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Solar installations in Adams County, IL

685 recorded installations in Adams County, Illinois — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.

Homes with solar
2.3%
of 30,283 homes
Installations
685
Total capacity
20.4 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
13%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 4.8 hail (1 severe) and 4.3 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 128 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 535% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Adams County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2018
2
20.01%
2019
10
120.04%
2020
48
600.20%
2021
62
1220.40%
2022
43
1650.55%
2023
101
2660.88%
2024
242
5081.68%
2025
161
6692.21%
2026
14
6832.25%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Adams County?

PanelCensus records 685 solar installations in Adams County, Illinois (20.4 MW of capacity) — about 2.3% of the county's 30,283 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Dataset coverage depends on Illinois's reporting programs, so the true total is higher.

How much does solar cost in Adams County?

Not enough priced records in this county to compute a reliable median.

Who installs solar in Adams County?

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

County assignment is derived from installation ZIP codes via the Census 2020 ZCTA↔county crosswalk (primary county by land-area overlap) — approximate at county boundaries. Market penetration = recorded installations ÷ housing units (U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year, Table B25001); it undercounts where dataset coverage is partial. See methodology.