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Georgia, United States

2.11TWh
every year, from one 325-watt panel on each of 4,596,628 buildings.

What that is equal to

🏠 201 thousand
homes powered for a year
at the US average of 10,500 kWh per household
🌍 781 thousand t
CO₂ avoided annually
displacing grid power at 0.371 kg CO₂e/kWh (EPA eGRID)
🚗 170 thousand
cars taken off the road
an average passenger vehicle emits 4.6 t CO₂e a year
⚡ 6.02 billion
electric vehicle miles
at roughly 0.35 kWh per mile

The pay-off

It pays for itself here. A panel on this roof delivers electricity at 8.3¢ a kWh against a local price of 15.8¢ — 47% cheaper than local power. The install is repaid after 12.8 years, inside the panel's 25-year life.
8.3¢ vs 15.8¢
cost per kWh: this panel vs the grid
levelised over 25 years including 0.5%/yr degradation
$4.14 billion
to fit every building here
4,596,628 panels at $900 installed each
12.8 years
to break even
saving $334 million a year area-wide at today's price

Assumes $900 to install one 325 W panel — hardware, mounting, microinverter, electrical work, labour and permitting — repaid only by the electricity it avoids buying. No subsidies, tax credits, net-metering premium, financing cost or future price rises are counted, and the figure is undiscounted. Electricity price is the GA residential average (EIA, May 2026). A single panel is unusually expensive per watt because it carries a whole array's fixed costs, which is why these numbers look worse than rooftop solar generally does.

How this is calculated

Buildings with roofs4,596,628
×  Panel rating325 W
×  Annual yield per panel here458.2 kWh
Annual generation2,106,078,982 kWh
Assumptions and limitations
  • Yield is specific to this location: 458.2 kWh per panel per year, from NASA POWER climatology transposed onto a tilted roof plane. The same panel makes roughly 596 kWh in Phoenix and 265 kWh in Anchorage.
  • Assumes a south-facing roof at a typical residential pitch, with a ~22% total system loss for soiling, shading, wiring, inverter, and heat.
  • Counts every above-ground structure with a footprint of at least 20 m², so garages and outbuildings are excluded but barns and sheds of real size are not. Building data is machine-derived and imperfect.
  • No account is taken of roof orientation, obstructions, structural condition, or whether the owner wants a panel.

