How many solar farms are in Alabama?

Alabama has 15 operating utility-scale solar farms with 1.0 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest solar farm in Alabama?

Muscle Shoals in Colbert County, Alabama is the largest, at 227 MW. It came online in 2021.

How many solar farms were built in Alabama in 2025?

1 solar farm came online in Alabama in 2025, with 80 MW of capacity.

Who is developing solar farms in Alabama?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Solar farms in Alabama

Alabama has 15 operating solar farms with 1.0 GW of capacity. 1 came online in 2025.

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See planned solar farms in Alabama

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Alabama had 2 solar farms online in 2016 and 15 in 2026

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Solar farms online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest solar farms in Alabama

Operating, by capacity

#	Solar farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Muscle Shoals	Colbert County	2021	227 MW
2	Black Bear Solar 1	Montgomery County	2023	100 MW
3	Wing	Covington County	2023	80 MW
4	East Atmore Solar	Escambia County	2025	80 MW
5	Old Hayneville Solar, LLC	Montgomery County	2026	80 MW
6	Walker Springs II	Clarke County	2026	80 MW
7	Walker Springs I	Clarke County	2026	80 MW
8	LaFayette Solar Farm	Chambers County	2017	79 MW
9	River Bend Solar, LLC (AL)	Lauderdale County	2016	75 MW
10	TAI Huntsville Solar Hybrid	Madison County	2024	32 MW

Solar farms that came online most recently in Alabama

Newest first

#	Solar farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Old Hayneville Solar, LLC	Montgomery County	2026	80 MW
2	Walker Springs II	Clarke County	2026	80 MW
3	Walker Springs I	Clarke County	2026	80 MW
4	East Atmore Solar	Escambia County	2025	80 MW
5	TAI Huntsville Solar Hybrid	Madison County	2024	32 MW
6	Wing	Covington County	2023	80 MW
7	Black Bear Solar 1	Montgomery County	2023	100 MW
8	Muscle Shoals	Colbert County	2021	227 MW
9	Cumblerland Land Holdings, LLC	Limestone County	2018	15 MW
10	LaFayette Solar Farm	Chambers County	2017	79 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks solar farms

Operating solar farms come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about solar farms in Alabama

How many solar farms are in Alabama?: Alabama has 15 operating utility-scale solar farms with 1.0 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest solar farm in Alabama?: Muscle Shoals in Colbert County, Alabama is the largest, at 227 MW. It came online in 2021.
How many solar farms were built in Alabama in 2025?: 1 solar farm came online in Alabama in 2025, with 80 MW of capacity.
Who is developing solar farms in Alabama?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.