Power Plants Near 61281 — Sherrard, IL

55 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 61281 (Sherrard, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.3027, -90.4939 · County: Mercer

Nuclear 38%Coal 24%Wind 21%Natural Gas 11%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.0 mi	Goldenrod (Il) Viola, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
13.0 mi	Bishop Hill Iii Cambridge, IL	Wind	119 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
14.5 mi	Moline Moline, IL	Hydroelectric	76 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.8 mi	Davenport Water Pollution Control Plant Davenport, IA	Biomass	2 MW	Davenport City Of
16.6 mi	Riverside Bettendorf, IA	Natural Gas	—	Midamerican Energy Co
17.3 mi	Bishop Hill Ii Wind Farm Cambridge, IL	Wind	81 MW	Bishop Hill Energy Ii, Llc
20.1 mi	Fair Station Muscatine, IA	Coal	—	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
20.3 mi	Bishop Hill Energy Llc Cambridge, IL	Wind	200 MW	Sunedison Llc
20.6 mi	Geneseo Geneseo, IL	Wind	34 MW	City Of Geneseo - (Il)
26.0 mi	Midland Wind Kewane, IL	Wind	106 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
26.7 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3a Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
26.7 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3b Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
29.1 mi	Galesburg Galesburg, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
29.8 mi	Earp Solar, Llc Monmouth, IL	Solar	35 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
29.8 mi	Durant Durant, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Durant - (Ia)
29.8 mi	Muscatine Plant #1 Muscatine, IA	Coal	294 MW	Board Of Water Electric & Communications
30.4 mi	Cordova Energy Cordova, IL	Natural Gas	611 MW	Cordova Energy Co Llc
30.8 mi	Quad Cities Generating Station Cordova, IL	Nuclear	2,019 MW	Constellation Nuclear
31.1 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.8 mi	Mpw Solar 1 Muscatine, IA	Solar	—	Mpw Solar 1, Llc
32.2 mi	Payton Kewanee, IL	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
33.1 mi	Agrirenew Stockton, IA	Biomass	1 MW	Agrirenew
33.6 mi	Wilton Wilton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Wilton - (Ia)
34.7 mi	Eastern Iowa Solar Wilton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
35.5 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
37.0 mi	Wapello Solar Llc Wapello, IA	Solar	100 MW	Wapello Solar Llc
37.4 mi	Milton L Kapp Clinton, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.1 mi	Elba Solar Llc Williamsfield, IL	Solar	2 MW	Elba Solar Llc
38.7 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Clinton Clinton, IA	Coal	180 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
38.8 mi	Clinton Schools Clinton, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.5 mi	Yager Prophetstown, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
40.5 mi	Cattail (Csg) Fulton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Cattail Solar, Llc
40.9 mi	Uss Origami Solar Fulton, IL	Solar	—	Uss Origami Solar Llc
41.5 mi	Abel Solar Morrison, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
42.0 mi	Whiteside Solar 1 Csg Fulton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Whiteside Solar 1, Llc
42.8 mi	Uss Cattail Solar Fulton, IL	Solar	—	Uss Cattail Solar Llc
43.9 mi	West Liberty West Liberty, IA	Oil	17 MW	City Of West Liberty - (Ia)
44.7 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 1a Yates City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
44.9 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 1b Yates City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
45.2 mi	Agriwind Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	8 MW	Agriwind Holdings, Llc
45.3 mi	Round Grove 2 Lyndon, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
45.3 mi	Round Grove 1 Lyndon, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
45.8 mi	Yorktown 1 Solar Lyndon, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
45.9 mi	Prophet Csg Rock Falls, IL	Solar	2 MW	Prophet Solar, Llc
46.0 mi	Yorktown 2 Solar Lyndon, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
46.0 mi	Bunker Hill Solar Lyndon, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
46.3 mi	Tipton Tipton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Tipton - (Ia)
46.6 mi	Blue Goose Solar Csg Morrison, IL	Solar	2 MW	Blue Goose Solar
46.8 mi	Camp Grove Wind Farm Wyoming, IL	Wind	150 MW	Orion Energy Group Llc
46.8 mi	Lone Tree Wind, Llc Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	79 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
47.8 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.1 mi	Crescent Ridge Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	53 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
48.9 mi	Providence Heights Wind Llc Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	72 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.2 mi	Walnut Ridge Wind Farm Sheffield, IL	Wind	212 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
49.9 mi	Illinois Pv Fulton 1 Csg Farmington, IL	Solar	2 MW	Illinois Pv Fulton 1, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 55 power plants within 50 miles of Sherrard, Illinois (ZIP 61281), with a combined 5,318 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 55 nearby plants. The closest plant is Goldenrod (Il) at 8.0 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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