Power Plants Near 60412 — Chicago Heights, IL

100 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 60412 (Chicago Heights, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.5061, -87.6356 · County: Cook

Natural Gas 89%Other Fossil 4%Other Fossil 3%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.3 mi	North Cottage Grove Solar 1, Llc Chicago Heights, IL	Solar	2 MW	Reactivate
3.4 mi	Gooseberry Solar, Llc Ford Heights, IL	Solar	2 MW	Reactivate
4.0 mi	Torrence Ave Solar 1 Llc Chicago Heights, IL	Solar	2 MW	Reactivate
5.4 mi	Crete Energy Venture Llc Crete, IL	Natural Gas	356 MW	Crete Energy Venture Llc
5.6 mi	Thornwood High School South Holland, IL	Natural Gas	1 MW	Thorton Township School Dist
6.0 mi	Uss University Park Solar University Park, IL	Solar	—	United States Solar Corporation
6.7 mi	Munster Landfill Gas-To-Energy Munster, IN	Biomass	1 MW	Town Of Munster
6.9 mi	Il University Park 450 Central Ave University Park, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze University Park Central Ave Microgrid, Llc
7.0 mi	Lineage Logistics Solar University Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Illinois Solar, Llc
7.4 mi	University Park North University Park, IL	Natural Gas	726 MW	Lsp University Park Llc
7.6 mi	University Park South University Park, IL	Natural Gas	353 MW	University Park Energy Llc
7.9 mi	Igs Frankfort 2 Csg Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Igs Solar Llc
8.1 mi	Woodlawn Ii (Csg) Crete, IL	Solar	2 MW	Woodlawn Solar Ii, Llc
8.1 mi	Woodlawn Csg Crete, IL	Solar	2 MW	Woodlawn Solar, Llc
8.3 mi	Thornridge High School Dolton, IL	Natural Gas	1 MW	Thorton Township School Dist
8.4 mi	Goodenow Road West Solar 1, Llc Beecher, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
8.6 mi	Beecher Gas Recovery Beecher, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Will County Energy Llc
9.1 mi	Amazon Mdw7 Solar Project Monee, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Prime 6, Llc
10.4 mi	Griffith Griffith, IN	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
11.0 mi	Cid Gas Recovery Calumet City, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
11.2 mi	Monee Solar 1, Llc Peotone, IL	Solar	2 MW	Reactivate
11.7 mi	Cottage Grove North Solar 1, Llc Beecher, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
11.8 mi	Exelon Solar Chicago Chicago, IL	Solar	9 MW	Luminace Solar Chicago, Llc
11.8 mi	Cottage Grove South Solar 1, Llc Beecher, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
12.2 mi	East Chicago East Chicago, IN	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
12.4 mi	Ced Beecher Sun Solar Beecher, IL	Solar	2 MW	Bay4 Energy Services, Llc
12.9 mi	Calumet Energy Team Llc Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	313 MW	Ipa Operations Inc - Calumet
13.9 mi	Whiting Refinery Whiting, IN	Other Fossil	84 MW	Bp Plc
14.2 mi	Whiting Clean Energy Whiting, IN	Natural Gas	577 MW	Bp Alternative Energy
14.4 mi	Indiana Harbor West East Chicago, IN	Natural Gas	152 MW	Cleveland Cliffs
14.7 mi	2 Ac Station East Chicago, IN	Natural Gas	—	Cleveland Cliffs
15.0 mi	Dean H Mitchell Gary, IN	Coal	—	Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co
15.1 mi	Calumet Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	—	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
15.4 mi	Southeast Chicago Energy Project Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	407 MW	Constellation Power, Inc
16.2 mi	4 Ac Station East Chicago, IN	Coal	—	Cleveland Cliffs
16.3 mi	Heat Recovery Coke Facility East Chicago, IN	Other Fossil	95 MW	Cokenergy Inc
16.4 mi	Il - Smhec - Moraine Valley Palos Hills, IL	Solar	—	Forefront Power, Llc
16.5 mi	Expander Turbine East Chicago, IN	Other Fossil	20 MW	Cleveland Cliffs
16.6 mi	Indiana Harbor E 5 Ac Station East Chicago, IN	Other Fossil	90 MW	Northlake Energy
17.0 mi	Hobart Solar, Llc Hobart, IN	Solar	1 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
17.8 mi	Lincoln Generating Facility Manhattan, IL	Natural Gas	692 MW	Lincoln Generating Facility Llc
17.8 mi	Gary Works Gary, IN	Other Fossil	161 MW	United States Steel-Gary
18.9 mi	Fedex Chicago Solar Facility Bedford Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Illinois Solar, Llc
19.0 mi	Merrillville Solar Merrilville, IN	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
19.7 mi	Lincoln Solar Merrillville, IN	Solar	2 MW	Ecos Energy Llc
19.8 mi	Museum Of Science And Industry Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	2 MW	Museum Of Science And Industry
20.2 mi	Il Bedford Park 6901 W 65th St Bedford Park, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze Bedford Park 6901 W 65th Street Microgrid, Llc
20.2 mi	Il Joliet 1101 Cherry Hl Rd Joliet, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze Joliet 1101 Cherry Hill Road Microgrid, Llc
20.2 mi	Il Bedford Park 7035 W 65th St Bedford Park, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze Bedford Park 7035 W 65th Street Microgrid, Llc
20.2 mi	Il2 - W109 Joliet, IL	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
21.1 mi	Ingredion Incorporated Bedford Park, IL	Natural Gas	55 MW	Ingredion Inc - Illinois
21.3 mi	Igs East Central, Llc Joliet, IL	Solar	2 MW	Igs East Central, Llc
