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Solar installations in Coles County, IL

231 recorded installations in Coles 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
1.0%
of 22,717 homes
Installations
231
Total capacity
28.5 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
16%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 4.6 hail and 3.7 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 68 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 340% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Coles County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2016
2
20.01%
2018
1
30.01%
2019
4
70.03%
2020
28
350.15%
2021
19
540.24%
2022
14
680.30%
2023
27
950.42%
2024
60
1550.68%
2025
64
2190.96%
2026
10
2291.01%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Coles County?

PanelCensus records 231 solar installations in Coles County, Illinois (28.5 MW of capacity) — about 1.0% of the county's 22,717 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 Coles County?

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

Who installs solar in Coles 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.