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Puerto Rico, United States

970GWh
every year, from one 325-watt panel on each of 1,909,320 buildings.

What that is equal to

🏠 92.4 thousand
homes powered for a year
at the US average of 10,500 kWh per household
🌍 360 thousand t
CO₂ avoided annually
displacing grid power at 0.371 kg CO₂e/kWh (EPA eGRID)
🚗 78.2 thousand
cars taken off the road
an average passenger vehicle emits 4.6 t CO₂e a year
⚡ 2.77 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 7.5¢ a kWh against a local price of 18.4¢ — 59% cheaper than local power. The install is repaid after 9.8 years, inside the panel's 25-year life.
7.5¢ vs 18.4¢
cost per kWh: this panel vs the grid
levelised over 25 years including 0.5%/yr degradation
$1.72 billion
to fit every building here
1,909,320 panels at $900 installed each
9.8 years
to break even
saving $179 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 no state figure published for this area, so the US average is used (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 roofs1,909,320
×  Panel rating325 W
×  Annual yield per panel here507.9 kWh
Annual generation969,707,293 kWh
Assumptions and limitations
  • Yield is specific to this location: 507.9 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 Puerto Rico

San Juan Municipio · 58.4 GWhBayamón Municipio · 39.4 GWhPonce Municipio · 36.3 GWhCaguas Municipio · 30.8 GWhCarolina Municipio · 32.3 GWhArecibo Municipio · 29.9 GWhMayagüez Municipio · 22.1 GWhCabo Rojo Municipio · 22 GWhGuaynabo Municipio · 18.9 GWhToa Baja Municipio · 18.6 GWhAguadilla Municipio · 19.7 GWhIsabela Municipio · 17.5 GWhHumacao Municipio · 17.2 GWhToa Alta Municipio · 16.2 GWhVega Baja Municipio · 16.2 GWhSan Sebastián Municipio · 15.6 GWhTrujillo Alto Municipio · 14.4 GWhJuana Díaz Municipio · 15.9 GWhHatillo Municipio · 13.5 GWhRío Grande Municipio · 14.3 GWhAguada Municipio · 14.3 GWhMoca Municipio · 14.1 GWhCidra Municipio · 12.9 GWhGuayama Municipio · 14.3 GWhCayey Municipio · 12.8 GWhSan Lorenzo Municipio · 13.3 GWhCoamo Municipio · 12 GWhCamuy Municipio · 12 GWhManatí Municipio · 11.8 GWhGurabo Municipio · 12.5 GWhCanóvanas Municipio · 12.3 GWhSalinas Municipio · 12.8 GWhYauco Municipio · 11.4 GWhLas Piedras Municipio · 12 GWhJuncos Municipio · 12 GWhUtuado Municipio · 11.2 GWhDorado Municipio · 11.1 GWhYabucoa Municipio · 11.6 GWhSan Germán Municipio · 11.2 GWhLares Municipio · 10.1 GWhVega Alta Municipio · 10.1 GWhCorozal Municipio · 9.95 GWhFajardo Municipio · 10.6 GWhLajas Municipio · 10.6 GWhMorovis Municipio · 8.8 GWhAñasco Municipio · 9.38 GWhBarranquitas Municipio · 8.66 GWhQuebradillas Municipio · 8.61 GWhAibonito Municipio · 8.16 GWhNaranjito Municipio · 8.06 GWhNaguabo Municipio · 8.3 GWhOrocovis Municipio · 7.65 GWhAguas Buenas Municipio · 7.36 GWhPeñuelas Municipio · 7.34 GWhSabana Grande Municipio · 7.22 GWhSanta Isabel Municipio · 7.81 GWhBarceloneta Municipio · 7.01 GWhVillalba Municipio · 6.79 GWhLoíza Municipio · 7.14 GWhAdjuntas Municipio · 6.69 GWhGuayanilla Municipio · 6.31 GWhPatillas Municipio · 6.55 GWhGuánica Municipio · 6.71 GWhCiales Municipio · 6.02 GWhLuquillo Municipio · 6.01 GWhArroyo Municipio · 6.2 GWhJayuya Municipio · 5.5 GWhCataño Municipio · 5.48 GWhComerío Municipio · 5.45 GWhRincón Municipio · 5.69 GWhHormigueros Municipio · 4.82 GWhCeiba Municipio · 4.73 GWhVieques Municipio · 4.48 GWhLas Marías Municipio · 3.62 GWhMaunabo Municipio · 3.88 GWhFlorida Municipio · 3.46 GWhMaricao Municipio · 2.15 GWhCulebra Municipio · 1.26 GWh

Metro areas in Puerto Rico

San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR · 536 GWhAguadilla-Isabela, PR · 118 GWhPonce, PR · 65.7 GWhArecibo, PR · 64 GWhSan Germán, PR · 51 GWhYauco, PR · 31.8 GWhMayagüez, PR · 30.5 GWhGuayama, PR · 27.1 GWhCoamo, PR · 12 GWhCoco, PR · 12.8 GWhSanta Isabel, PR · 7.81 GWhJayuya, PR · 5.5 GWh

Places like Puerto Rico

Maryland · 968 GWhIowa · 954 GWhOregon · 882 GWhMississippi · 811 GWhKansas · 809 GWhArkansas · 775 GWh