Power Plants Near 60091 — Wilmette, IL

100 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 60091 (Wilmette, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.0765, -87.7246 · County: Cook

Natural Gas 85%Oil 8%Other Fossil 4%Other Fossil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.6 mi	Evanston Township High School Evanston, IL	Natural Gas	2 MW	Evanston Board Of Education
2.7 mi	Winnetka Winnetka, IL	Natural Gas	33 MW	Village Of Winnetka - (Il)
5.0 mi	Lake Gas Recovery Northbrook, IL	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
6.6 mi	Northeastern Illinois University Cogen Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	3 MW	Northeastern Illinois University
7.5 mi	Bloom Bloom, IL	Oil	—	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
8.3 mi	Mths Co-Gen Buildings Park Ridge, IL	Natural Gas	1 MW	Maine Township High School Dist 207
9.7 mi	Melrose Park 2-Slchi547 Melrose Park, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
10.7 mi	Des Plaines 11-Slchi211 Des Plaines, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
10.8 mi	Lowe's - 1845 - Chicago Brickyard, Il Chicago, IL	Solar	—	North Narragansett Avenue Solar Project 2022, Llc
11.3 mi	Des Plaines 7-Slchi819 Des Plaines, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
11.3 mi	Franklin Park 2-Slchi802 Franklin Park, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
11.3 mi	Franklin Park 3-Slchi803 Franklin Park, IL	Solar	1 MW	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
11.5 mi	Mars Snackfood Us Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	4 MW	M&m Mars Inc
12.2 mi	Presence Saint Mary Of Nazareth Hospital Chicago, IL	Oil	4 MW	Presence Health
12.7 mi	Triton East And West Cogen River Grove, IL	Natural Gas	4 MW	Triton College
12.8 mi	Elk Grove 1-Slchi701 Elk Grove, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
12.9 mi	Bensenville Ind Park 11 Bensenville, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
12.9 mi	Albertsons At Melrose Park Melrose Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Esil-Al-Melrose, Llc
13.0 mi	Bensenville Ind Park 10-Slchi410 Bensenville, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
13.0 mi	Bensenville Ind Park 12-Slchi412 Bensenville, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
13.1 mi	Elk Grove 51-Slchi151 Elk Grove, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
13.1 mi	Bensenville 14-Slchi414 Bensenville, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
13.1 mi	Bensenville Ind Park 6-Slchi406 Bensenville, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
13.2 mi	Bensenville 13-Slchi513 Bensenville, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
13.3 mi	Bensenville Ind Park 4-Slchi424 Bensenville, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
13.4 mi	Bensenville Ind Park 2-Slchi402 Bensenville, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
13.8 mi	Northwest Community Hospital Arlington Heights, IL	Natural Gas	4 MW	Northwest Community Hospital
13.9 mi	Bensenville 2-Slchi526 Bensenville, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
14.2 mi	Northlake 5-Slchi305 Northlake, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
14.2 mi	Lake Forest Hospital Central Energy Plan Lake Forest, IL	Natural Gas	3 MW	Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
14.4 mi	Chicago West Side Energy Center Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	4 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
14.5 mi	Northlake 3-Slchi303 Northlake, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
14.5 mi	Northlake 4-Slchi304 Northlake, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
14.7 mi	Cicero 3-Slchi603 Cicero, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
14.8 mi	Northlake 2-Slchi302 Northlake, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
14.9 mi	University Of Illinois Cogen Facility Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	60 MW	University Of Illinois
15.8 mi	Northropgrummansolar(Rolling Meadows,il) Rolling Meadows, IL	Solar	1 MW	Dg Illinois Solar, Llc
16.0 mi	Esil-Pfchicago 3, Llc Chicago, IL	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
16.0 mi	Fisk Street Chicago, IL	Oil	260 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
16.2 mi	Il Chicago 2635 S Western Ave. (West) Chicago, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze Chicago S Western Avenue 2 Microgrid, Llc
16.3 mi	Loyola University Health Plant Maywood, IL	Natural Gas	11 MW	Loyola University Health System
16.4 mi	Mpea Energy Center Chicago, IL	Oil	6 MW	Metropolitan Pier And Exposition Auth
17.1 mi	Crawford Chicago, IL	Coal	—	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
17.2 mi	North Chicago Energy Center North Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	12 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
17.4 mi	Itt Cogen Facility Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	7 MW	Itt Energy Tech Partners, Llc
17.9 mi	Esil-Pfchicago 2, Llc Chicago, IL	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
19.5 mi	Addison 11-Slchi404 Addison, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
19.5 mi	Mccook 2-Slchi102 Mccook, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
20.4 mi	Glendale Heights 10-Slchi910 Glendale, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
