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Solar installations in Brown County, WI

459 recorded installations in Brown County, Wisconsin — 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
0.40%
of 114,123 homes
Installations
459
Total capacity
7.8 MW
Median price
$3.10/W
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
0%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 403 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 114% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Brown County

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2005
1
10.00%
2006
6
70.01%
2007
5
120.01%
2008
11
230.02%
2009
4
270.02%
2010
1
280.03%
2011
14
420.04%
2012
4
460.04%
2013
6
520.05%
2014
16
680.06%
2015
13
810.07%
2016
12
930.08%
2017
11
1040.09%
2018
26
1300.11%
2019
15
1450.13%
2020
32
1770.15%
2021
38
2150.19%
2022
50
2650.23%
2023
66
3310.29%
2024
74
4050.35%
2025
54
4590.40%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Brown County?

PanelCensus records 459 solar installations in Brown County, Wisconsin (7.8 MW of capacity) — about 0.40% of the county's 114,123 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Wisconsin's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Brown County?

The median installed price for recorded systems in Brown County is $3.10/W pre-incentive; the median system runs 7.4 kW.

Who installs solar in Brown County?

The most active recorded installers in Brown County are Eland Electric, Appleton Solar, Endries Solar Electric.

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.