Power Plants Near 61237 — Buffalo Prairie, IL

43 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 61237 (Buffalo Prairie, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.3368, -90.8522 · County: Rock Island

Nuclear 38%Coal 24%Natural Gas 19%Wind 10%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.4 mi	Fair Station Muscatine, IA	Coal	—	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
11.3 mi	Muscatine Plant #1 Muscatine, IA	Coal	294 MW	Board Of Water Electric & Communications
12.6 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.1 mi	Mpw Solar 1 Muscatine, IA	Solar	—	Mpw Solar 1, Llc
15.9 mi	Davenport Water Pollution Control Plant Davenport, IA	Biomass	2 MW	Davenport City Of
16.4 mi	Goldenrod (Il) Viola, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
18.4 mi	Durant Durant, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Durant - (Ia)
19.4 mi	Wilton Wilton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Wilton - (Ia)
20.3 mi	Eastern Iowa Solar Wilton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
20.4 mi	Moline Moline, IL	Hydroelectric	76 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.1 mi	Wapello Solar Llc Wapello, IA	Solar	100 MW	Wapello Solar Llc
24.5 mi	Agrirenew Stockton, IA	Biomass	1 MW	Agrirenew
25.2 mi	Riverside Bettendorf, IA	Natural Gas	—	Midamerican Energy Co
26.7 mi	West Liberty West Liberty, IA	Oil	17 MW	City Of West Liberty - (Ia)
29.2 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
31.2 mi	Bishop Hill Iii Cambridge, IL	Wind	119 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
32.2 mi	Earp Solar, Llc Monmouth, IL	Solar	35 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
33.4 mi	Tipton Tipton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Tipton - (Ia)
35.9 mi	Bishop Hill Ii Wind Farm Cambridge, IL	Wind	81 MW	Bishop Hill Energy Ii, Llc
37.0 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3a Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
37.0 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3b Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
37.3 mi	Geneseo Geneseo, IL	Wind	34 MW	City Of Geneseo - (Il)
38.6 mi	Nlmu Wind New London, IA	Wind	2 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
38.8 mi	Quad Cities Generating Station Cordova, IL	Nuclear	2,019 MW	Constellation Nuclear
38.9 mi	Bishop Hill Energy Llc Cambridge, IL	Wind	200 MW	Sunedison Llc
39.1 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.3 mi	Johnson County Hills Solar Iowa City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.4 mi	Cordova Energy Cordova, IL	Natural Gas	611 MW	Cordova Energy Co Llc
39.7 mi	Nlmu Diesel New London, IA	Oil	8 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
40.5 mi	Galesburg Galesburg, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
40.6 mi	Anchor Wind, Llc Mechanicsville, IA	Wind	6 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
41.9 mi	University Of Iowa Main Power Plant Iowa City, IA	Natural Gas	41 MW	University Of Iowa
43.4 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.5 mi	Coralville Gt Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	72 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.3 mi	Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Mt Pleasant - (Ia)
44.7 mi	Midland Wind Kewane, IL	Wind	106 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
45.6 mi	Milton L Kapp Clinton, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.5 mi	Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	3 MW	University Of Iowa
46.9 mi	Clinton Schools Clinton, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Clinton Clinton, IA	Coal	180 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
47.1 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.5 mi	Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona Kalona, IA	Oil	6 MW	Farmers Electric Coop - (Ia)
49.2 mi	Maquoketa 1 Maquoketa, IA	Natural Gas	24 MW	City Of Maquoketa - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 43 power plants within 50 miles of Buffalo Prairie, Illinois (ZIP 61237), with a combined 5,343 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 43 nearby plants. The closest plant is Fair Station at 8.4 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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