Power Plants Near 61488 — Wataga, IL

52 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 61488 (Wataga, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0224, -90.2723 · County: Knox

Coal 39%Nuclear 27%Wind 17%Natural Gas 13%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.0 mi	Galesburg Galesburg, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
9.6 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3a Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
9.6 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3b Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
13.0 mi	Bishop Hill Iii Cambridge, IL	Wind	119 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
15.4 mi	Bishop Hill Ii Wind Farm Cambridge, IL	Wind	81 MW	Bishop Hill Energy Ii, Llc
15.5 mi	Bishop Hill Energy Llc Cambridge, IL	Wind	200 MW	Sunedison Llc
16.4 mi	Elba Solar Llc Williamsfield, IL	Solar	2 MW	Elba Solar Llc
20.8 mi	Goldenrod (Il) Viola, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
22.3 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 1a Yates City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
22.3 mi	Midland Wind Kewane, IL	Wind	106 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
22.5 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 1b Yates City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
22.6 mi	Earp Solar, Llc Monmouth, IL	Solar	35 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
26.6 mi	Payton Kewanee, IL	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
27.5 mi	Illinois Pv Fulton 1 Csg Farmington, IL	Solar	2 MW	Illinois Pv Fulton 1, Llc
30.3 mi	Geneseo Geneseo, IL	Wind	34 MW	City Of Geneseo - (Il)
33.2 mi	Peoria Solar 3 Dunlap, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
33.3 mi	Camp Grove Wind Farm Wyoming, IL	Wind	150 MW	Orion Energy Group Llc
34.1 mi	Il West Hallock Project1 Edelstein, IL	Solar	2 MW	Il West Hallock Project1, Llc
35.1 mi	Bushnell Bushnell, IL	Oil	11 MW	City Of Bushnell - (Il)
36.0 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
36.3 mi	Moline Moline, IL	Hydroelectric	76 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.9 mi	Riverside Bettendorf, IA	Natural Gas	—	Midamerican Energy Co
37.1 mi	Lone Tree Wind, Llc Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	79 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
37.4 mi	Davenport Water Pollution Control Plant Davenport, IA	Biomass	2 MW	Davenport City Of
38.9 mi	Agriwind Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	8 MW	Agriwind Holdings, Llc
39.1 mi	Cardinal Point Wind Sciota, IL	Wind	150 MW	Cardinal Point Llc
39.7 mi	Crescent Ridge Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	53 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
39.9 mi	Providence Heights Wind Llc Tiskilwa, IL	Wind	72 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
40.8 mi	Scs Galena 012589 Peoria, Llc Peoria, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
41.5 mi	Fair Station Muscatine, IA	Coal	—	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
41.6 mi	Peoria County Il S2 Peoria, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
42.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Peoria Peoria, IL	Natural Gas	36 MW	Biourja Renewables Llc
42.8 mi	Sullivan B Community Solar Llc Macomb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sullivan B Community Solar Llc
42.8 mi	Ced Peoria Solar Mapleton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Bay4 Energy Services, Llc
43.0 mi	Lowe's - 1193 - East Peoria, Il East Peoria, IL	Solar	—	Riverside Drive Solar Project 2022, Llc
44.2 mi	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc Csg Blandinsville, IL	Solar	4 MW	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc
44.9 mi	Macomb 2a Macomb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
45.2 mi	Schulte 2 Community Solar Lacon, IL	Solar	2 MW	Schulte 2 Community Solar
45.5 mi	Powerton Pekin, IL	Coal	1,786 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
46.0 mi	Tazewell Gas Recovery East Peoria, IL	Biomass	2 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
46.3 mi	Pleasantville Solar Park Ipava, IL	Solar	—	Pleasantville Solar Park Llc
47.3 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.7 mi	Cordova Energy Cordova, IL	Natural Gas	611 MW	Cordova Energy Co Llc
47.8 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.0 mi	Wapello Solar Llc Wapello, IA	Solar	100 MW	Wapello Solar Llc
48.1 mi	Muscatine Plant #1 Muscatine, IA	Coal	294 MW	Board Of Water Electric & Communications
48.2 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.5 mi	Yager Prophetstown, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
48.6 mi	Princeton (Il) Princeton, IL	Natural Gas	38 MW	City Of Princeton - (Il)
48.6 mi	Walnut Ridge Wind Farm Sheffield, IL	Wind	212 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
48.7 mi	Quad Cities Generating Station Cordova, IL	Nuclear	2,019 MW	Constellation Nuclear
49.6 mi	Mpw Solar 1 Muscatine, IA	Solar	—	Mpw Solar 1, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 52 power plants within 50 miles of Wataga, Illinois (ZIP 61488), with a combined 7,406 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 52 nearby plants. The closest plant is Galesburg at 9.0 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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