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Solar permits in Chicago, IL

Rooftop and ground-mount solar, PV systems, and battery storage permits — homeowners who have already decided to spend, before an installer is picked. In Chicago, IL, those permits are pulled from the city's own published records and sorted into this feed every day the city publishes. LIVE

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116

solar permits in the last 30 days of this feed's data
Oct 13, 2026 – Nov 11, 2026

2,766

permits of all kinds in the latest Chicago, IL pull

116

of these publish a job value, totaling $4,792,052

Recent solar permits in Chicago, IL

Date	Address	Work filed	Published value
Oct 20, 2026	5220 S PULASKI RD	SPR GREEN PERMIT 2019 CBC: INSTALLATION OF A 766.89 KW ROOF-MOUNTED SOLAR SYSTEM ON AN EXISTING 1-STORY BUILDING (OCC...	$1,007,979
Nov 4, 2026	6200 S HAMLIN AVE	SPR 2019 CBRC: CPS SCHOOL: INSTALLATION OF NEW 157.80KW SOLAR PV SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL WORK ON EXISTING RO...	$683,704
Oct 23, 2026	720 E 111TH ST	SPR 2019 CBC: NEW SPREAD FOOTING FOUNDATIONS FOR 3 EXISTING PREFABRICATED SOLAR TREE SYSTEMS IN EXISTING LOCATION, IN...	$500,000
Nov 2, 2026	1032 W 43RD ST	SPR 2019 CBRC: INSTALL NEW COMMERCIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR PANEL SYSTEM. ALL WORK AS PER PLANS. DC SYSTEM SIZE: 1,006.200 KW...	$400,000
Oct 15, 2026	4500 S TROY ST	INSTALL SOLAR PANELS ON ROOF OF PRINCIPAL BUILDING. ROOF TYPE: LOW-SLOPED (<2:12). INVERTER OUTPUT: 11.5 KW. ARRAY OU...	$83,000

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How many solar permits were filed in Chicago, IL recently?

116 solar permits appear in the last 30 days of this feed's data (Oct 13, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026), out of 2,766 permits of all kinds in the latest pull for Chicago, IL.

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