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Chickadee Solar

Solar energy company · Bucksport, ME

What the listing shows you

5.0★

11 Google reviews

What it doesn’t

0%

rated 1–2★

typical in the Bangor area, 1%

Newest review held

May 2026

newest held review 3 months old

Google's rating breakdown · all 11 reviews

Rated 1–2★
0%
typical in the Bangor area, 1%
Posted an update
—
we saw no owner post, which is not the same as none existing
Replies to reviewers
100%
of the 11 reviews we hold

Its one and two star share is 1 point below the typical installer in the Bangor area. Across Maine, 24 of the 43 installers whose breakdown Google has published carry a higher share than this one.

The percentages are Google’s own arithmetic over every review it holds, not a sample we assembled. Separately we hold 11 review texts for this company, quoted below. Google publishes review ages rather than dates, so every date here is approximate.

Every company we hold in the Bangor area, on one axis

0% rated 1–2★65%

Each mark is one company we hold in the Bangor area whose Google breakdown has been read, placed by its share of one and two star reviews. Chickadee Solar is the red one. The amber line is the middle of that set, which includes suppliers and maintenance businesses as well as installers.

What reviewers said

  • 5★ · around May 2026 · the company replied

    Chickadee Solar was wonderful from start to finish! Shawn responded to my inquiry right away and walked me through all the options for our off-grid cabin. We did a site visit before deciding on a 6-panel array, and it was installed about a month later. Shawn has been very patient and kind in answering all our questions and helping us learn how to use the system. Going off-grid with solar has allowed us to use our cabin exponentially more, and it’s so reassuring to have a local, trusted solar company we can call with any questions or concerns.

  • 5★ · around December 2025 · the company replied

    I had an excellent solar system installed on my home in 2009 and lived completely off grid, happily and peacefully with that array, inverter and battery set up for many, many years. In 2024 I decided it was time for an upgrade on my entire system so I contacted several solar installers in my part of Maine. After discussing the project with a couple of them, I settled on one company to do the entire project – that company was Chickadee Solar in Bucksport, Maine. Deciding factors in this decision included my very thorough discussions with Shawn, the owner of Chickadee Solar, the excellent, detai

  • 5★ · around August 2024 · the company replied

    Chickadee Solar was fantastic to work with at every step. They listened to me and were flexible when I wanted to go with different panels. I appreciated that they weren't trying to just sell me system and priced a few designs. Ultimately I chose then over a bigger, well-known firm because if their service. And they delivered on schedule and at the contract price. Since the install the follow-up has been great. Shawn has patiently answered all my questions and they handled everything with CMP (except what I had to sign). I highly recommend Shawn's team at Chickadee Solar.

Reviewer names are not published here. Negative reviews are shown first because they are the ones a listing hides, not because they are more representative.

What reviewers keep mentioning

  • knowledgeable staff 6
  • system 4
  • off grid 3
  • solar installation 2
  • couple 2
  • array 2
  • quick installation 2
  • personable staff 2
  • easy process 2

Topics Google derives from the review text, with how often each appears. A frequent topic is not a good one: “price” turns up in praise and in complaints alike.

What the company says about itself

Taken from its own website. We have not checked any of it, and a sentence on a website is not evidence.

  • Warranty

    “a 25% deposit, and a five-year warranty. No surprises, no bullshit. Get A…”

Its website also mentions free estimate, but not in a sentence we can quote cleanly.

Elsewhere

  • It is also reviewed on the Better Business Bureau. Worth reading before you sign anything: those are a different crowd, and the complaints that reach the Better Business Bureau rarely reach Google.
  • It posts on Facebook and Instagram. A page that stopped posting years ago tells you something a listing will not.

When they say they are open

Sunday
Closed
Monday
8 AM to 4:30 PM
Tuesday
8 AM to 4:30 PM
Wednesday
8 AM to 4:30 PM
Thursday
8 AM to 4:30 PM
Friday
8 AM to 4:30 PM
Saturday
Closed

As Google published them when we last read the listing, not a live check. Ring before you drive anywhere.

Who Google shows alongside them

Google’s own “people also viewed” set, in Google’s order. It is Google’s comparison, not ours.

The ones without a link have no page here, either because Google does not categorise them as solar businesses or because we could not match the name to a listing with confidence.

Other installers around Bangor

1–2★3★4★5★gauge 0–20%typical here, 1%

Ordered by how much we can tell you about each, which is not an order of quality. We do not know which of these is better and would not say if we did.

What we don't know

  • The date above is the newest review we hold, which is not necessarily the newest that exists — we hold a large share of Google's reviews, not all of them.
  • We do not verify licences, insurance or bonding. Nothing here has been checked against a state licensing board.
  • We cannot tell you what an installation costs, and we hold nothing about the equipment they fit.

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