The Hartford metropolitan region ranks 16th in the country for its number of permitted solar systems per capita as of 2015, according to an analysis by contractor-referral website BuildZoom.
The metro area — which includes 54 communities in Hartford, Tolland and Middlesex counties — had 3.93 solar systems permitted per 1,000 residents at the end of 2015, up from 1.53 in 2014, according to BuildZoom’s data.
The top area for solar permitting last year was the Riverside-San Bernadino-Ontario region in California, which had 16.66 per thousand.
BuildZoom described its numbers as “back of the envelope” estimates intended to gauge broad trends. It used building permit data and other methods to compile the analysis.
