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Solar installations in Madison County, IL

2,405 recorded installations in Madison 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
2.0%
of 118,942 homes
Installations
2,405
Total capacity
142.8 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
16%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 2.8 hail (0.8 severe) and 3.9 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 839 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 287% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Madison County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2010
2
20.00%
2011
2
40.00%
2012
2
60.01%
2013
3
90.01%
2014
1
100.01%
2015
6
160.01%
2016
24
400.03%
2017
44
840.07%
2018
2
860.07%
2019
69
1550.13%
2020
230
3850.32%
2021
165
5500.46%
2022
159
7090.60%
2023
364
1,0730.90%
2024
599
1,6721.41%
2025
668
2,3401.97%
2026
45
2,3852.00%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Madison County?

PanelCensus records 2,405 solar installations in Madison County, Illinois (142.8 MW of capacity) — about 2.0% of the county's 118,942 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 Madison County?

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

Who installs solar in Madison 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.