Power Plants Near 60476 — Thornton, IL

100 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 60476 (Thornton, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.5727, -87.6078 · County: Cook

Natural Gas 90%Other Fossil 4%Other Fossil 3%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.8 mi	Thornwood High School South Holland, IL	Natural Gas	1 MW	Thorton Township School Dist
3.2 mi	North Cottage Grove Solar 1, Llc Chicago Heights, IL	Solar	2 MW	Reactivate
3.5 mi	Thornridge High School Dolton, IL	Natural Gas	1 MW	Thorton Township School Dist
4.0 mi	Gooseberry Solar, Llc Ford Heights, IL	Solar	2 MW	Reactivate
5.8 mi	Torrence Ave Solar 1 Llc Chicago Heights, IL	Solar	2 MW	Reactivate
6.1 mi	Munster Landfill Gas-To-Energy Munster, IN	Biomass	1 MW	Town Of Munster
6.1 mi	Cid Gas Recovery Calumet City, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
7.5 mi	Exelon Solar Chicago Chicago, IL	Solar	9 MW	Luminace Solar Chicago, Llc
8.1 mi	Calumet Energy Team Llc Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	313 MW	Ipa Operations Inc - Calumet
8.3 mi	East Chicago East Chicago, IN	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
9.4 mi	Whiting Refinery Whiting, IN	Other Fossil	84 MW	Bp Plc
9.6 mi	Griffith Griffith, IN	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
9.7 mi	Whiting Clean Energy Whiting, IN	Natural Gas	577 MW	Bp Alternative Energy
9.9 mi	Crete Energy Venture Llc Crete, IL	Natural Gas	356 MW	Crete Energy Venture Llc
9.9 mi	Uss University Park Solar University Park, IL	Solar	—	United States Solar Corporation
10.2 mi	Indiana Harbor West East Chicago, IN	Natural Gas	152 MW	Cleveland Cliffs
10.3 mi	Calumet Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	—	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
10.5 mi	2 Ac Station East Chicago, IN	Natural Gas	—	Cleveland Cliffs
10.6 mi	Southeast Chicago Energy Project Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	407 MW	Constellation Power, Inc
10.7 mi	Igs Frankfort 2 Csg Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Igs Solar Llc
11.0 mi	Il University Park 450 Central Ave University Park, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze University Park Central Ave Microgrid, Llc
11.0 mi	Lineage Logistics Solar University Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Illinois Solar, Llc
11.4 mi	Dean H Mitchell Gary, IN	Coal	—	Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co
11.7 mi	University Park North University Park, IL	Natural Gas	726 MW	Lsp University Park Llc
11.8 mi	University Park South University Park, IL	Natural Gas	353 MW	University Park Energy Llc
11.9 mi	4 Ac Station East Chicago, IN	Coal	—	Cleveland Cliffs
12.2 mi	Heat Recovery Coke Facility East Chicago, IN	Other Fossil	95 MW	Cokenergy Inc
12.2 mi	Expander Turbine East Chicago, IN	Other Fossil	20 MW	Cleveland Cliffs
12.3 mi	Indiana Harbor E 5 Ac Station East Chicago, IN	Other Fossil	90 MW	Northlake Energy
12.5 mi	Woodlawn Ii (Csg) Crete, IL	Solar	2 MW	Woodlawn Solar Ii, Llc
12.5 mi	Woodlawn Csg Crete, IL	Solar	2 MW	Woodlawn Solar, Llc
12.8 mi	Goodenow Road West Solar 1, Llc Beecher, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
13.3 mi	Beecher Gas Recovery Beecher, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Will County Energy Llc
13.4 mi	Amazon Mdw7 Solar Project Monee, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Prime 6, Llc
14.3 mi	Il - Smhec - Moraine Valley Palos Hills, IL	Solar	—	Forefront Power, Llc
14.8 mi	Gary Works Gary, IN	Other Fossil	161 MW	United States Steel-Gary
15.1 mi	Museum Of Science And Industry Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	2 MW	Museum Of Science And Industry
15.6 mi	Fedex Chicago Solar Facility Bedford Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Illinois Solar, Llc
15.7 mi	Monee Solar 1, Llc Peotone, IL	Solar	2 MW	Reactivate
15.8 mi	Hobart Solar, Llc Hobart, IN	Solar	1 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
16.0 mi	Cottage Grove North Solar 1, Llc Beecher, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
16.1 mi	Cottage Grove South Solar 1, Llc Beecher, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
16.8 mi	Il Bedford Park 6901 W 65th St Bedford Park, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze Bedford Park 6901 W 65th Street Microgrid, Llc
16.9 mi	Il Bedford Park 7035 W 65th St Bedford Park, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze Bedford Park 7035 W 65th Street Microgrid, Llc
17.0 mi	Ced Beecher Sun Solar Beecher, IL	Solar	2 MW	Bay4 Energy Services, Llc
18.0 mi	Ingredion Incorporated Bedford Park, IL	Natural Gas	55 MW	Ingredion Inc - Illinois
18.1 mi	Esil-Pfchicago 2, Llc Chicago, IL	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
18.1 mi	Itt Cogen Facility Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	7 MW	Itt Energy Tech Partners, Llc
18.6 mi	Crawford Chicago, IL	Coal	—	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
18.9 mi	Merrillville Solar Merrilville, IN	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
19.2 mi	Il Chicago 2635 S Western Ave. (West) Chicago, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze Chicago S Western Avenue 2 Microgrid, Llc
