Power Plants Near 61260 — Joy, IL

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 61260 (Joy, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2262, -90.8518 · County: Mercer

Nuclear 38%Coal 21%Natural Gas 19%Wind 13%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.8 mi	Goldenrod (Il) Viola, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
14.0 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.6 mi	Muscatine Plant #1 Muscatine, IA	Coal	294 MW	Board Of Water Electric & Communications
16.0 mi	Fair Station Muscatine, IA	Coal	—	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
16.8 mi	Mpw Solar 1 Muscatine, IA	Solar	—	Mpw Solar 1, Llc
17.6 mi	Wapello Solar Llc Wapello, IA	Solar	100 MW	Wapello Solar Llc
21.8 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
21.8 mi	Davenport Water Pollution Control Plant Davenport, IA	Biomass	2 MW	Davenport City Of
25.0 mi	Earp Solar, Llc Monmouth, IL	Solar	35 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
25.6 mi	Moline Moline, IL	Hydroelectric	76 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.0 mi	Durant Durant, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Durant - (Ia)
26.4 mi	Wilton Wilton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Wilton - (Ia)
27.3 mi	Eastern Iowa Solar Wilton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
29.9 mi	Bishop Hill Iii Cambridge, IL	Wind	119 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
30.1 mi	Riverside Bettendorf, IA	Natural Gas	—	Midamerican Energy Co
31.5 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3a Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
31.5 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3b Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
31.9 mi	West Liberty West Liberty, IA	Oil	17 MW	City Of West Liberty - (Ia)
32.2 mi	Agrirenew Stockton, IA	Biomass	1 MW	Agrirenew
32.2 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.9 mi	Nlmu Wind New London, IA	Wind	2 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
34.7 mi	Nlmu Diesel New London, IA	Oil	8 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
35.2 mi	Galesburg Galesburg, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
35.2 mi	Bishop Hill Ii Wind Farm Cambridge, IL	Wind	81 MW	Bishop Hill Energy Ii, Llc
36.2 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.0 mi	Bishop Hill Energy Llc Cambridge, IL	Wind	200 MW	Sunedison Llc
39.7 mi	Geneseo Geneseo, IL	Wind	34 MW	City Of Geneseo - (Il)
40.4 mi	Tipton Tipton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Tipton - (Ia)
40.4 mi	Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Mt Pleasant - (Ia)
40.6 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.1 mi	Johnson County Hills Solar Iowa City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.4 mi	Cardinal Point Wind Sciota, IL	Wind	150 MW	Cardinal Point Llc
44.5 mi	Quad Cities Generating Station Cordova, IL	Nuclear	2,019 MW	Constellation Nuclear
44.6 mi	Midland Wind Kewane, IL	Wind	106 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
44.8 mi	Cordova Energy Cordova, IL	Natural Gas	611 MW	Cordova Energy Co Llc
46.3 mi	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc Csg Blandinsville, IL	Solar	4 MW	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc
46.4 mi	University Of Iowa Main Power Plant Iowa City, IA	Natural Gas	41 MW	University Of Iowa
47.5 mi	Anchor Wind, Llc Mechanicsville, IA	Wind	6 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
48.0 mi	Coralville Gt Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	72 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.5 mi	Elba Solar Llc Williamsfield, IL	Solar	2 MW	Elba Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of Joy, Illinois (ZIP 61260), with a combined 5,286 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Goldenrod (Il) at 13.8 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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