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Solar installations in Whiteside County, IL

672 recorded installations in Whiteside 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
2.6%
of 25,850 homes
Installations
672
Total capacity
164.7 MW
Median price
—
pre-incentive
Third-party owned
27%
lease / PPA

Severe-weather exposure: solar sites here have been matched to an average of 4.3 hail 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 95 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 707% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.

Most active

Top installers in Whiteside County

No resolved installers recorded in this county.

Growth

Installations by year

YearNewCumulative% homes
2011
1
10.00%
2013
1
20.01%
2015
1
30.01%
2016
1
40.01%
2018
2
60.02%
2019
13
190.07%
2020
90
1090.42%
2021
79
1880.73%
2022
50
2380.92%
2023
71
3091.20%
2024
126
4351.68%
2025
213
6482.51%
2026
23
6712.60%

Frequently asked questions

How many homes have solar in Whiteside County?

PanelCensus records 672 solar installations in Whiteside County, Illinois (164.7 MW of capacity) — about 2.6% of the county's 25,850 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 Whiteside County?

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

Who installs solar in Whiteside 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.