Solar installations in Kane County, IL
4,407 recorded installations in Kane 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.
Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 4.4 hail (1.9 severe) and 4.7 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).
Search every recorded installation in Kane County by installer, size, date and equipment.
Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 1,369 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 322% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
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No resolved installers recorded in this county.
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Frequently asked questions
How many homes have solar in Kane County?
PanelCensus records 4,407 solar installations in Kane County, Illinois (121.6 MW of capacity) — about 2.3% of the county's 189,918 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 Kane County?
Not enough priced records in this county to compute a reliable median.
Who installs solar in Kane 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.