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Solar installations in St. Clair County, IL

2,333 recorded installations in St. Clair 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 115,348 homes
Installations
2,333
Total capacity
149.7 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
11%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 5.3 hail (1.3 severe) and 6.4 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 1,194 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 195% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in St. Clair County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2009
1
10.00%
2015
5
60.01%
2016
13
190.02%
2017
25
440.04%
2018
1
450.04%
2019
53
980.09%
2020
195
2930.25%
2021
159
4520.39%
2022
111
5630.49%
2023
357
9200.80%
2024
704
1,6241.41%
2025
673
2,2971.99%
2026
28
2,3252.02%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in St. Clair County?

PanelCensus records 2,333 solar installations in St. Clair County, Illinois (149.7 MW of capacity) — about 2.0% of the county's 115,348 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 St. Clair County?

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

Who installs solar in St. Clair 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.