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South Dakota Solar Energy Projects

Solar Farms in Production
Projects listed only include utility-scale solar farms that have a capacity of 1 MW or greater. Commercial and residential behind-the-meter solar projects are not included on the list.

• The Pierre Solar Project, located in Hughes County, has a capacity of 1 MW and began operation in October of 2016. The City of Pierre hosts the array on approximately 8.9 acres at the Pierre Regional Airport. The project was developed by Geronimo Energy and Missouri River Energy Services purchases the energy generated by the project.
  
  
• The Fall River Solar Farm, located in Fall River County, has a capacity of 80 MWs and began operation in September of 2023. The project sits on approximately 850 acres of land southwest of Oelrichs. The project is owned by Greenbacker Renewable Energy and the energy produced by the project is sold to Black Hills Energy.
  
  
• The Wild Springs Solar Project, located in Pennington County, has a capacity of 128 MWs and began operation in June of 2024. The project sits on approximately 1,500 acres of land south of New Underwood. Wild Springs was developed by Geronimo Power and 114 MWs of the power produced by the project is sold to Basin Electric Power Cooperative.

June 2025