Power Plants Near 61460 — Media, IL

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 61460 (Media, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7618, -90.8570 · County: Henderson

Coal 44%Wind 22%Natural Gas 15%Solar 12%Hydroelectric 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.9 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
13.2 mi	Cardinal Point Wind Sciota, IL	Wind	150 MW	Cardinal Point Llc
13.3 mi	Earp Solar, Llc Monmouth, IL	Solar	35 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
13.7 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
14.3 mi	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc Csg Blandinsville, IL	Solar	4 MW	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc
15.6 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.1 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
23.0 mi	Macomb 2a Macomb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
23.1 mi	Sullivan B Community Solar Llc Macomb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sullivan B Community Solar Llc
23.3 mi	Bushnell Bushnell, IL	Oil	11 MW	City Of Bushnell - (Il)
26.4 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3a Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
26.4 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3b Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
29.0 mi	Galesburg Galesburg, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
30.2 mi	Nlmu Diesel New London, IA	Oil	8 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
31.1 mi	Nlmu Wind New London, IA	Wind	2 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
31.8 mi	Wapello Solar Llc Wapello, IA	Solar	100 MW	Wapello Solar Llc
32.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 9402 Climax Ft. Madison, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
34.0 mi	Goldenrod (Il) Viola, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
37.0 mi	Keokuk Keokuk, IA	Hydroelectric	125 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
38.2 mi	Roquette America Keokuk, IA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Roquette America
38.8 mi	Pleasantville Solar Park Ipava, IL	Solar	—	Pleasantville Solar Park Llc
39.1 mi	Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Mt Pleasant - (Ia)
40.4 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.4 mi	Bishop Hill Iii Cambridge, IL	Wind	119 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
44.4 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 1b Yates City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
44.4 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 1a Yates City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
44.8 mi	Muscatine Plant #1 Muscatine, IA	Coal	294 MW	Board Of Water Electric & Communications
44.8 mi	Elba Solar Llc Williamsfield, IL	Solar	2 MW	Elba Solar Llc
44.8 mi	Mpw Solar 1 Muscatine, IA	Solar	—	Mpw Solar 1, Llc
46.8 mi	Illinois Pv Fulton 1 Csg Farmington, IL	Solar	2 MW	Illinois Pv Fulton 1, Llc
48.1 mi	Fair Station Muscatine, IA	Coal	—	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
48.2 mi	Bishop Hill Ii Wind Farm Cambridge, IL	Wind	81 MW	Bishop Hill Energy Ii, Llc
49.6 mi	Bishop Hill Energy Llc Cambridge, IL	Wind	200 MW	Sunedison Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of Media, Illinois (ZIP 61460), with a combined 2,506 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Galesburg Solar Array at 11.9 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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