Solar installations in Lynchburg city, VA
24 recorded installations in Lynchburg city, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Lynchburg city, Virginia has 24 recorded solar installations totalling 620 kW of capacity — the 73rd-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.07% of the county's 34,009 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 Lynchburg city by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 97 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 25% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.
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How does Lynchburg city compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in Lynchburg city is 8.28 kW, about 11% above the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Lynchburg city ranks 93rd 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 Lynchburg city?
The earliest recorded installation in Lynchburg city dates to 2009. The busiest year on record is 2018, with 5 installations. 2019 has 5 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 8 at the end of 2014 to 24 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 Lynchburg city?
PanelCensus records 24 solar installations in Lynchburg city, Virginia (620 kW of capacity) — about 0.07% of the county's 34,009 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 Lynchburg city?
The median recorded system in Lynchburg city is 8.3 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
More solar data near Lynchburg city
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- Solar in Henry County· 25 installations
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- Solar in Carroll County· 23 installations
- Solar in Northumberland County· 23 installations
- Solar in Greensville County· 22 installations
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 Lynchburg city, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/lynchburg-city (data as of October 10, 2026).