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Solar installations in Kendall County, IL

2,216 recorded installations in Kendall 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
4.8%
of 45,775 homes
Installations
2,216
Total capacity
52.9 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
68%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 2 hail (1 severe) and 3.8 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 461 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 481% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Kendall County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2014
1
10.00%
2015
2
30.01%
2016
5
80.02%
2017
6
140.03%
2019
35
490.11%
2020
280
3290.72%
2021
267
5961.30%
2022
192
7881.72%
2023
596
1,3843.02%
2024
485
1,8694.08%
2025
337
2,2064.82%
2026
9
2,2154.84%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Kendall County?

PanelCensus records 2,216 solar installations in Kendall County, Illinois (52.9 MW of capacity) — about 4.8% of the county's 45,775 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 Kendall County?

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

Who installs solar in Kendall 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.