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Solar installations in Fulton County, IL

518 recorded installations in Fulton 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
3.3%
of 15,883 homes
Installations
518
Total capacity
32.6 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
33%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 6.1 hail (1.6 severe) and 4.7 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 94 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 551% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Fulton County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2016
1
10.01%
2017
1
20.01%
2018
1
30.02%
2019
4
70.04%
2020
69
760.48%
2021
37
1130.71%
2022
21
1340.84%
2023
97
2311.45%
2024
138
3692.32%
2025
139
5083.20%
2026
7
5153.24%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Fulton County?

PanelCensus records 518 solar installations in Fulton County, Illinois (32.6 MW of capacity) — about 3.3% of the county's 15,883 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 Fulton County?

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

Who installs solar in Fulton 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.