Solar installations in Madison County, VA
52 recorded installations in Madison County, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Madison County, Virginia has 52 recorded solar installations totalling 552 kW of capacity — the 43rd-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.85% of the county's 6,110 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 Madison County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 64 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 81% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
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No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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How does Madison County compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in Madison County is 7.23 kW, roughly in line with the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Madison County ranks 9th 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 Madison County?
The earliest recorded installation in Madison County dates to 2010. The busiest year on record is 2019, with 14 installations. The county's cumulative total rose from 8 at the end of 2014 to 52 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 Madison County?
PanelCensus records 52 solar installations in Madison County, Virginia (552 kW of capacity) — about 0.85% of the county's 6,110 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 Madison County?
The median recorded system in Madison County is 7.2 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
More solar data near Madison 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 Madison County, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/madison-county (data as of October 10, 2026).