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Solar installations in Benton County, WA

458 recorded installations in Benton County, Washington — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.

Homes with solar
0.56%
of 81,792 homes
Installations
458
Total capacity
9.1 MW
Median price
$3.70/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 1,174 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 39% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.

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Top installers in Benton County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2016
1
10.00%
2017
39
400.05%
2018
370
4100.50%
2019
47
4570.56%
2020
1
4580.56%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Benton County?

PanelCensus records 458 solar installations in Benton County, Washington (9.1 MW of capacity) — about 0.56% of the county's 81,792 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Washington's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Benton County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Benton County is $3.70/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 11.4 kW.

Who installs solar in Benton County?

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

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.