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Solar installations in Douglas County, IL

196 recorded installations in Douglas 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 8,492 homes
Installations
196
Total capacity
35.7 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
28%
lease / PPA

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 92 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 213% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Douglas County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2015
1
10.01%
2016
2
30.04%
2017
1
40.05%
2019
15
190.22%
2020
26
450.53%
2021
34
790.93%
2022
12
911.07%
2023
22
1131.33%
2024
42
1551.82%
2025
38
1932.27%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Douglas County?

PanelCensus records 196 solar installations in Douglas County, Illinois (35.7 MW of capacity) — about 2.3% of the county's 8,492 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 Douglas County?

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

Who installs solar in Douglas 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.