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Solar installations in Skamania County, WA

38 recorded installations in Skamania County, Washington — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.

At a glance

Skamania County, Washington has 38 recorded solar installations totalling 327 kW of capacity — the 23rd-highest count among the 39 Washington counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.64% of the county's 5,899 housing units, against 0.28% statewide. The median installed price is $3.44/W before incentives, roughly in line with the Washington median of $3.45/W.

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

Homes with solar
0.64%
of 5,899 homes
Installations
38
Total capacity
327 kW
Median price
$3.44/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 51 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 75% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

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No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2016
3
30.05%
2017
2
50.09%
2018
26
310.53%
2019
7
380.64%

How does Skamania County compare with the rest of Washington?

The median recorded system in Skamania County is 8.92 kW, roughly in line with the state median of 8.85 kW. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Skamania County ranks 2nd of 32 Washington counties with at least 10 installations.

How has solar adoption changed in Skamania County?

The earliest recorded installation in Skamania County dates to 2016. The busiest year on record is 2018, with 26 installations. 2019 has 7 recorded installations so far. 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 Skamania County?

PanelCensus records 38 solar installations in Skamania County, Washington (327 kW of capacity) — about 0.64% of the county's 5,899 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Coverage depends on Washington's public reporting, so the true total is likely higher.

How much does solar cost in Skamania County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Skamania County is $3.44/W before incentives; the median system is 8.9 kW. The Washington median is $3.45/W.

How big is a typical solar system in Skamania County?

The median recorded system in Skamania County is 8.9 kW, against 8.9 kW for Washington as a whole.

More solar data near Skamania 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.

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 Skamania County, Washington”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/washington/skamania-county (data as of October 10, 2026).