Power Plants Near 61470 — Prairie City, IL

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 61470 (Prairie City, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.6180, -90.4727 · County: Mcdonough

Coal 50%Wind 25%Solar 12%Natural Gas 9%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.3 mi	Bushnell Bushnell, IL	Oil	11 MW	City Of Bushnell - (Il)
13.5 mi	Sullivan B Community Solar Llc Macomb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sullivan B Community Solar Llc
14.8 mi	Cardinal Point Wind Sciota, IL	Wind	150 MW	Cardinal Point Llc
16.0 mi	Macomb 2a Macomb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
19.4 mi	Pleasantville Solar Park Ipava, IL	Solar	—	Pleasantville Solar Park Llc
20.3 mi	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc Csg Blandinsville, IL	Solar	4 MW	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc
20.8 mi	Galesburg Galesburg, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
21.4 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3a Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
21.4 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3b Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
21.5 mi	Earp Solar, Llc Monmouth, IL	Solar	35 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
26.4 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 1b Yates City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
26.5 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 1a Yates City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
27.0 mi	Illinois Pv Fulton 1 Csg Farmington, IL	Solar	2 MW	Illinois Pv Fulton 1, Llc
30.2 mi	Elba Solar Llc Williamsfield, IL	Solar	2 MW	Elba Solar Llc
31.2 mi	Havana Havana, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
32.5 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
34.8 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.9 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.5 mi	Ced Peoria Solar Mapleton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Bay4 Energy Services, Llc
41.3 mi	Goldenrod (Il) Viola, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
41.6 mi	Peoria County Il S2 Peoria, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
42.0 mi	Powerton Pekin, IL	Coal	1,786 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
42.2 mi	Bishop Hill Iii Cambridge, IL	Wind	119 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
42.6 mi	Peoria Solar 3 Dunlap, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
42.8 mi	Sand Prairie Solar Green Valley, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Sand Prairie, Llc
42.9 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.3 mi	Moraine Sands Wind Power Mason City, IL	Wind	171 MW	Moraine Sands Wind Power, Llc
43.9 mi	Uss Beard Solar Beardstown, IL	Solar	—	Uss Beard Solar Llc
44.2 mi	Cass County Renewable Energy Center Beardstown, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
45.2 mi	Bishop Hill Energy Llc Cambridge, IL	Wind	200 MW	Sunedison Llc
45.2 mi	Bishop Hill Ii Wind Farm Cambridge, IL	Wind	81 MW	Bishop Hill Energy Ii, Llc
45.7 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Peoria Peoria, IL	Natural Gas	36 MW	Biourja Renewables Llc
46.1 mi	Brown County Wind Turbine Mount Sterling, IL	Wind	2 MW	Adams Electric Cooperative
46.8 mi	Lowe's - 1193 - East Peoria, Il East Peoria, IL	Solar	—	Riverside Drive Solar Project 2022, Llc
47.5 mi	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc Mason City, IL	Wind	185 MW	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc
48.4 mi	Scs Galena 012589 Peoria, Llc Peoria, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
48.8 mi	Il West Hallock Project1 Edelstein, IL	Solar	2 MW	Il West Hallock Project1, Llc
49.7 mi	Keokuk Keokuk, IA	Hydroelectric	125 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
49.7 mi	Salt Creek Township Solar, Llc Mason City, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
50.0 mi	Alliant Sbd 9402 Climax Ft. Madison, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of Prairie City, Illinois (ZIP 61470), with a combined 3,570 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bushnell at 5.3 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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