Solar installations in Giles County, VA
17 recorded installations in Giles County, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Giles County, Virginia has 17 recorded solar installations totalling 127 kW of capacity — the 83rd-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.20% of the county's 8,316 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 Giles County compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in Giles County is 6.3 kW, about 16% below the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Giles County ranks 67th 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 Giles County?
The earliest recorded installation in Giles County dates to 2009. The busiest year on record is 2016, with 5 installations. 2019 has 2 recorded installations so far. 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 Giles County?
PanelCensus records 17 solar installations in Giles County, Virginia (127 kW of capacity) — about 0.20% of the county's 8,316 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 Giles County?
The median recorded system in Giles County is 6.3 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
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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 Giles County, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/giles-county (data as of October 10, 2026).