How many solar farms are in Tennessee?

Tennessee has 54 operating utility-scale solar farms with 1.2 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest solar farm in Tennessee?

Ridgely Energy Farm in Lake County, Tennessee is the largest, at 177 MW. It came online in 2025.

How many solar farms were built in Tennessee in 2025?

13 solar farms came online in Tennessee in 2025, with 226 MW of capacity.

Who is developing solar farms in Tennessee?

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 Tennessee

Tennessee has 54 operating solar farms with 1.2 GW of capacity. 13 came online in 2025.

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Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Tennessee had 7 solar farms online in 2016 and 54 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 Tennessee

Operating, by capacity

#	Solar farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Ridgely Energy Farm	Lake County	2025	177 MW
2	Elora Solar	Lincoln County	2022	150 MW
3	Graceland Solar, LLC	Shelby County	2026	150 MW
4	Yum Yum Solar LLC	Fayette County	2026	147 MW
5	OETN1	Obion County	2023	100 MW
6	SR Millington II	Shelby County	2026	75 MW
7	SR McKellar	Madison County	2023	70 MW
8	Millington Solar Farm	Shelby County	2018	53 MW
9	SR Bell Buckle	Bedford County	2023	35 MW
10	SR Adamsville	McNairy County	2026	25 MW

Solar farms that came online most recently in Tennessee

Newest first

#	Solar farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	SR Adamsville	McNairy County	2026	25 MW
2	SR Sequatchie	Sequatchie County	2026	8 MW
3	Graceland Solar, LLC	Shelby County	2026	150 MW
4	Yum Yum Solar LLC	Fayette County	2026	147 MW
5	SR Millington II	Shelby County	2026	75 MW
6	SR South Gibson	Gibson County	2026	5 MW
7	SR Gray	Washington County	2026	6 MW
8	SR Hickman	Hickman County	2026	6 MW
9	SR Benton	Benton County	2026	3 MW
10	SR Lexington	Henderson County	2025	7 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 Tennessee

How many solar farms are in Tennessee?: Tennessee has 54 operating utility-scale solar farms with 1.2 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest solar farm in Tennessee?: Ridgely Energy Farm in Lake County, Tennessee is the largest, at 177 MW. It came online in 2025.
How many solar farms were built in Tennessee in 2025?: 13 solar farms came online in Tennessee in 2025, with 226 MW of capacity.
Who is developing solar farms in Tennessee?: 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.