Solar installations in Alleghany County, VA
16 recorded installations in Alleghany County, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Alleghany County, Virginia has 16 recorded solar installations totalling 104 kW of capacity — the 84th-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.20% of the county's 7,916 housing units, against 0.51% statewide.
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.
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How does Alleghany County compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in Alleghany County is 6 kW, about 20% below the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Alleghany County ranks 69th 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 Alleghany County?
The earliest recorded installation in Alleghany County dates to 2009. The busiest year on record is 2019, with 6 installations. The county's cumulative total rose from 4 at the end of 2014 to 16 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 Alleghany County?
PanelCensus records 16 solar installations in Alleghany County, Virginia (104 kW of capacity) — about 0.20% of the county's 7,916 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 Alleghany County?
The median recorded system in Alleghany County is 6 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
More solar data near Alleghany 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 Alleghany County, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/alleghany-county (data as of October 10, 2026).