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Solar installations in Montgomery County, IL

612 recorded installations in Montgomery 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
4.9%
of 12,528 homes
Installations
612
Total capacity
78.6 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
10%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 2.6 hail (1 severe) and 3.8 high-wind NOAA storm events — a regional inspection/maintenance signal (proximity, not confirmed damage).

Search every recorded installation in Montgomery County by installer, size, date and equipment.

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Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 157 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 390% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Montgomery County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2014
1
10.01%
2015
4
50.04%
2016
38
430.34%
2017
2
450.36%
2019
37
820.66%
2020
83
1651.32%
2021
58
2231.78%
2022
22
2451.96%
2023
80
3252.59%
2024
118
4433.54%
2025
145
5884.69%
2026
12
6004.79%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Montgomery County?

PanelCensus records 612 solar installations in Montgomery County, Illinois (78.6 MW of capacity) — about 4.9% of the county's 12,528 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 Montgomery County?

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

Who installs solar in Montgomery 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.