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Solar installations in Lee County, IL

457 recorded installations in Lee 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
3.0%
of 14,993 homes
Installations
457
Total capacity
47.5 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
33%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 6.4 hail (1.8 severe) and 5.7 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 124 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 369% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Lee County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2015
4
40.03%
2016
7
110.07%
2019
14
250.17%
2020
50
750.50%
2021
39
1140.76%
2022
32
1460.97%
2023
92
2381.59%
2024
94
3322.21%
2025
106
4382.92%
2026
9
4472.98%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Lee County?

PanelCensus records 457 solar installations in Lee County, Illinois (47.5 MW of capacity) — about 3.0% of the county's 14,993 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 Lee County?

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

Who installs solar in Lee 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.