Wyoming solar and wind ordinances by county

6 counties with figures quoted from their own ordinances. Plus the state law that applies.

Updated October 2026

Counties

Solar figures as each county's ordinance states them. Open a county for wind and battery storage rules, conditions, and the sentence each figure comes from.

Solar ordinance figures by county in Wyoming
County	Rules read	Property line	Homes	Max height	Min lot	Moratorium or ban
Converse County	Solar, Wind	100 ftsolar panels from outer boundary	300 ftoccupied structure or residence	n/a	n/a	None on file
Goshen County	Solar	n/a	1 mile	n/a	n/a	None on file
Laramie County	Solar, Wind	50 ftwhichever is greater; 1.5 times the height of the solar energy system structure	n/a	25 ft	n/a	None on file
Platte County	Solar	100 ft	300 ftresidentially zoned lots and existing residences and/or occupied structures	30 ft	40 acresconcentrated solar energy facility	None on file
Sweetwater County	Solar, Wind	50 ft	n/a	25 ftSolar Energy Facility structures	40 acres	None on file
Uinta County	Wind	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	None on file

Every Wyoming figure in one spreadsheet

50 figures from 8 counties, each with its quote, source, date read and any condition. 2 of those places are not on this site. Plus Wyoming state law.

Wyoming state law

What state law says about local solar, wind and storage rules. Each statement links the law or official source it comes from.

State siting: Wyoming Industrial Siting Council

Solar larger than 30 MW, or disturbing 100 acres or more, needs a state permit as well as a county permit.

Wyo. Stat. 35-12-102, 35-12-106 (DOE and Berkeley Lab inventory, June 2024). Source

What local government decides

A county permit is required before a project is built.

Wyo. Stat. 18-5-502 (DOE and Berkeley Lab inventory, June 2024). Source

Screen sites across Wyoming

Basepoint checks each parcel against these rules along with grid, land and environmental data, and keeps the source for every figure.

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