Power Plants Near 61278 — Rapids City, IL

67 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 61278 (Rapids City, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.5817, -90.3435 · County: Rock Island

Nuclear 30%Natural Gas 25%Wind 23%Coal 19%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.1 mi	Riverside Bettendorf, IA	Natural Gas	—	Midamerican Energy Co
9.6 mi	Cordova Energy Cordova, IL	Natural Gas	611 MW	Cordova Energy Co Llc
10.1 mi	Quad Cities Generating Station Cordova, IL	Nuclear	2,019 MW	Constellation Nuclear
11.0 mi	Moline Moline, IL	Hydroelectric	76 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.5 mi	Geneseo Geneseo, IL	Wind	34 MW	City Of Geneseo - (Il)
15.9 mi	Davenport Water Pollution Control Plant Davenport, IA	Biomass	2 MW	Davenport City Of
16.6 mi	Milton L Kapp Clinton, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
17.9 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Clinton Clinton, IA	Coal	180 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
18.1 mi	Clinton Schools Clinton, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
19.9 mi	Cattail (Csg) Fulton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Cattail Solar, Llc
20.2 mi	Uss Origami Solar Fulton, IL	Solar	—	Uss Origami Solar Llc
21.3 mi	Whiteside Solar 1 Csg Fulton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Whiteside Solar 1, Llc
21.7 mi	Abel Solar Morrison, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
22.1 mi	Uss Cattail Solar Fulton, IL	Solar	—	Uss Cattail Solar Llc
23.3 mi	Yager Prophetstown, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
25.7 mi	Bishop Hill Ii Wind Farm Cambridge, IL	Wind	81 MW	Bishop Hill Energy Ii, Llc
25.8 mi	Bishop Hill Iii Cambridge, IL	Wind	119 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
26.3 mi	Fair Station Muscatine, IA	Coal	—	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
27.5 mi	Round Grove 2 Lyndon, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
27.6 mi	Round Grove 1 Lyndon, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
27.8 mi	Bishop Hill Energy Llc Cambridge, IL	Wind	200 MW	Sunedison Llc
28.0 mi	Yorktown 1 Solar Lyndon, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
28.1 mi	Bunker Hill Solar Lyndon, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
28.1 mi	Agrirenew Stockton, IA	Biomass	1 MW	Agrirenew
28.1 mi	Yorktown 2 Solar Lyndon, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
28.1 mi	Midland Wind Kewane, IL	Wind	106 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
28.6 mi	Goldenrod (Il) Viola, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
28.9 mi	Blue Goose Solar Csg Morrison, IL	Solar	2 MW	Blue Goose Solar
29.4 mi	Durant Durant, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Durant - (Ia)
29.5 mi	Prophet Csg Rock Falls, IL	Solar	2 MW	Prophet Solar, Llc
30.9 mi	Dpc York Thomson, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
32.5 mi	Preston (Ia) Preston, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Preston
32.7 mi	Payton Kewanee, IL	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
33.2 mi	Galt Sterling, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
34.9 mi	Wilton Wilton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Wilton - (Ia)
35.5 mi	Maquoketa 1 Maquoketa, IA	Natural Gas	24 MW	City Of Maquoketa - (Ia)
35.8 mi	Eastern Iowa Solar Wilton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
36.4 mi	Avenue A Generator Sets Rock Falls, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Rock Falls - (Il)
36.9 mi	Industrial Park Rock Falls, IL	Oil	13 MW	City Of Rock Falls - (Il)
37.0 mi	Scs Beltway 011754 Rock Falls, Llc Rock Falls, IL	Solar	1 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
37.2 mi	Upper Sterling Rock Falls, IL	Hydroelectric	2 MW	City Of Rock Falls - (Il)
37.5 mi	Maquoketa 2 Maquoketa, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Maquoketa - (Ia)
38.4 mi	Iowa Hydro Llc Maquoketa, IA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Renewable World Energies Llc
39.2 mi	Muscatine Plant #1 Muscatine, IA	Coal	294 MW	Board Of Water Electric & Communications
39.9 mi	Walnut Ridge Wind Farm Sheffield, IL	Wind	212 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
40.3 mi	Nelson Energy Center Rock Falls, IL	Natural Gas	628 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
40.3 mi	Invenergy Nelson Expansion Llc Rock Falls, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
40.7 mi	Green River Wind Farm Deer Grove, IL	Wind	194 MW	Green River Wind Farm Phase 1, Llc
41.3 mi	Mpw Solar 1 Muscatine, IA	Solar	—	Mpw Solar 1, Llc
42.0 mi	Agriwind Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	8 MW	Agriwind Holdings, Llc
42.8 mi	Tipton Tipton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Tipton - (Ia)
42.9 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.9 mi	Ohio Solar Llc Ohio, IL	Solar	—	Ohio Solar, Llc
45.4 mi	Bureau Solar 1 Princeton, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
45.6 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3a Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
45.6 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3b Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
45.9 mi	Big Sky Wind Llc Ohio, IL	Wind	239 MW	Big Sky Wind Llc
46.1 mi	Crescent Ridge Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	53 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
46.3 mi	Bellevue Bellevue, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Bellevue - (Ia)
46.5 mi	Lone Tree Wind, Llc Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	79 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
47.1 mi	Galesburg Galesburg, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
47.5 mi	Providence Heights Wind Llc Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	72 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
47.6 mi	West Liberty West Liberty, IA	Oil	17 MW	City Of West Liberty - (Ia)
47.7 mi	Princeton (Il) Princeton, IL	Natural Gas	38 MW	City Of Princeton - (Il)
48.1 mi	Dixon Hydroelectric Dam Dixon, IL	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
49.6 mi	Anchor Wind, Llc Mechanicsville, IA	Wind	6 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
49.8 mi	Camp Grove Wind Farm Wyoming, IL	Wind	150 MW	Orion Energy Group Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 67 power plants within 50 miles of Rapids City, Illinois (ZIP 61278), with a combined 6,736 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 67 nearby plants. The closest plant is Riverside at 6.1 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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