100% clean energy community-wide by 2040

Sign up for Solarize Louisville!

On Earth Day 2026, the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and Solar Kentucky, the Kentucky Solar Energy Society, partnered to launch its 5th annual Solarize campaign, Solarize Louisville, to give residents, small businesses, non-profits, and places of worship bulk-purchasing power to obtain discounted wholesale rates for solar installation.

Sign up today for a free quote, discounted pricing (15-20%) expires October 1st, 2026

Solar 101 Workshops:
To learn more about investing in solar for your property, check back here May 1 for details regarding an in-person Solarize Louisville workshop with 2026 campaign installer Pure Power Solar (PPS). Below is a virtual workshop with PPS from last year’s 2025 campaign.

Previous workshop:

Virtual Solarize Louisville Workshop with Pure Power Solar

Recording link: Virtual Solarize Louisville Workshop with Pure Power Solar 04.15.2025
Password: pXAJSTs4 

About Solarize Louisville:

Solarize Louisville is a partnership to expand solar throughout the Louisville region. Louisville Metro Government’s Office of Sustainability has partnered with Solar Kentucky, the Kentucky Solar Energy Society, to launch Solarize to give properties in Louisville/Jefferson County and its seven surrounding counties the opportunity to go solar together and support the city’s 100% clean energy goals. The campaign gives participants bulk-purchasing power to obtain discounted wholesale rates for solar installation from vetted installers.

About Pure Power Solar (PPS):

Founded in 2017, Pure Power Solar is a local, family-owned & operated solar design, installation, and service company. PPS has a proven track record of delivering high quality systems with great customer satisfaction. They were previously selected for Solarize Frankfort in 2023 and 2024, as well as the Solarize Louisville campaigns for 2024 & 2025. Solarize 2026 will mark their third consecutive year working with Louisville Metro Government.

Going solar will:

  • Reduce your energy bills

  • Strengthen your property’s value

  • Support local solar jobs

  • Help Louisville meet its goal of using 100% clean energy community-wide by 2040

Eligible applicants: 

This program is open to all homeowners in the Louisville/Jefferson County and surrounding counties (see full list of counties below). Residential and small non-residential property owners (small businesses, nonprofit, places of worship, institutional, etc.) are welcome to apply. Non-residential properties will be included if the project is deemed feasible within this campaign. Eligible counties are as follows: 

  • Jefferson, Oldham, Spencer, Shelby, and Bullitt counties in Kentucky. 

  • Harrison, Floyd, and Clark counties in Indiana. 

Participant Testimonials

To date, 300+ property owners have signed contracts to install solar panels on their homes and small businesses. Hear from their experiences below:

Solarize Louisville participants share their experiences with solar power on Louisville This Week.

Prior Media Coverage

  • Louisville Focus on the city's first affordable and sustainable house (Louisville MetroTV)

  • Step inside Louisville's first affordable 'zero energy ready' home (Spectrum)

  • Louisville, KY unveils the first energy-efficient affordable home of its kind (LOUtoday)

  • Louisville's first zero energy house completed in West End (Courier Journal)

  • Solar panel installations at three Louisville Metro buildings (WAVE)

  • Solar panels to be installed on 3 Louisville government buildings as part of solar energy program (WDRB)

  • Solar panels to be installed on three Louisville buildings as city invests in energy efficiency solutions (WHAS)

  • Cities Helping Homeowners Go Solar (KET)

  • Solarize Louisville Gets Extended, Deadline Pushed Forward Into August (LEO)

  • Mayor announces Solarize Louisville program in effort to increase sustainability (WLKY)

  • Louisville Metro offers solar panel installs at discounted rates (Louisville Public Media)