Solar installations in Suffolk city, VA
67 recorded installations in Suffolk city, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Suffolk city, Virginia has 67 recorded solar installations totalling 65.2 MW of capacity — the 36th-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.17% of the county's 39,651 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 Suffolk city by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 281 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 Suffolk city compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in Suffolk city is 7 kW, roughly in line with the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Suffolk city ranks 78th 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 Suffolk city?
The earliest recorded installation in Suffolk city dates to 2009. The busiest year on record is 2019, with 26 installations. 2024 has 1 recorded installation so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 64 at the end of 2019 to 67 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 Suffolk city?
PanelCensus records 67 solar installations in Suffolk city, Virginia (65.2 MW of capacity) — about 0.17% of the county's 39,651 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 Suffolk city?
The median recorded system in Suffolk city is 7 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
More solar data near Suffolk city
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- Solar in Gloucester County· 71 installations
- Solar in Rockbridge County· 69 installations
- Solar in Greene County· 66 installations
- Solar in Clarke County· 63 installations
- Solar in Culpeper County· 61 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 19, 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 Suffolk city, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/suffolk-city (data as of October 19, 2026).