Solar installations in Caroline County, VA
35 recorded installations in Caroline County, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Caroline County, Virginia has 35 recorded solar installations totalling 644 kW of capacity — the 59th-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.28% of the county's 12,693 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 1.6 hail (1.6 severe) and 0.6 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Caroline County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 55 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 64% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
Most active
Top installers in Caroline County
No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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Installations by year
How does Caroline County compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in Caroline County is 7.74 kW, roughly in line with the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Caroline County ranks 54th 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 Caroline County?
The earliest recorded installation in Caroline County dates to 2010. The busiest year on record is 2019, with 12 installations. The county's cumulative total rose from 6 at the end of 2014 to 35 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 Caroline County?
PanelCensus records 35 solar installations in Caroline County, Virginia (644 kW of capacity) — about 0.28% of the county's 12,693 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 Caroline County?
The median recorded system in Caroline County is 7.7 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
More solar data near Caroline County
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- Solar in Middlesex County· 32 installations
- Solar in Buckingham County· 31 installations
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 Caroline County, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/caroline-county (data as of October 10, 2026).