MySolarCheck

Solar Panel Cost & Installation Data in New Jersey

Observed Records
192,243
Reported Capacity
4,092 MW
Dataset Rank
#4

95% residential

19.34¢
Residential Rate (EIA 2024)
4h
Peak Sun Hours/Day
$5,172
Est. Annual Savings

Environmental & Community Impact

CO₂ Offset/Year
4,575,103 tons
CO₂ Offset/System/Year
17.6 tons
Installations per 10K Residents
207.9
State Population
9,249,063
Est. Annual Production/System
26,744 kWh

Estimates use average system size, a 4h/day state solar-resource proxy and a 14% system-loss assumption. Payback excludes financing and incentives. Context sources: NREL, EIA and EPA eGRID (0.709 metric tons CO₂/MWh).

System Overview

Avg System Size
21.3 kW
Third-Party Owned
65.5%

Installation Growth (Last 5 Years)

Installer Names in the Source Records

InstallerObserved Records
Self46,704
Sunrun29,258
Trinity Solar24,057
Momentum Solar12,626
Tesla Energy8,479
Suntuity4,623
Sunnymac4,191
All Season Solar Nj3,582
Vision Solar2,888
Bright Ops2,823

Panel Brands in the Source Records

BrandObserved Records
redacted192,241
Alps Technology2

County Records - New Jersey

CountyObserved RecordsReported Capacity
Ocean23,983326.7 MW
Middlesex17,565525.2 MW
Burlington16,816387 MW
Camden16,218299.6 MW
Monmouth14,548293.1 MW
Gloucester12,663217.5 MW
Atlantic12,344172.6 MW
Bergen10,441207.5 MW
Union9,452174.6 MW
Mercer7,849248.5 MW
Essex7,306147.3 MW
Cape May5,78468.8 MW
Passaic5,619108.4 MW
Cumberland5,305121.9 MW
Somerset5,147157.2 MW

New Jersey Solar Incentives

State-program snapshot

Is Solar Worth It in New Jersey?

Modeled homeowner analysis

Primary dataset: LBNL Tracking the Sun 2024 release. Counts represent records in the source release, not a complete statewide census.