Solar installations in Chesapeake city, VA
272 recorded installations in Chesapeake city, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Chesapeake city, Virginia has 272 recorded solar installations totalling 148.4 MW of capacity — the 12th-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and 1% of the state total. That is about 0.28% of the county's 95,997 housing units, against 0.51% statewide.
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.
Search every recorded installation in Chesapeake city by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 685 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 40% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.
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How does Chesapeake city compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in Chesapeake city is 7.2 kW, roughly in line with the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Chesapeake city ranks 51st 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 Chesapeake city?
The earliest recorded installation in Chesapeake city dates to 2007. The busiest year on record is 2019, with 184 installations. 2023 has 2 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 84 at the end of 2018 to 272 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 Chesapeake city?
PanelCensus records 272 solar installations in Chesapeake city, Virginia (148.4 MW of capacity) — about 0.28% of the county's 95,997 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 Chesapeake city?
The median recorded system in Chesapeake city is 7.2 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
More solar data near Chesapeake city
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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 Chesapeake city, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/chesapeake-city (data as of October 10, 2026).