3rd of 93 Virginia counties with at least 10 installations. Fewer than 30 systems here report an installed price, so no county price median is published.
How has solar adoption changed in Albemarle County?
The earliest recorded installation in Albemarle County dates to 2004. The busiest year on record is 2019, with 303 installations. 2024 has 1 recorded installation so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 1,007 at the end of 2019 to 1,008 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 Albemarle County?
PanelCensus records 1,008 solar installations in Albemarle County, Virginia (27.4 MW of capacity) — about 2.1% of the county's 48,360 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Coverage depends on Virginia's public reporting, so the true total is likely higher.
How big is a typical solar system in Albemarle County?
The median recorded system in Albemarle County is 7.8 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
More solar data near Albemarle County
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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 Albemarle County, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/albemarle-county (data as of October 10, 2026).