Solar installations in Richmond city, VA
153 recorded installations in Richmond city, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Richmond city, Virginia has 153 recorded solar installations totalling 5.1 MW of capacity — the 16th-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.14% of the county's 112,848 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 Richmond city by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 641 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 24% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.
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How does Richmond city compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in Richmond city is 6 kW, about 20% below the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Richmond city ranks 89th 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 Richmond city?
The earliest recorded installation in Richmond city dates to 2007. The busiest year on record is 2019, with 59 installations. The county's cumulative total rose from 51 at the end of 2014 to 153 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 Richmond city?
PanelCensus records 153 solar installations in Richmond city, Virginia (5.1 MW of capacity) — about 0.14% of the county's 112,848 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 Richmond city?
The median recorded system in Richmond city is 6 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
More solar data near Richmond city
- Solar in Virginia· 18,447 installations
- Solar installers in Virginia
- Solar in Montgomery County· 225 installations
- Solar in Hanover County· 176 installations
- Solar in Stafford County· 170 installations
- Solar in Bedford County· 142 installations
- Solar in Frederick County· 134 installations
- Solar in Hampton city· 133 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 Richmond city, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/richmond-city (data as of October 10, 2026).