Solar installations in Washington County, VA
51 recorded installations in Washington County, Virginia — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Washington County, Virginia has 51 recorded solar installations totalling 619 kW of capacity — the 45th-highest count among the 108 Virginia counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.20% of the county's 25,505 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 Washington County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 85 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 60% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
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No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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How does Washington County compare with the rest of Virginia?
The median recorded system in Washington County is 6.72 kW, about 10% below the state median of 7.49 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Washington County ranks 70th 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 Washington County?
The earliest recorded installation in Washington County dates to 2010. The busiest year on record is 2016, with 15 installations. 2019 has 4 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 22 at the end of 2014 to 51 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 Washington County?
PanelCensus records 51 solar installations in Washington County, Virginia (619 kW of capacity) — about 0.20% of the county's 25,505 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 Washington County?
The median recorded system in Washington County is 6.7 kW, against 7.5 kW for Virginia as a whole.
More solar data near Washington County
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- Solar in Fluvanna County· 50 installations
- Solar in New Kent County· 50 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 Washington County, Virginia”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/virginia/washington-county (data as of October 10, 2026).