Solar installations in Edgar County, IL
143 recorded installations in Edgar County, Illinois — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Edgar County, Illinois has 143 recorded solar installations totalling 21.6 MW of capacity — the 69th-highest count among the 102 Illinois counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 1.7% of the county's 8,236 housing units, against 2.1% statewide.
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.
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How does Edgar County compare with the rest of Illinois?
The median recorded system in Edgar County is 12.74 kW, about 42% above the state median of 8.97 kW. 12% of installations here are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), compared with 43% across Illinois. 2 systems (1%) of the county's records include battery storage, against 4% statewide. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Edgar County ranks 66th of 102 Illinois counties with at least 10 installations. Fewer than 30 systems here report an installed price, so no county price median is published.
How has solar adoption changed in Edgar County?
The earliest recorded installation in Edgar County dates to 2017. The busiest year on record is 2020, with 33 installations. 2025 has 33 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 44 at the end of 2020 to 143 today. Recent years fill in as state programs and permit offices report, so the latest counts are provisional.
Frequently asked questions
How many homes have solar in Edgar County?
PanelCensus records 143 solar installations in Edgar County, Illinois (21.6 MW of capacity) — about 1.7% of the county's 8,236 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Coverage depends on Illinois's public reporting, so the true total is likely higher.
How much of the solar in Edgar County is leased?
17 recorded installations (12%) in Edgar County are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement, compared with 43% across Illinois.
How big is a typical solar system in Edgar County?
The median recorded system in Edgar County is 12.7 kW, against 9 kW for Illinois as a whole.
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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.
About this data
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tracking the Sun, merged with city permit records, state incentive programs and the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database / EIA-860 plant registers, as published October 10, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: PanelCensus, “Solar installations in Edgar County, Illinois”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/illinois/edgar-county (data as of October 10, 2026).