Solar installations in Bedford County, VA
142 recorded installations in Bedford County, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Bedford County, Virginia has 142 recorded solar installations totalling 4.6 MW of capacity — the 17th-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.38% of the county's 37,383 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 7 hail (0.7 severe) and 6.7 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Bedford County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 106 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 134% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
Most active
Top installers in Bedford County
No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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Installations by year
How does Bedford County compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in Bedford County is 8.76 kW, about 17% above the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Bedford County ranks 32nd 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 Bedford County?
The earliest recorded installation in Bedford County dates to 2008. The busiest year on record is 2018, with 39 installations. 2019 has 38 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 28 at the end of 2014 to 142 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 Bedford County?
PanelCensus records 142 solar installations in Bedford County, Virginia (4.6 MW of capacity) — about 0.38% of the county's 37,383 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 Bedford County?
The median recorded system in Bedford County is 8.8 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
More solar data near Bedford 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 Bedford County, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/bedford-county (data as of October 10, 2026).