Iowa has 28 solar farms: 0.4% of the US total of 6,611. That ranks #34 by count and #31 per person (0.86 per 100,000 residents) of 51.
Source: U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database v4.0 (USGS, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), 2026. Every ground-mounted facility of 1 MW or more in the database, at its own coordinates. Rooftop and small community solar are not in this database.
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<iframe src="https://get-instamaps.com/embed/rankings/solar-farms/iowa" width="100%" height="440" style="border:2px solid #111" loading="lazy" title="Iowa solar farms map — InstaMaps"></iframe>DPC Madison · Pleasant Creek Unit 2 · Creston Solar (50 MW) · Wever Solar (150MW) · Perry Customer Hosted 1MW Solar Project · Cedar Rapids Community Solar · Duane Arnold Solar I (50 MW) · Fareway Customer Hosted 1 MW Solar · Marshalltown Generating Station · Cedar Falls Solar Farm · Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25MW Solar · Grinnell College
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