Solar installations in Frederick County, VA
134 recorded installations in Frederick County, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Frederick County, Virginia has 134 recorded solar installations totalling 99.5 MW of capacity — the 18th-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.37% of the county's 36,617 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 4.6 hail and 2.2 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Frederick County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 109 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 123% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
Most active
Top installers in Frederick County
No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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Installations by year
How does Frederick County compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in Frederick County is 7.78 kW, roughly in line with the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Frederick County ranks 33rd 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 Frederick County?
The earliest recorded installation in Frederick County dates to 2010. The busiest year on record is 2019, with 32 installations. 2024 has 2 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 131 at the end of 2019 to 134 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 Frederick County?
PanelCensus records 134 solar installations in Frederick County, Virginia (99.5 MW of capacity) — about 0.37% of the county's 36,617 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 Frederick County?
The median recorded system in Frederick County is 7.8 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
More solar data near Frederick 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 Frederick County, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/frederick-county (data as of October 10, 2026).