19.3 mi	Mccook 2-Slchi102 Mccook, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
19.3 mi	Esil-Pfchicago 3, Llc Chicago, IL	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
19.4 mi	Mpea Energy Center Chicago, IL	Oil	6 MW	Metropolitan Pier And Exposition Auth
19.4 mi	Fisk Street Chicago, IL	Oil	260 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
19.5 mi	Lincoln Solar Merrillville, IN	Solar	2 MW	Ecos Energy Llc
20.5 mi	University Of Illinois Cogen Facility Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	60 MW	University Of Illinois
20.9 mi	Chicago West Side Energy Center Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	4 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
21.2 mi	Argonne National Laboratory Chp Lemont, IL	Natural Gas	6 MW	Argonne National Laboratory
21.3 mi	Lincoln Generating Facility Manhattan, IL	Natural Gas	692 MW	Lincoln Generating Facility Llc
21.6 mi	Cicero 3-Slchi603 Cicero, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
22.1 mi	Il Joliet 1101 Cherry Hl Rd Joliet, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze Joliet 1101 Cherry Hill Road Microgrid, Llc
22.6 mi	Il2 - W109 Joliet, IL	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
22.8 mi	Loyola University Health Plant Maywood, IL	Natural Gas	11 MW	Loyola University Health System
22.8 mi	Portside Energy Portage, IN	Natural Gas	61 MW	Primary Energy Recycling Holdings, Llc
23.2 mi	Presence Saint Mary Of Nazareth Hospital Chicago, IL	Oil	4 MW	Presence Health
23.4 mi	Portage Solar Valparaiso, IN	Solar	2 MW	Ecos Energy Llc
23.4 mi	Internationale Ctr 11-Slchi321 Woodridge, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
23.6 mi	Igs East Central, Llc Joliet, IL	Solar	2 MW	Igs East Central, Llc
23.6 mi	Valparaiso Solar, Llc Valparaiso, IN	Solar	1 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
23.9 mi	Will County Romeoville, IL	Coal	—	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
24.4 mi	Lockport Powerhouse Lockport, IL	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Metro Wtr Recl Dist Grtr Chi
24.4 mi	Il Bolingbrook 279 Marquette Dr Bolingbrook, IL	Solar	—	Catalyze Bolingbrook 279 Marquette Drive Microgrid, Llc
24.6 mi	Arcelormittal Burns Harbor Burns Harbor, IN	Other Fossil	176 MW	Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor Llc
24.8 mi	Ikea Joliet Rooftop Pv System Joliet, IL	Solar	2 MW	Ikea Property Inc
25.6 mi	Bailly Chesterton, IN	Coal	—	Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co
25.6 mi	Mars Snackfood Us Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	4 MW	M&m Mars Inc
26.0 mi	Romeoville 34b-Slchi234 Romeoville, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
26.1 mi	Romeoville 34a-Slchi234 Romeoville, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
26.3 mi	Lowe's - 1845 - Chicago Brickyard, Il Chicago, IL	Solar	—	North Narragansett Avenue Solar Project 2022, Llc
26.5 mi	Aes Griggs Solar, Llc Grant Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Aes Griggs Solar, Llc
26.8 mi	Triton East And West Cogen River Grove, IL	Natural Gas	4 MW	Triton College
26.8 mi	Joliet 9 Joliet, IL	Natural Gas	360 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
27.0 mi	Albertsons At Melrose Park Melrose Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Esil-Al-Melrose, Llc
27.0 mi	Greene Valley Gas Recovery Naperville, IL	Biomass	7 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
27.1 mi	Amazon Mdw6 Solar Project Romeoville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Prime 5, Llc
27.2 mi	Joliet 29 Joliet, IL	Natural Gas	1,320 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
27.6 mi	Jackson Generation, Llc Elwood, IL	Natural Gas	1,289 MW	Jackson Generation, Llc
27.9 mi	Nostrand Manteno Township, IL	Solar	2 MW	Nostrand Solar, Llc
28.1 mi	Northlake 2-Slchi302 Northlake, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
28.1 mi	Kankakee Solar 3 Manteno, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
28.2 mi	Elwood Energy Llc Elwood, IL	Natural Gas	1,728 MW	Elwood Energy Llc
28.5 mi	Northlake 3-Slchi303 Northlake, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
28.8 mi	Northeastern Illinois University Cogen Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	3 MW	Northeastern Illinois University
28.9 mi	Franklin Park 2-Slchi802 Franklin Park, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
29.0 mi	Northlake 4-Slchi304 Northlake, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
29.0 mi	Franklin Park 3-Slchi803 Franklin Park, IL	Solar	1 MW	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
29.3 mi	Northlake 5-Slchi305 Northlake, IL	Solar	—	Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated
29.5 mi	Kankakee Solar 1 Bourbonnais, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
30.1 mi	Prairie View Il Wilmington, IL	Natural Gas	—	Wm Renewable Energy Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 100 power plants within 50 miles of Thornton, Illinois (ZIP 60476), with a combined 9,486 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 53 of the 100 nearby plants. The closest plant is Thornwood High School at 0.8 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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