21.8 mi	Aes Griggs Solar, Llc Grant Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Aes Griggs Solar, Llc
22.1 mi	Esil-Pfchicago 2, Llc Chicago, IL	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
22.6 mi	Ikea Joliet Rooftop Pv System Joliet, IL	Solar	2 MW	Ikea Property Inc
22.6 mi	Argonne National Laboratory Chp Lemont, IL	Natural Gas	6 MW	Argonne National Laboratory
22.6 mi	Mccook 2-Slchi102 Mccook, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
22.7 mi	Itt Cogen Facility Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	7 MW	Itt Energy Tech Partners, Llc
22.7 mi	Crawford Chicago, IL	Coal	—	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
23.2 mi	Nostrand Manteno Township, IL	Solar	2 MW	Nostrand Solar, Llc
23.3 mi	Lockport Powerhouse Lockport, IL	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Metro Wtr Recl Dist Grtr Chi
23.5 mi	Kankakee Solar 3 Manteno, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
23.5 mi	Il Chicago 2635 S Western Ave. (West) Chicago, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze Chicago S Western Avenue 2 Microgrid, Llc
23.8 mi	Esil-Pfchicago 3, Llc Chicago, IL	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
23.8 mi	Will County Romeoville, IL	Coal	—	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
23.8 mi	Fisk Street Chicago, IL	Oil	260 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
24.0 mi	Mpea Energy Center Chicago, IL	Oil	6 MW	Metropolitan Pier And Exposition Auth
24.3 mi	Internationale Ctr 11-Slchi321 Woodridge, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
24.6 mi	Valparaiso Solar, Llc Valparaiso, IN	Solar	1 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
24.8 mi	Joliet 9 Joliet, IL	Natural Gas	360 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
24.8 mi	Il Bolingbrook 279 Marquette Dr Bolingbrook, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze Bolingbrook 279 Marquette Drive Microgrid, Llc
24.9 mi	Kankakee Solar 1 Bourbonnais, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
25.0 mi	University Of Illinois Cogen Facility Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	60 MW	University Of Illinois
25.0 mi	Jackson Generation, Llc Elwood, IL	Natural Gas	1,289 MW	Jackson Generation, Llc
25.1 mi	Portage Solar Valparaiso, IN	Solar	2 MW	Ecos Energy Llc
25.3 mi	Joliet 29 Joliet, IL	Natural Gas	1,320 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
25.3 mi	Chicago West Side Energy Center Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	4 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
25.3 mi	Romeoville 34b-Slchi234 Romeoville, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
25.4 mi	Romeoville 34a-Slchi234 Romeoville, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
25.4 mi	Portside Energy Portage, IN	Natural Gas	61 MW	Primary Energy Recycling Holdings, Llc
25.5 mi	Bourbonnais Bourbonnais, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Dg Il 5, Llc
25.6 mi	Cicero 3-Slchi603 Cicero, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
25.7 mi	Elwood Energy Llc Elwood, IL	Natural Gas	1,728 MW	Elwood Energy Llc
26.1 mi	Kankakee 2 Bourbonnais, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kankakee Solar 2 Llc
26.3 mi	Loyola University Health Plant Maywood, IL	Natural Gas	11 MW	Loyola University Health System
26.4 mi	Csl Behring Llc Bradley, IL	Natural Gas	4 MW	Csl Behring Llc
26.6 mi	Prairie View Il Wilmington, IL	Natural Gas	—	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
26.8 mi	Bunge Oil Bradley, IL	Natural Gas	—	Csl Behring Llc
27.2 mi	Arcelormittal Burns Harbor Burns Harbor, IN	Other Fossil	176 MW	Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor Llc
27.3 mi	Amazon Mdw6 Solar Project Romeoville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Prime 5, Llc
27.4 mi	Elwood 1-Slchi901 Elwood, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
27.5 mi	Kankakee Solar 5b Kankakee, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
27.5 mi	Presence Saint Mary Of Nazareth Hospital Chicago, IL	Oil	4 MW	Presence Health
27.9 mi	Ced Spring Creek Solar St Anne, IL	Solar	2 MW	Bay4 Energy Services, Llc
28.0 mi	Greene Valley Gas Recovery Naperville, IL	Biomass	7 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
28.2 mi	Bailly Chesterton, IN	Coal	—	Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co
28.5 mi	Kankakee Solar 4 Llc Kankakee, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kankakee Solar 4 Llc
29.0 mi	Exxonmobil Oil Joliet Refinery Channahon, IL	Other Fossil	43 MW	Exxonmobil Oil Corp
29.5 mi	Mars Snackfood Us Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	4 MW	M&m Mars Inc
29.7 mi	Kankakee Hydro Facility Kankakee, IL	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Kankakee City Of

Power generation near this area

There are 100 power plants within 50 miles of Chicago Heights, Illinois (ZIP 60412), with a combined 9,534 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 51 of the 100 nearby plants. The closest plant is North Cottage Grove Solar 1, Llc at 2.3 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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