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Solar farms in South Dakota

South Dakota has 3 solar farms: 0% of the US total of 6,611. That ranks #47 by count and #45 per person (0.32 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

#45

national rank (per capita)

solar farms

0.32

per 100k residents

The data

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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South Dakota: 3 rows (CSV)All of the US (CSV)

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Named solar farms in South Dakota include

Wild Springs · Fall River Solar, LLC · Pierre Solar

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