Solar installations in Whatcom County, WA
506 recorded installations in Whatcom 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.
Search every recorded installation in Whatcom County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 2,416 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 21% of that (this county is under-reported in public program data). A yardstick, not dated records.
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How many homes have solar in Whatcom County?
PanelCensus records 506 solar installations in Whatcom County, Washington (5.1 MW of capacity) — about 0.50% of the county's 101,928 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 Whatcom County?
The median installed price for recorded systems in Whatcom County is $2.98/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 8.4 kW.
Who installs solar in Whatcom 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.