Newport Electric Construction
541 installs · $3.80/W avg
Solar Installers in Rhode Island
37 solar companies · 2,142 tracked installations
Rhode Island solar at a glance
- The median installed solar price in Rhode Island was $3.23 per watt across 90 residential installations in the 12 months to September 2026.
- Half of the residential solar installations in Rhode Island in the 12 months to September 2026 cost between $2.94 and $3.53 per watt for the solar array.
- The average residential solar system installed in Rhode Island in the 12 months to September 2026 was 10.0 kW, across 116 installations.
- AgentSolar lists 37 solar installers headquartered in Rhode Island; the most active by tracked installations are Newport Electric Construction, Rooftop Power and Sol Power Solar.
What solar cost in Rhode Island in 2026
$3.23/WMedian solar price per watt90 quotes
$2.94–$3.53Typical solar range ($/W)middle 50%
10.0 kWAverage system size116 quotes
$32,980Median system price106 quotes, solar and battery
Residential installations in Rhode Island from the last 12 months, 3–50 kW. Price figures cover cash and loan purchases only; leases and PPAs are excluded. Price per watt is for the solar array — a system price also includes storage where fitted. Browse the Rhode Island quotes →
37 solar installers in Rhode Island
Ranked by tracked installations, then rating. Every profile shows real pricing, reviews and contact details.
Rooftop Power
397 installs · $4.28/W avg
Sol Power Solar
354 installs · $3.48/W avg
Sunwatt Solar
161 installs · $3.63/W avg
Smart Green Solar
106 installs · $4.95/W avg
Renewable Energy Services of New England
34 installs · $3.83/W avg
Newport Renewables
24 installs · $3.33/W avg
RISE Engineering
16 installs · $2.88/W avg
NEC Electric & Solar
15 installs · $3.77/W avg
E2SOL
8 installs · $3.56/W avg
United Better Homes
6 installs · $4.58/W avg
Revity Energy
1 install
Advance Electrical Corporation
AG Electric & Solar
Airhart Electric, Inc.
Amp Flow Electric
BCX Energy
Neighborhood Solar
Newport Solar
Onegrid Energy Integration
Skyview Exteriors
Trusted Power Solutions (Empire Energy)
A1 Roofing & Construction
Providence Roofing Company
Sunfinity Power
Gansett Solar
Renewable Energy Solutions LLC
GEM Plumbing & Heating
RISE
Amity Electric
Straight Electric, LLC
Arden Engineering Constructors, LLC
E.W. Audet & Sons, Inc.
Green Development, LLC
Love Solar USA
Entech Engineering Incorporated
Local Solar & Electric
How we rank installers in Rhode Island
Installers on this page are ordered by the number of installations we have on record for them, then by customer rating. Paid installer memberships do not affect the order.
The installation records come from public utility and state solar program filings and from quotes homeowners upload to AgentSolar. We match each record to the installer named on it, so a company's count reflects work we can actually attribute to them, not a claim on their website.
Prices are computed from cash and loan purchases only. Leases and PPAs are excluded because their per-watt figures are financing terms, not equipment prices, and each figure above states how many quotes it was drawn from.
How to choose a solar installer in Rhode Island
Is the price in the normal range?
The middle half of recent Rhode Island installations came in between $2.94 and $3.53 per watt for the solar array. A quote well above that range deserves a second bid. One well below it deserves a closer look at the panels, the inverter and the warranty — the cheapest quote is often the one that has cut something you will notice in year eight.
How many systems have they actually installed?
Every profile linked above shows the installations we can attribute to that company from public records and homeowner uploads. A long track record in Rhode Island specifically matters more than a national brand name: permitting, utility interconnection and roofing norms are local, and a crew that has done hundreds of them here has already made the mistakes on someone else's roof.
Are they licensed and insured in Rhode Island?
Ask for the contractor license number and confirm it with the state licensing board yourself, and ask for a certificate of insurance that names you. Where we hold a license number for an installer it appears on their profile, but a number on a website is not the same as a current, active license.
What do the warranties actually cover?
Most quotes carry three separate warranties, and they are easy to conflate. The workmanship warranty covers the installer's own labor, including roof penetrations, and is only as good as the company standing behind it. The product warranty comes from the panel and inverter manufacturers and survives the installer going out of business. The production guarantee promises a minimum energy yield and usually has conditions attached. Get the length of each in writing.
Do they install with their own crews?
Some companies sell the system and subcontract the installation. That is not automatically worse, but you should know who will be on your roof, who takes a warranty call in year five, and whether the workmanship warranty is the seller's or the subcontractor's.
Cash, loan, lease or PPA?
With a cash or loan purchase you own the system, and the prices on this page are those purchases. With a lease or a power purchase agreement a third party owns it and you pay monthly for the equipment or the electricity. Compare the total cost over the contract term rather than the first monthly payment, and check what happens to the agreement if you sell the house.
Where Rhode Island installers are based
Equipment brands Rhode Island installers carry
- Generac 4
- Tesla 4
- Enphase 3
- SolarEdge 3
- CertainTeed 2
- GAF 2
- IKO 2
- Qcells 2
- SunPower 2
- AllEarth Renewables 1
- Alside 1
- Atlas Roofing 1
Solar in Rhode Island: common questions
- How much does solar cost in Rhode Island?
- Across 90 residential installations in Rhode Island from the last 12 months, the median price for the solar array is $3.23 per watt, with most quotes falling between $2.94 and $3.53/W. Counting the whole installation, a solar-only system (median 8.8 kW) runs a median of $31,270 before incentives; one with battery storage (median 9.5 kW), $47,148. These are cash and loan purchases; leases and PPAs are excluded.
- What is a fair price per watt for solar in Rhode Island?
- Between $2.94 and $3.53 per watt for the solar array. That is the middle half of 90 recent Rhode Island installations, with a median of $3.23/W. A quote well above $3.53/W deserves a second bid; one well below $2.94/W deserves a closer look at the equipment and the warranty.
- What size solar system do Rhode Island homeowners install?
- The average residential system in our Rhode Island data is 10.0 kW, measured across 116 installations from the last 12 months between 3 and 50 kW.
- Who are the most active solar installers in Rhode Island?
- By installations on record, the most active solar installers in Rhode Island are Newport Electric Construction, Rooftop Power, Sol Power Solar, Sunwatt Solar and Smart Green Solar. The order counts installations we can attribute to each company, then customer rating; paid installer memberships do not affect it.
- Who are the best solar installers in Rhode Island?
- Among installers in Rhode Island with at least 10 customer reviews and solar installations on record, the highest rated are Rooftop Power (4.9 from 804 reviews), Sunwatt Solar (4.9 from 79 reviews) and United Better Homes (4.8 from 231 reviews). Ratings are each company's overall customer rating across all of its work, not solar alone. Paid installer memberships do not affect this list.
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