Solar in Denver, Colorado
State-level figures below are sourced; city-specific claims carry an in-review label where unverified
Colorado is one of the few states with verified $/W data on this site (≈ $2.65/W, 2026, EnergySage) — and its sunny winters are the reason solar performs better here than its latitude suggests.
- Utility: Xcel Energy
- State guide: Colorado — export rules, incentives, estimator
- Measured sun (Colorado): {'abbr': 'co', 'annual': 4.98, 'city': 'Denver', 'lat': 39.739, 'lon': -104.985, 'm': [2.63, 3.78, 4.96, 5.96, 6.92, 7.25, 7.29, 6.13, 5.55, 4.14, 2.8, 2.3], 'name': 'Colorado', 'tz': 'America/Denver'} (source: 2024 solar radiation (GHI, kWh/m2/day) at each state's capital, Open-Meteo archive (ERA5 reanalysis), measured daily sums -> monthly means, fetched 2026-08-08. State-wide average for the capital's site; an exact roof differs (tilt, shade).)
What standing here means
Verified state figures — export value, incentives, $/W — live on the Colorado page; they are the numbers we can stand behind.
The honest next step
City-level numbers come from real quotes, not websites: run the Colorado estimator with your actual bill, then score three itemized bids with the quote scorecard.