Solar installations in Moultrie County, IL
50 recorded installations in Moultrie County, Illinois — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Moultrie County, Illinois has 50 recorded solar installations totalling 1.1 MW of capacity — the 89th-highest count among the 102 Illinois counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 0.81% of the county's 6,205 housing units, against 2.1% statewide.
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.
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How does Moultrie County compare with the rest of Illinois?
The median recorded system in Moultrie County is 11.77 kW, about 31% above the state median of 8.97 kW. 6% of installations here are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), compared with 43% across Illinois. 1 system (2%) of the county's records include battery storage, against 4% statewide. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Moultrie County ranks 92nd of 102 Illinois counties with at least 10 installations. Fewer than 30 systems here report an installed price, so no county price median is published.
How has solar adoption changed in Moultrie County?
The earliest recorded installation in Moultrie County dates to 2014. The busiest year on record is 2025, with 18 installations. The county's cumulative total rose from 10 at the end of 2020 to 50 today. Recent years fill in as state programs and permit offices report, so the latest counts are provisional.
Frequently asked questions
How many homes have solar in Moultrie County?
PanelCensus records 50 solar installations in Moultrie County, Illinois (1.1 MW of capacity) — about 0.81% of the county's 6,205 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Coverage depends on Illinois's public reporting, so the true total is likely higher.
How much of the solar in Moultrie County is leased?
3 recorded installations (6%) in Moultrie County are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement, compared with 43% across Illinois.
How big is a typical solar system in Moultrie County?
The median recorded system in Moultrie County is 11.8 kW, against 9 kW for Illinois as a whole.
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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.
About this data
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tracking the Sun, merged with city permit records, state incentive programs and the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database / EIA-860 plant registers, as published October 10, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: PanelCensus, “Solar installations in Moultrie County, Illinois”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/illinois/moultrie-county (data as of October 10, 2026).