Power Plants Near 61436 — Gilson, IL

46 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 61436 (Gilson, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8765, -90.1747 · County: Knox

Coal 56%Wind 38%Hydroelectric 2%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.3 mi	Elba Solar Llc Williamsfield, IL	Solar	2 MW	Elba Solar Llc
8.4 mi	Galesburg Galesburg, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
11.5 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 1a Yates City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
11.6 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 1b Yates City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
12.2 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3a Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
12.2 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3b Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
16.4 mi	Illinois Pv Fulton 1 Csg Farmington, IL	Solar	2 MW	Illinois Pv Fulton 1, Llc
23.6 mi	Bishop Hill Energy Llc Cambridge, IL	Wind	200 MW	Sunedison Llc
23.7 mi	Bishop Hill Iii Cambridge, IL	Wind	119 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
24.6 mi	Bishop Hill Ii Wind Farm Cambridge, IL	Wind	81 MW	Bishop Hill Energy Ii, Llc
25.2 mi	Peoria Solar 3 Dunlap, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
25.8 mi	Earp Solar, Llc Monmouth, IL	Solar	35 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
28.5 mi	Il West Hallock Project1 Edelstein, IL	Solar	2 MW	Il West Hallock Project1, Llc
28.7 mi	Midland Wind Kewane, IL	Wind	106 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
28.8 mi	Bushnell Bushnell, IL	Oil	11 MW	City Of Bushnell - (Il)
31.0 mi	Payton Kewanee, IL	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
31.3 mi	Peoria County Il S2 Peoria, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
31.5 mi	Goldenrod (Il) Viola, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
31.6 mi	Camp Grove Wind Farm Wyoming, IL	Wind	150 MW	Orion Energy Group Llc
32.2 mi	Ced Peoria Solar Mapleton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Bay4 Energy Services, Llc
32.6 mi	Scs Galena 012589 Peoria, Llc Peoria, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
32.8 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Peoria Peoria, IL	Natural Gas	36 MW	Biourja Renewables Llc
33.7 mi	Lowe's - 1193 - East Peoria, Il East Peoria, IL	Solar	—	Riverside Drive Solar Project 2022, Llc
34.8 mi	Powerton Pekin, IL	Coal	1,786 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
36.2 mi	Cardinal Point Wind Sciota, IL	Wind	150 MW	Cardinal Point Llc
37.0 mi	Tazewell Gas Recovery East Peoria, IL	Biomass	2 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
37.2 mi	Pleasantville Solar Park Ipava, IL	Solar	—	Pleasantville Solar Park Llc
37.2 mi	Sullivan B Community Solar Llc Macomb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sullivan B Community Solar Llc
37.4 mi	Lone Tree Wind, Llc Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	79 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
39.4 mi	Sand Prairie Solar Green Valley, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Sand Prairie, Llc
39.7 mi	Macomb 2a Macomb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
39.8 mi	Geneseo Geneseo, IL	Wind	34 MW	City Of Geneseo - (Il)
40.4 mi	Providence Heights Wind Llc Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	72 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
40.5 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
40.7 mi	Crescent Ridge Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	53 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
41.1 mi	Agriwind Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	8 MW	Agriwind Holdings, Llc
41.5 mi	Havana Havana, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
41.6 mi	Schulte 2 Community Solar Lacon, IL	Solar	2 MW	Schulte 2 Community Solar
41.8 mi	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc Csg Blandinsville, IL	Solar	4 MW	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc
46.5 mi	Richland Township Solar, Llc Washburn, IL	Solar	—	Birch Creek Power, Llc
47.5 mi	Richland Township Solar Ii, Llc Washburn, IL	Solar	—	Birch Creek Power, Llc
47.6 mi	Moline Moline, IL	Hydroelectric	76 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.0 mi	Riverside Bettendorf, IA	Natural Gas	—	Midamerican Energy Co
48.5 mi	Tazewell County Il S1 Delavan, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
48.7 mi	Davenport Water Pollution Control Plant Davenport, IA	Biomass	2 MW	Davenport City Of
49.2 mi	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc Mason City, IL	Wind	185 MW	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 46 power plants within 50 miles of Gilson, Illinois (ZIP 61436), with a combined 3,215 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 46 nearby plants. The closest plant is Elba Solar Llc at 8.3 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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