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Solar installations in Louisa County, VA

95 recorded installations in Louisa County, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.

At a glance

Louisa County, Virginia has 95 recorded solar installations totalling 62.7 MW of capacity — the 27th-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.53% of the county's 18,047 housing units, against 0.51% statewide.

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.

Homes with solar
0.53%
of 18,047 homes
Installations
95
Total capacity
62.7 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 4.5 hail (0.8 severe) and 0.7 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 94 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 101% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Louisa County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2007
1
10.01%
2010
2
30.02%
2011
2
50.03%
2012
4
90.05%
2013
2
110.06%
2014
1
120.07%
2015
3
150.08%
2016
4
190.10%
2017
7
260.14%
2018
20
460.26%
2019
44
900.50%
2021
3
930.52%
2023
2
950.53%

How does Louisa County compare with the rest of Virginia?

The median recorded system in Louisa County is 8.18 kW, roughly in line with the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Louisa County ranks 20th 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 Louisa County?

The earliest recorded installation in Louisa County dates to 2007. The busiest year on record is 2019, with 44 installations. 2023 has 2 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 46 at the end of 2018 to 95 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 Louisa County?

PanelCensus records 95 solar installations in Louisa County, Virginia (62.7 MW of capacity) — about 0.53% of the county's 18,047 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 Louisa County?

The median recorded system in Louisa County is 8.2 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.

More solar data near Louisa County

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 Louisa County, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/louisa-county (data as of October 10, 2026).