Power Plants Near 61079 — Shirland, IL

100 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 61079 (Shirland, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.4445, -89.1976 · County: Winnebago

Natural Gas 48%Nuclear 42%Solar 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.2 mi	Rockton Rockton, IL	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
7.3 mi	Ced Hilltop Solar Rockford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Bay4 Energy Services, Llc
9.4 mi	Aes Bend Solar Ii, Llc Rockford, IL	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
9.5 mi	Blackhawk Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
9.5 mi	Paddock Solar Beloit, WI	Solar	65 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
9.5 mi	Aes Bend Solar I, Llc Rockford, IL	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
10.2 mi	All World Solar Facility Roscoe, IL	Solar	2 MW	All World Machinery Supply, Inc.
10.7 mi	Varnsen Pecatonica, IL	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
11.0 mi	Machesney Park Machesney Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Dg Il 1 Llc
12.0 mi	Beloit Memorial Hospital Power Plant Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	3 MW	Beloit Memorial Hospital
12.1 mi	Rockford Solar Rockford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Rockford Solar, Llc
12.2 mi	Mondelez Global Llc Rockford, IL	Natural Gas	5 MW	Mondelez Global, Llc
12.4 mi	West Riverside Energy Center Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	728 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
12.5 mi	Hqc Rock River Solar Power Gen Station Beloit, WI	Solar	2 MW	Hqc Rock River Solar Power Generation Station Llc
12.6 mi	Riverside Energy Center Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	675 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
13.0 mi	Rock River Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
14.6 mi	Lowe's - 1440 - Rockford, Il Rdc (Poi 1) Rockford, IL	Solar	—	South Springfield Avenue Solar Project 2022, Llc
14.6 mi	Lowe's - 1440 - Rockford, Il Rdc (Poi 2) Rockford, IL	Solar	—	South Springfield Avenue Ii Solar Project 2022, Llc
15.1 mi	Nrg Rockford I Rockford, IL	Natural Gas	316 MW	Rockford Generation Llc
15.1 mi	Nrg Rockford Ii Energy Center Rockford, IL	Natural Gas	168 MW	Rockford Generation Llc
15.2 mi	Dakota Rock City, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
16.3 mi	Kishwaukee Chp Plant Rockford, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Four Rivers Sanitation Authority
17.1 mi	Rockford Plant Rockford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
17.4 mi	Sabrooke Rockford, IL	Oil	—	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
17.6 mi	Dakota Solar 1, Llc Dakota, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
17.6 mi	Slidematic At Rockford Rockford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
17.7 mi	Albany Solar (Wi) Broadhead, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
18.0 mi	Route 76 Boone Solar 1 Poplar Grove, IL	Solar	2 MW	Route 76 Boone Solar 1, Llc
19.4 mi	Rockford Solar Farm Rockford, IL	Solar	3 MW	Rockford Solar Partners
19.4 mi	Rockford Cs 1 Rockford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Rockford Cs 1, Llc
19.4 mi	Rockford Cs 2 Rockford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Rockford Cs 2, Llc
19.6 mi	Cherry Valley Cherry Valley, IL	Solar	—	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
20.3 mi	Ameresco Janesville Janesville, WI	Biomass	3 MW	Ameresco Janesville Llc
20.9 mi	Rockford Csg Rockford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Rockford Baxter Rd Holdco Llc Csg
21.2 mi	Rock County Customer Hosted Solar Janesville, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
21.2 mi	Kish Csg Cherry Valley, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kish Solar, Llc
21.2 mi	Janesville Community Solar Janesville, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
21.5 mi	Sv Csg German Valley 1 Llc German Valley, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
21.7 mi	Orchard Hills Renewable Energy Station Davis Junction, IL	Natural Gas	—	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
21.8 mi	Dg Harlem Solar Freeport, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Harlem, Llc
21.9 mi	Trinity Freeport Freeport, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
22.5 mi	Il17021 Brush Creek I Csg Freeport, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Brush Creek I Solar Llc
22.5 mi	Pretzel Csg Freeport, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pretzel Solar, Llc
22.6 mi	Freeport 18th Solar Freeport, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
22.8 mi	Cedarville (Il) Freeport, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
23.4 mi	2662 Freeport Solar 1 Csg Freeport, IL	Solar	2 MW	2662 Freeport Solar 1, Llc
25.8 mi	North Rock Edgerton, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
25.9 mi	Byron Generating Station Byron, IL	Nuclear	2,450 MW	Constellation Nuclear
