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Solar installations in Ogle County, IL

1,027 recorded installations in Ogle 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
4.5%
of 22,625 homes
Installations
1,027
Total capacity
65.4 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
47%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 6.3 hail (1 severe) and 5.2 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 510 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 201% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Ogle County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2011
1
10.00%
2014
1
20.01%
2015
1
30.01%
2016
3
60.03%
2017
1
70.03%
2018
1
80.04%
2019
21
290.13%
2020
134
1630.72%
2021
99
2621.16%
2022
132
3941.74%
2023
250
6442.85%
2024
210
8543.77%
2025
165
1,0194.50%
2026
6
1,0254.53%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Ogle County?

PanelCensus records 1,027 solar installations in Ogle County, Illinois (65.4 MW of capacity) — about 4.5% of the county's 22,625 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 Ogle County?

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

Who installs solar in Ogle 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.