Counties in Georgia

Fulton County · 141 GWhGwinnett County · 127 GWhCobb County · 115 GWhDeKalb County · 94.5 GWhChatham County · 69.6 GWhCherokee County · 46.4 GWhForsyth County · 42.7 GWhHenry County · 41.8 GWhClayton County · 40.9 GWhMuscogee County · 41.1 GWhHall County · 39.7 GWhRichmond County · 39 GWhHouston County · 34.6 GWhBibb County · 33.5 GWhPaulding County · 31 GWhCoweta County · 29.6 GWhColumbia County · 29.6 GWhCarroll County · 26 GWhDouglas County · 25 GWhJackson County · 24.2 GWhLowndes County · 24.7 GWhBartow County · 22.8 GWhFayette County · 21.6 GWhGlynn County · 21.9 GWhFloyd County · 20.7 GWhWhitfield County · 19.1 GWhClarke County · 19.6 GWhWalton County · 18.6 GWhWalker County · 17 GWhDougherty County · 17.8 GWhNewton County · 16.7 GWhBulloch County · 17 GWhBarrow County · 16.5 GWhLiberty County · 15.8 GWhTroup County · 14.7 GWhGordon County · 14.5 GWhEffingham County · 15.1 GWhCatoosa County · 14.2 GWhSpalding County · 14.2 GWhRockdale County · 13.9 GWhLaurens County · 14.3 GWhCoffee County · 12.7 GWhColquitt County · 12.7 GWhHabersham County · 12 GWhThomas County · 12.5 GWhCamden County · 11.2 GWhMurray County · 10.4 GWhPolk County · 10.3 GWhHart County · 10.4 GWhWare County · 10.5 GWhTift County · 10.6 GWhMadison County · 10 GWhFannin County · 9.47 GWhFranklin County · 9.32 GWhWhite County · 9.06 GWhUnion County · 9.02 GWhBryan County · 9.19 GWhWayne County · 9.1 GWhGilmer County · 8.49 GWhHaralson County · 8.53 GWhHarris County · 8.68 GWhDecatur County · 8.97 GWhOconee County · 8.61 GWhPickens County · 8.29 GWhBaldwin County · 8.21 GWhGrady County · 8.56 GWhLumpkin County · 8.06 GWhStephens County · 7.76 GWhLee County · 7.88 GWhSumter County · 7.6 GWhDawson County · 7.35 GWhUpson County · 7.56 GWhElbert County · 7.54 GWhEmanuel County · 7.5 GWhBurke County · 7.38 GWhToombs County · 7.44 GWhAppling County · 7.47 GWhPeach County · 7.3 GWhChattooga County · 6.85 GWhMorgan County · 6.96 GWhRabun County · 6.86 GWhTattnall County · 7.01 GWhJones County · 6.84 GWhMeriwether County · 6.67 GWhMonroe County · 6.6 GWhPutnam County · 6.6 GWhBanks County · 6.54 GWhWorth County · 6.75 GWhPierce County · 6.49 GWhMcDuffie County · 6.38 GWhMitchell County · 6.35 GWhWashington County · 6.24 GWhBerrien County · 6.3 GWhDodge County · 6.11 GWhCrisp County · 5.94 GWhCook County · 5.84 GWhJefferson County · 5.64 GWhBrantley County · 5.63 GWhGreene County · 5.51 GWhPike County · 5.3 GWhScreven County · 5.44 GWhTowns County · 5.26 GWhBen Hill County · 5.42 GWhLamar County · 4.98 GWhOglethorpe County · 5.06 GWhBrooks County · 5.14 GWhJeff Davis County · 5.02 GWhDade County · 4.69 GWhButts County · 4.58 GWhJasper County · 4.33 GWhLong County · 4.4 GWhCrawford County · 4.27 GWhBacon County · 4.28 GWhWilkes County · 4.12 GWhHeard County · 3.96 GWhMcIntosh County · 3.86 GWhTelfair County · 3.86 GWhEarly County · 3.83 GWhMacon County · 3.69 GWhBleckley County · 3.6 GWhIrwin County · 3.62 GWhSeminole County · 3.59 GWhDooly County · 3.35 GWhEvans County · 3.38 GWhCandler County · 3.36 GWhCharlton County · 3.36 GWhHancock County · 3.26 GWhLincoln County · 3.24 GWhWilkinson County · 3.19 GWhJenkins County · 3.12 GWhTaylor County · 3.05 GWhJohnson County · 3.1 GWhWilcox County · 3.08 GWhTerrell County · 3.04 GWhMontgomery County · 2.96 GWhLanier County · 2.97 GWhPulaski County · 2.83 GWhTurner County · 2.91 GWhAtkinson County · 2.78 GWhMarion County · 2.68 GWhRandolph County · 2.64 GWhTwiggs County · 2.55 GWhTalbot County · 2.28 GWhClinch County · 2.29 GWhTreutlen County · 2.23 GWhWarren County · 2.15 GWhMiller County · 2.17 GWhWheeler County · 1.97 GWhChattahoochee County · 1.81 GWhCalhoun County · 1.72 GWhStewart County · 1.63 GWhSchley County · 1.53 GWhClay County · 1.36 GWhBaker County · 1.31 GWhGlascock County · 1.26 GWhEchols County · 1.23 GWhQuitman County · 1.2 GWhWebster County · 1 GWhTaliaferro County · 984 MWh

Metro areas in Georgia

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA · 946 GWhAugusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · 136 GWhChattanooga, TN-GA · 115 GWhSavannah, GA · 93.9 GWhColumbus, GA-AL · 71.5 GWhMacon-Bibb County, GA · 53.8 GWhAthens-Clarke County, GA · 43.4 GWhWarner Robins, GA · 41.9 GWhGainesville, GA · 39.7 GWhAlbany, GA · 35.5 GWhValdosta, GA · 34 GWhBrunswick, GA · 31.4 GWhDalton, GA · 29.5 GWhLaGrange, GA-AL · 24.7 GWhJefferson, GA · 24.2 GWhRome, GA · 20.7 GWhHinesville, GA · 20.2 GWhDublin, GA · 19.7 GWhStatesboro, GA · 17 GWhWaycross, GA · 17 GWhDouglas, GA · 15.4 GWhCalhoun, GA · 14.5 GWhMoultrie, GA · 12.7 GWhCornelia, GA · 12 GWhThomasville, GA · 12.5 GWhMilledgeville, GA · 11.5 GWhSt. Marys, GA · 11.2 GWhCedartown, GA · 10.3 GWhVidalia, GA · 10.4 GWhTifton, GA · 10.6 GWhEufaula, AL-GA · 9.87 GWhAmericus, GA · 9.12 GWhJesup, GA · 9.1 GWhBainbridge, GA · 8.97 GWhToccoa, GA · 7.76 GWhThomaston, GA · 7.56 GWhSummerville, GA · 6.85 GWhCordele, GA · 5.94 GWhFitzgerald, GA · 5.42 GWh

Places like Georgia

Michigan · 2.09 TWhVirginia · 1.65 TWhIndiana · 1.46 TWhWisconsin · 1.42 TWhTennessee · 1.56 TWhWashington · 1.34 TWh