26.3 mi	Darien Solar Darien, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
26.9 mi	Sv Csg Baileyville 1 Llc Baileyville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Baileyville 1 Llc
27.0 mi	Sv Csg Baileyville 2 Llc Baileyville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Baileyville 2 Llc
27.3 mi	Sheepskin Edgerton, WI	Natural Gas	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
28.8 mi	Csg Mt. Morris 2, Llc Mt. Morries, IL	Solar	2 MW	Csg Mt. Morris 2, Llc
29.6 mi	Grant Marengo, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
29.9 mi	Lobelia 1 Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
30.2 mi	Unity Solar Project (Il) Lena, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
30.2 mi	Harmony Solar Project Lena, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
30.4 mi	Mt. Morris Solar Csg Polo, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Illinois Solar, Llc
30.5 mi	9521 Us 14 Solar 1, Llc Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
30.5 mi	Oe Il Solar 3 Oregon, IL	Solar	2 MW	Oe Il Solar 3, Llc
30.6 mi	Lawrence Solar 1 Llc Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
30.6 mi	Lawrence Solar 2 Llc Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
30.7 mi	Uss Ducks Solar Oregon, IL	Solar	—	Uss Ducks Solar Llc
31.0 mi	Olmstead Ii Csg Lena, IL	Solar	2 MW	Olmstead Solar Ii, Llc
31.4 mi	Marengo Solar Marengo, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Illinois Solar, Llc
31.4 mi	Marengo Battery Storage Llc Marengo Twp, IL	Other Fossil	20 MW	Marengo Battery Storage Llc
31.4 mi	Adkins Energy Llc Lena, IL	Natural Gas	7 MW	Adkins Energy Llc
31.5 mi	Cedarville Road Lena, IL	Solar	2 MW	Src P9 - Lena Solar, Llc
33.1 mi	Owens Creek Solar Kirkland, IL	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
33.2 mi	Gala (Csg) Lena, IL	Solar	2 MW	Gala Solar, Llc
33.2 mi	Dodds (Csg) Lena, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dodds Solar, Llc
33.5 mi	Lafayette 2 - Mchenry Franks 1 Marengo, IL	Solar	2 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
34.7 mi	Hackbarth Solar Wi, Llc Fort Atkinson, WI	Solar	5 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
34.7 mi	Ecogrove Wind Llc Lena, IL	Wind	101 MW	Acciona Wind Energy Usa Llc
35.5 mi	Lena Lena, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lena Solar 1 Llc
35.8 mi	Alden Road Harvard Solar 1 Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Alden Road Harvard Solar 1, Llc
35.8 mi	Uw Kegonsa Customer Hosted Solar Stoughton, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
36.0 mi	N Baker Road Lena, IL	Solar	—	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
36.1 mi	N Baker Road 2 Lena, IL	Solar	—	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
36.2 mi	High Point Solar Llc Lena, IL	Solar	100 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
37.0 mi	Whitewater Generating Station Whitewater, WI	Natural Gas	284 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
37.2 mi	Kent School Road Solar 1 Kent, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kent School Road Solar 1
37.3 mi	Jones Dairy Fort Atkinson, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
37.3 mi	Rochelle Energy Center Rochelle, IL	Biomass	5 MW	Frontier Operation Services
37.5 mi	Rockgen Energy Center Cambridge, WI	Natural Gas	561 MW	Dairyland Power Coop
37.7 mi	North Ninth Street Rochelle, IL	Natural Gas	17 MW	Rochelle Municipal Utilities
37.7 mi	South Main Street Rochelle, IL	Oil	16 MW	Rochelle Municipal Utilities
37.8 mi	Strix Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
37.8 mi	Il Rochelle 975 S. Caron Rd Rochelle, IL	Solar	2 MW	Catalyze Rochelle Wiscold Drive Microgrid, Llc
37.8 mi	1515 S Caron Road Rochelle, IL	Natural Gas	—	Rochelle Municipal Utilities
38.2 mi	Lafayette Solar Wi, Llc Elkhorn, WI	Solar	6 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
38.5 mi	Argyle Argyle, WI	Oil	2 MW	City Of Argyle - (Wi)
38.6 mi	Tyto Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
38.9 mi	Wolfcastle Dekalb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Wolfcastle Solar, Llc
39.3 mi	Sunnyside Solar Energy Center Fitchburg, WI	Battery Storage	—	Madison Gas & Electric Co
39.4 mi	Lafayette 2 - Mchenry Franks 2 Huntley, IL	Solar	2 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
39.8 mi	Armstrong 1 Greenwood, IL	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
40.2 mi	Mcfarland Schools Customer Hosted Mcfarland, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
40.5 mi	Agrimony 1 Warren, IL	Solar	—	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
40.5 mi	O'brien Solar Fields Fitchburg, WI	Solar	22 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co

Power generation near this area

There are 100 power plants within 50 miles of Shirland, Illinois (ZIP 61079), with a combined 5,770 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 74 of the 100 nearby plants. The closest plant is Rockton at 6.2 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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