How many solar farms are planned in Arkansas?

Developers have proposed 79 solar farms in Arkansas with 15 GW of capacity, according to the grid operators' interconnection queues. Most queue projects are never built.

What is the largest planned solar farm in Arkansas?

INDEPENDENCE-ISES - POWERLINE ROAD 500.0kV in Jackson County, Arkansas is the largest planned, at 625 MW. It is expected to come online in 2028.

Who is developing solar farms in Arkansas?

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.

Planned solar farms in Arkansas

Developers have proposed 79 solar farms in Arkansas with 15 GW of capacity, in the grid operators' interconnection queues.

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See operating solar farms in Arkansas

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

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Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

More planned solar farms in Arkansas are expected online in 2027 than in any other year

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Planned solar farms by the year they're expected online. Source: the grid operators' interconnection queues, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest planned solar farms in Arkansas

Planned, by capacity

#	Solar farm	County	Expected online	Capacity
1	INDEPENDENCE-ISES - POWERLINE ROAD 500.0kV	Jackson County	2028	625 MW
2	INDEPENDENCE-ISES - POWERLINE ROAD 500.0kV	Jackson County	2028	625 MW
3	Arkansas Cypress Solar Station	Jefferson County	2029	600 MW
4	Steel River Solar Phase 1	Mississippi County	2028	500 MW
5	Steel River Solar Phase 2	Mississippi County	2029	500 MW
6	Steel River Solar Phase 3	Mississippi County	2030	500 MW
7	West Memphis - Keo 500 kV Line Tap	St. Francis County	2023	500 MW
8	MALLORY 161	Jackson County	2026	500 MW
9	Sandy Bayou	Mississippi County	2027	500 MW
10	DELL EHV - SAN SOUCI 500.0kV	Mississippi County	2028	500 MW

Planned solar farms expected online soonest in Arkansas

In the next 18 months, soonest first

#	Solar farm	County	Expected online	Capacity
1	STUTTGART RICUSKEY - WOODWARD 230 SUB 230.0kV	Arkansas County	2027	215 MW
2	J1577 Sub (337689)	Grant County	2027	100 MW
3	Lake Village Bagby 115 KV	Chicot County	2027	250 MW
4	Sandy Bayou	Mississippi County	2027	500 MW
5	Brinkley East - Aubrey 230 kV Line	Lee County	2027	185 MW
6	Chalk Bluff Solar	St Francis County	2027	450 MW
7	Big Creek Solar LLC	Lee County	2027	400 MW
8	161 kV line tap of DELL EAST to Blytheville	Mississippi County	2027	200 MW
9	Benton County Solar	Benton County	2027	80 MW
10	Franklin County Solar	Franklin County	2027	73 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 Arkansas

How many solar farms are planned in Arkansas?: Developers have proposed 79 solar farms in Arkansas with 15 GW of capacity, according to the grid operators' interconnection queues. Most queue projects are never built.
What is the largest planned solar farm in Arkansas?: INDEPENDENCE-ISES - POWERLINE ROAD 500.0kV in Jackson County, Arkansas is the largest planned, at 625 MW. It is expected to come online in 2028.
Who is developing solar farms in Arkansas?: 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.