Best solar companies California San Mateo County San Carlos

Best solar companies in San Carlos (2026)

Verified San Carlos installs, review-backed Solar.com Scores, and the broader county market in one place. Public data, not paid placement.

2,130recorded San Carlos home solar systems
34established companies ranked
153installs recorded in 2025-26
26companies with review scores

San Carlos installers, ranked

Scores lead. Not-yet-scored installers stay visible by recent install activity.

What this data covers: counts come from investor-owned-utility interconnection records for San Carlos service addresses. Homes served by municipal utilities interconnect through their city utility instead and do not appear here. Companies with fewer than 10 recorded local installs are not listed; many also build across San Mateo County and beyond. See the full San Mateo County ranking →

Install counts: San Carlos only
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1Highlight Solar2 recent installs16 verifiedActive since 20170.0% leased21620170.0%8.8303 reviewsGet a direct bid
2Cinnamon Energy Systems3 recent installs15 verifiedActive since 20210.0% leased31520210.0%8.7205 reviewsGet a direct bid
3Infinium Solar3 recent installs11 verifiedActive since 20190.0% leased31120190.0%8.7450 reviewsGet a direct bid
4Sunwork Renewable Energy Projects0 recent installs11 verifiedActive since 20140.0% leased01120140.0%8.697 reviewsGet a direct bid
5Sunvault4 recent installs14 verifiedActive since 20220.0% leased41420220.0%8.680 reviewsGet a direct bid
6Cobalt Power Systems3 recent installs42 verifiedActive since 20040.0% leased34220040.0%8.5131 reviewsGet a direct bid
7Clean Solar8 recent installs62 verifiedActive since 20090.0% leased86220090.0%8.5550 reviewsGet a direct bid
8Citadel Roofing And Solar6 recent installs27 verifiedActive since 20210.0% leased62720210.0%8.4730 reviewsGet a direct bid
9Solar Technologies3 recent installs25 verifiedActive since 20100.0% leased32520100.0%8.3210 reviewsGet a direct bid
10Your Energy Solutions4 recent installs20 verifiedActive since 20190.0% leased42020190.0%8.3768 reviewsGet a direct bid
11Freedom Green Construction8 recent installs27 verifiedActive since 20190.0% leased82720190.0%8.297 reviewsGet a direct bid
12Solar Optimum Design & Electrical1 recent installs25 verifiedActive since 20200.0% leased12520200.0%8.2410 reviewsGet a direct bid
13American Array Solar Electric6 recent installs15 verifiedActive since 20210.0% leased61520210.0%8.0358 reviewsGet a direct bid
14Simply Solar24 recent installs145 verifiedActive since 20162.0% leased2414520162.0%7.7258 reviewsGet a direct bid
15Nrg Clean Power9 recent installs40 verifiedActive since 20160.0% leased94020160.0%7.4473 reviewsGet a direct bid
16Semper Solaris4 recent installs53 verifiedActive since 20141.9% leased45320141.9%7.43,954 reviewsGet a direct bid
17Skytech Solar0 recent installs16 verifiedActive since 20150.0% leased01620150.0%7.449 reviewsGet a direct bid
18Nexus Energy Systems4 recent installs19 verifiedActive since 20210.0% leased41920210.0%7.3188 reviewsGet a direct bid
19Poco Solar Energy2 recent installs10 verifiedActive since 20130.0% leased21020130.0%7.2269 reviewsGet a direct bid
20Sunrun14 recent installs179 verifiedActive since 201463.7% leased14179201463.7%6.91,830 reviewsGet a direct bid

Solar.com Scores are live for 26 of the 34 listed companies. Companies marked “Not yet scored” have fewer than 20 analyzed review texts or are still being analyzed; scores appear as each company's full review record is processed. Select up to 4 companies to compare them category by category.

% leased counts systems recorded as third party owned, meaning a lease or power purchase agreement. The remainder are customer owned. Active installer counts include every company that filed an interconnection that year, down to small and occasional operations. Counts come from PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E interconnection records; homes served by municipal utilities like LADWP, SMUD, and city power departments interconnect through their local utility instead, so companies focused on those territories show fewer records here. The Solar.com Score is computed from the full text of each company's published customer reviews (star ratings and review counts sourced from Google and Yelp), plus verified public-record track record; it drives the default ranking for scored companies and is never for sale.

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FAQ

Who are the best solar companies in San Carlos?

The table ranks scored companies by Solar.com Score, computed from customer review evidence and verified track record; 26 companies in this city currently carry a score. Companies not yet scored remain visible below the scored cohort by recent San Carlos install activity. The best company for your home also depends on your roof, utility, and bid, which is why the same companies compete on price through solar.com.

How are San Carlos solar installers ranked here?

Companies with enough review evidence are ranked by Solar.com Score. Not-yet-scored companies show a dash in the rank column and sit below them, ordered by recent 2025-26 installation activity recorded for San Carlos addresses in CPUC interconnection records. No company can pay for placement.

What do San Carlos solar company reviews say?

Where a company clears the 20 analyzed-review floor, its Solar.com Score summarizes substantive customer review texts, weighted by reviewer credibility and recency. Select companies in the table to compare their review scores category by category, from sales integrity to long-term support.

How do I get the best solar price in San Carlos?

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How we built this data

Methodology: Counts are residential PV interconnections in investor-owned-utility territory (PG&E, SCE, SDG&E) per CPUC Rule 21 public records through May 2026. Postal and name variants are merged. Municipal utility territory such as LADWP, Glendale, Pasadena, Burbank, Anaheim, and Riverside Public Utilities is not included in those CPUC counts. Counts show recorded installations, not quality ratings. Reported costs are self-reported on owned-system interconnections. No installer can pay for placement.

Who we are: Solar.com is a solar marketplace — we connect homeowners with installers and earn a fee when projects move forward. These rankings and scores are computed from public installation records and published customer reviews. No installer can pay for placement, and no installer — including those we work with — can pay to change a score.