How many solar farms are in NYISO?

NYISO has 691 operating utility-scale solar farms with 3.0 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest solar farm in NYISO?

Morris Ridge Solar in Livingston County, New York is the largest, at 177 MW. It came online in 2024.

How many solar farms were built in NYISO in 2025?

91 solar farms came online in NYISO in 2025, with 375 MW of capacity.

Who is developing solar farms in NYISO?

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 NYISO

NYISO has 691 operating solar farms with 3.0 GW of capacity. 91 came online in 2025.

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See planned solar farms in NYISO

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

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Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

NYISO had 43 solar farms online in 2016 and 691 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 NYISO

Operating, by capacity

#	Solar farm	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	Morris Ridge Solar	Livingston County, New York	2024	177 MW
2	High River Energy Center, LLC	Montgomery County, New York	2024	90 MW
3	East Point Energy Center	Schoharie County, New York	2024	50 MW
4	Long Island Solar Farm LLC	Suffolk County, New York	2011	32 MW
5	Shoreham Solar Commons	Suffolk County, New York	2018	25 MW
6	Calverton Solar Energy Center	Suffolk County, New York	2022	23 MW
7	Hecate Energy Albany 2 LLC	Albany County, New York	2024	21 MW
8	Riverhead Solar Farm	Suffolk County, New York	2019	20 MW
9	Hecate Energy Albany County 1	Albany County, New York	2024	20 MW
10	NY8 - Grissom Solar	Montgomery County, New York	2023	20 MW

Solar farms that came online most recently in NYISO

Newest first

#	Solar farm	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	AES Rt 5 Solar CSG	Genesee County, New York	2026	5 MW
2	AES Glengarry Farms Solar CSG	Franklin County, New York	2026	5 MW
3	Avon CSG 2 LLC	Livingston County, New York	2026	4 MW
4	Route 14-1	Ontario County, New York	2026	5 MW
5	Route 14-2	Ontario County, New York	2026	5 MW
6	Dunkirk Solar One, LLC	Chautauqua County, New York	2026	5 MW
7	Dunkirk Solar Two	Chautauqua County, New York	2026	5 MW
8	Geer Road Solar 3 CSG	Washington County, New York	2026	5 MW
9	Machias PV	Cattaraugus County, New York	2026	2 MW
10	Pivot Solar NY 10	St Lawrence County, New York	2026	5 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 NYISO

How many solar farms are in NYISO?: NYISO has 691 operating utility-scale solar farms with 3.0 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest solar farm in NYISO?: Morris Ridge Solar in Livingston County, New York is the largest, at 177 MW. It came online in 2024.
How many solar farms were built in NYISO in 2025?: 91 solar farms came online in NYISO in 2025, with 375 MW of capacity.
Who is developing solar farms in NYISO?: 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.