Solar installations in Virginia Beach city, VA
3,914 recorded installations in Virginia Beach city, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Virginia Beach city, Virginia has 3,914 recorded solar installations totalling 41.3 MW of capacity — the 2nd-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and 21% of the state total. That is about 2.1% of the county's 190,734 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 Virginia Beach city by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check: Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 1,878 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 208% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
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How does Virginia Beach city compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in Virginia Beach city is 7.2 kW, roughly in line with the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Virginia Beach city ranks 4th 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 Virginia Beach city?
The earliest recorded installation in Virginia Beach city dates to 2006. The busiest year on record is 2019, with 291 installations. The county's cumulative total rose from 54 at the end of 2014 to 3,914 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 Virginia Beach city?
PanelCensus records 3,914 solar installations in Virginia Beach city, Virginia (41.3 MW of capacity) — about 2.1% of the county's 190,734 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 Virginia Beach city?
The median recorded system in Virginia Beach city is 7.2 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
More solar data near Virginia Beach city
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- Solar in Augusta County· 478 installations
- Solar in Henrico County· 414 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 Virginia Beach city, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/virginia-beach-city (data as of October 19, 2026).