Solar installations in Dickenson County, VA
12 recorded installations in Dickenson County, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Dickenson County, Virginia has 12 recorded solar installations totalling 56 kW of capacity — the 88th-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.16% of the county's 7,352 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 Dickenson County compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in Dickenson County is 4.56 kW, about 39% below the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Dickenson County ranks 80th 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 Dickenson County?
The earliest recorded installation in Dickenson County dates to 2013. The busiest year on record is 2013, with 11 installations. 2018 has 1 recorded installation so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 11 at the end of 2013 to 12 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 Dickenson County?
PanelCensus records 12 solar installations in Dickenson County, Virginia (56 kW of capacity) — about 0.16% of the county's 7,352 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 Dickenson County?
The median recorded system in Dickenson County is 4.6 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
More solar data near Dickenson 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 Dickenson County, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/dickenson-county (data as of October 10, 2026).