How many solar farms are in Maryland?

Maryland has 217 operating utility-scale solar farms with 1.4 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest solar farm in Maryland?

CPV Backbone Solar in Garrett County, Maryland is the largest, at 175 MW. It came online in 2025.

How many solar farms were built in Maryland in 2025?

25 solar farms came online in Maryland in 2025, with 369 MW of capacity.

Who is developing solar farms in Maryland?

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 Maryland

Maryland has 217 operating solar farms with 1.4 GW of capacity. 25 came online in 2025.

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See planned solar farms in Maryland

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

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Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Maryland had 52 solar farms online in 2016 and 217 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 Maryland

Operating, by capacity

#	Solar farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	CPV Backbone Solar	Garrett County	2025	175 MW
2	Cherrywood Solar I	Caroline County	2026	145 MW
3	Great Bay Solar 1	Somerset County	2020	118 MW
4	Jones Farm Solar	Queen Annes County	2025	64 MW
5	Morgnec Solar	Kent County	2026	56 MW
6	Egypt Road Solar	Dorchester County	2025	51 MW
7	Richfield Solar Energy LLC	Dorchester County	2024	50 MW
8	Bluegrass Solar 2	Queen Annes County	2022	40 MW
9	Bluegrass Solar	Queen Annes County	2022	40 MW
10	Fairview Farms	Harford County	2024	30 MW

Solar farms that came online most recently in Maryland

Newest first

#	Solar farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	MDD109-NCBP BLDG 11-Manekin	Prince Georges County	2026	2 MW
2	Mountain Point- Sharptown	Wicomico County	2026	2 MW
3	NCBP TWELVE, LLC	Prince Georges County	2026	1 MW
4	Morgnec Solar	Kent County	2026	56 MW
5	MD-CPG Salisbury Airport 2	Wicomico County	2026	2 MW
6	Roxbury	Howard County	2026	2 MW
7	Swanton Coopers ANEM	Garrett County	2026	2 MW
8	Maverick One	Carroll County	2026	2 MW
9	Cherrywood Solar I	Caroline County	2026	145 MW
10	Swanton MD Mt Zion Rd CDG A4	Garrett County	2026	2 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 Maryland

How many solar farms are in Maryland?: Maryland has 217 operating utility-scale solar farms with 1.4 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest solar farm in Maryland?: CPV Backbone Solar in Garrett County, Maryland is the largest, at 175 MW. It came online in 2025.
How many solar farms were built in Maryland in 2025?: 25 solar farms came online in Maryland in 2025, with 369 MW of capacity.
Who is developing solar farms in Maryland?: 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.