21.1 mi	Museum Of Science And Industry Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	2 MW	Museum Of Science And Industry
21.3 mi	Ingredion Incorporated Bedford Park, IL	Natural Gas	55 MW	Ingredion Inc - Illinois
21.3 mi	Il Bedford Park 6901 W 65th St Bedford Park, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze Bedford Park 6901 W 65th Street Microgrid, Llc
21.3 mi	Il Bedford Park 7035 W 65th St Bedford Park, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze Bedford Park 7035 W 65th Street Microgrid, Llc
21.6 mi	Lombard Lombard, IL	Oil	—	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
21.7 mi	Waukegan Waukegan, IL	Oil	112 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
22.5 mi	Fedex Chicago Solar Facility Bedford Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Illinois Solar, Llc
22.7 mi	Yeoman Creek Waukegan, IL	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
24.9 mi	Electric Junction Aurora, IL	Natural Gas	—	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
26.4 mi	Southeast Chicago Energy Project Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	407 MW	Constellation Power, Inc
26.4 mi	Mrp Rocky Road Llc East Dundee, IL	Natural Gas	416 MW	Lincoln Operating Services, Llc
26.5 mi	Reed Road Solar Lake In The Hills, IL	Solar	1 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
26.8 mi	Calumet Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	—	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
27.1 mi	Il - Smhec - Moraine Valley Palos Hills, IL	Solar	—	Forefront Power, Llc
27.2 mi	Mrp Elgin Llc Elgin, IL	Natural Gas	540 MW	Lincoln Operating Services, Llc
27.9 mi	Argonne National Laboratory Chp Lemont, IL	Natural Gas	6 MW	Argonne National Laboratory
27.9 mi	Exelon Solar Chicago Chicago, IL	Solar	9 MW	Luminace Solar Chicago, Llc
28.5 mi	Calumet Energy Team Llc Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	313 MW	Ipa Operations Inc - Calumet
29.0 mi	Woodland Landfill Gas Recovery South Elgin, IL	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
29.1 mi	Zion Energy Center Zion, IL	Natural Gas	597 MW	Zion Energy Llc
29.1 mi	Zion Landfill Gas To Energy Facility Zion, IL	Natural Gas	—	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
29.8 mi	Cid Gas Recovery Calumet City, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
30.1 mi	Greene Valley Gas Recovery Naperville, IL	Biomass	7 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
30.1 mi	Hoffer Plastics South Elgin, IL	Natural Gas	7 MW	Hoffer Plastics
30.3 mi	Internationale Ctr 11-Slchi321 Woodridge, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
30.6 mi	Whiting Clean Energy Whiting, IN	Natural Gas	577 MW	Bp Alternative Energy
30.8 mi	Whiting Refinery Whiting, IN	Other Fossil	84 MW	Bp Plc
30.9 mi	Geneva Generation Facility Geneva, IL	Natural Gas	30 MW	City Of Geneva- (Il)
30.9 mi	Nalco Naperville, IL	Natural Gas	5 MW	Nalco Co
31.3 mi	Expander Turbine East Chicago, IN	Other Fossil	20 MW	Cleveland Cliffs
31.3 mi	Indiana Harbor E 5 Ac Station East Chicago, IN	Other Fossil	90 MW	Northlake Energy
31.4 mi	4 Ac Station East Chicago, IN	Coal	—	Cleveland Cliffs
31.5 mi	Aurora Aurora, IL	Natural Gas	1,086 MW	Aurora Generation Llc
31.6 mi	Heat Recovery Coke Facility East Chicago, IN	Other Fossil	95 MW	Cokenergy Inc
31.8 mi	Indiana Harbor West East Chicago, IN	Natural Gas	152 MW	Cleveland Cliffs
32.0 mi	2 Ac Station East Chicago, IN	Natural Gas	—	Cleveland Cliffs
32.0 mi	Thornridge High School Dolton, IL	Natural Gas	1 MW	Thorton Township School Dist
32.2 mi	Settlers Hill Gas Recovery Batavia, IL	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
32.9 mi	Il Bolingbrook 279 Marquette Dr Bolingbrook, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze Bolingbrook 279 Marquette Drive Microgrid, Llc
33.2 mi	Pleasant Prairie Pleasant Prairie, WI	Coal	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
33.2 mi	Mchenry Battery Storage Mchenry, IL	Other Fossil	20 MW	Mchenry Battery Storage
33.4 mi	East Chicago East Chicago, IN	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
34.0 mi	Aurora 7-Slchi307 Aurora, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
34.3 mi	Square Barn Solar Algonquin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
34.4 mi	Dean H Mitchell Gary, IN	Coal	—	Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co
34.4 mi	Amazon Mdw6 Solar Project Romeoville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Prime 5, Llc
34.6 mi	Scs Plainfield 011755 Naperville, Llc Naperville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
34.6 mi	Thornwood High School South Holland, IL	Natural Gas	1 MW	Thorton Township School Dist
35.2 mi	Will County Romeoville, IL	Coal	—	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
35.6 mi	Westrock (Il) Aurora, IL	Natural Gas	3 MW	Westrock (Il)
35.8 mi	Mooseheart Power House Mooseheart, IL	Natural Gas	2 MW	Moose International

Power generation near this area

There are 100 power plants within 50 miles of Wilmette, Illinois (ZIP 60091), with a combined 5,089 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 44 of the 100 nearby plants. The closest plant is Evanston Township High School at 2.6 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Illinois, visit the Illinois state page.

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