Top Solar Cities in Orange County
Santa Ana, Huntington Beach, and Yorba Linda are the top solar cities in Orange County, with the most solar homes added this year through May 2010.
With lots of sun, Orange County is well positioned to lead California in home solar power systems. The number of home solar installations in Orange County cities continues to grow.
Using data from the California Solar Initiative, SunRun has ranked the top solar cities in Orange County by the percent of homes with solar power and by the number of solar homes added in 2010 through May. Check out the two lists below and see if your city makes the cut!
You can also see our rankings for the Top Solar Cities in California and Top Solar Counties in California.
Top Solar Cities in Orange County, by Solar Share
Top Solar Cities in Orange County, by Solar Homes Added in 2010 Through May
Top Solar Cities in Orange County, by Solar Share (Percent of Homes with Solar Power)
| Rank | Orange County solar cities | Solar share: % of homes with solar | Solar homes added in 2010 through May | Solar homes added from 2007-2010 |
| 1 | Los Alamitos | 1.48% | 14 | 57 |
| 2 | Villa Park | 1.40% | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Laguna Beach | 0.81% | 18 | 64 |
| 4 | Newport Coast | 0.79% | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | La Habra Heights | 0.74% | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Seal Beach | 0.56% | 10 | 45 |
| 7 | Laguna Hills | 0.56% | 14 | 58 |
| 8 | Trabuco Canyon | 0.53% | 16 | 57 |
| 9 | San Clemente | 0.50% | 24 | 83 |
| 10 | Corona del Mar | 0.49% | 6 | 22 |
| 11 | Coto de Caza | 0.46% | 8 | 20 |
| 12 | Yorba Linda | 0.44% | 37 | 87 |
| 13 | Mission Viejo | 0.44% | 34 | 136 |
| 14 | Cypress | 0.42% | 13 | 65 |
| 15 | Foothill Ranch | 0.39% | 5 | 14 |
| 16 | San Juan Capistrano | 0.38% | 6 | 43 |
| 17 | Fountain Valley | 0.36% | 15 | 66 |
| 18 | Huntington Beach | 0.35% | 45 | 223 |
| 19 | Rancho Santa Margarita | 0.31% | 9 | 49 |
| 20 | Orange | 0.31% | 29 | 131 |
| 21 | Laguna Niguel | 0.29% | 10 | 59 |
| 22 | La Palma | 0.27% | 4 | 14 |
| 23 | Placentia | 0.27% | 16 | 42 |
| 24 | Irvine | 0.27% | 31 | 128 |
| 25 | Capistrano Beach | 0.26% | 0 | 7 |
| 26 | Ladera Ranch | 0.25% | 6 | 18 |
| 27 | Tustin | 0.24% | 16 | 55 |
| 28 | Lake Forest | 0.24% | 16 | 47 |
| 29 | Brea | 0.24% | 8 | 28 |
| 30 | Newport Beach | 0.21% | 13 | 50 |
| 31 | Costa Mesa | 0.21% | 14 | 77 |
| 32 | Fullerton | 0.20% | 27 | 86 |
| 33 | Rossmoor | 0.20% | 1 | 7 |
| 34 | Dana Point | 0.19% | 4 | 22 |
| 35 | Buena Park | 0.16% | 15 | 43 |
| 36 | Laguna Woods | 0.16% | 2 | 9 |
| 37 | Westminster | 0.14% | 10 | 42 |
| 38 | Santa Ana | 0.13% | 47 | 149 |
| 39 | Aliso Viejo | 0.13% | 5 | 17 |
| 40 | Rossmoor | 0.11% | 12 | 62 |
| 41 | Capistrano Beach | 0.07% | 6 | 37 |
Top Solar Cities in Orange County, by Solar Homes Added in 2010 Through May
| Rank | Orange County solar cities | Solar homes added in 2010 through May | Solar homes added from 2007-2010 | Solar share: % of homes with solar |
| 1 | Santa Ana | 47 | 149 | 0.13% |
| 2 | Huntington Beach | 45 | 223 | 0.35% |
| 3 | Yorba Linda | 37 | 87 | 0.44% |
| 4 | Mission Viejo | 34 | 136 | 0.44% |
| 5 | Irvine | 31 | 128 | 0.27% |
| 6 | Orange | 29 | 131 | 0.31% |
| 7 | Fullerton | 27 | 86 | 0.20% |
| 8 | San Clemente | 24 | 84 | 0.50% |
| 9 | Laguna Beach | 18 | 64 | 0.81% |
| 10 | Trabuco Canyon | 16 | 57 | 0.53% |
| 11 | Placentia | 16 | 42 | 0.27% |
| 12 | Tustin | 16 | 55 | 0.24% |
| 13 | Lake Forest | 16 | 47 | 0.24% |
| 14 | Fountain Valley | 15 | 66 | 0.36% |
| 15 | Buena Park | 15 | 43 | 0.16% |
| 16 | Los Alamitos | 14 | 57 | 1.48% |
| 17 | Laguna Hills | 14 | 58 | 0.56% |
| 18 | Costa Mesa | 14 | 77 | 0.21% |
| 19 | Cypress | 13 | 65 | 0.42% |
| 20 | Newport Beach | 13 | 50 | 0.21% |
| 21 | Garden Grove | 12 | 62 | 0.11% |
| 22 | Seal Beach | 10 | 45 | 0.56% |
| 23 | Laguna Niguel | 10 | 59 | 0.29% |
| 24 | Westminster | 10 | 42 | 0.14% |
| 25 | Rancho Santa Margarita | 9 | 49 | 0.31% |
| 26 | Villa Park | 8 | 28 | 1.40% |
| 27 | Coto de Caza | 8 | 20 | 0.46% |
| 28 | Brea | 8 | 28 | 0.24% |
| 29 | Corona del Mar | 6 | 22 | 0.49% |
| 30 | San Juan Capistrano | 6 | 43 | 0.38% |
| 31 | Ladera Ranch | 6 | 18 | 0.25% |
| 32 | Ontario | 6 | 37 | 0.07% |
| 33 | Foothill Ranch | 5 | 14 | 0.39% |
| 34 | Aliso Viejo | 5 | 17 | 0.13% |
| 35 | La Palma | 4 | 14 | 0.27% |
| 36 | Dana Point | 4 | 22 | 0.19% |
| 37 | Laguna Woods | 2 | 9 | 0.16% |
| 38 | Newport Coast | 1 | 7 | 0.79% |
| 39 | La Habra Heights | 1 | 14 | 0.74% |
| 40 | Rossmoor | 1 | 7 | 0.20% |
| 41 | Capistrano Beach | 0 | 7 | 0.26% |
*Based on data provided by the California Solar Initiative from 2007 through May 2010. Does not include data on Anaheim, which is not part of the California Solar Initiative. Includes cities with 5 or more home solar installations since 2007. Solar share calculated by total home solar installations from 2007 through May 2010 as a percentage of total households using Census data.
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