Power Plants Near 61842 — Farmer City, IL

60 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 61842 (Farmer City, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.2447, -88.6634 · County: De Witt

Wind 55%Nuclear 19%Natural Gas 18%Coal 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.3 mi	Farmer City Farmer City, IL	Oil	11 MW	City Of Farmer City - (Il)
5.4 mi	Sapphire Sky Wind Energy Llc Farmer City, IL	Wind	260 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
5.5 mi	Prosperity Wind Deland, IL	Wind	—	Prosperity Wind, Llc
10.1 mi	Goose Creek Energy Center Monticello, IL	Natural Gas	684 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
10.3 mi	Clinton Power Station Clinton, IL	Nuclear	1,138 MW	Constellation Nuclear
13.3 mi	Moraine Csg Downs, IL	Solar	2 MW	Moraine Solar, Llc
17.7 mi	High Trail Wind Farm Llc Ellsworth, IL	Wind	211 MW	High Trail Wind Farm Llc
17.7 mi	Old Trail Wind Farm Ellsworth, IL	Wind	214 MW	Old Trail Wind Farm Llc
17.9 mi	Clinton Lfgte Clinton, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
20.9 mi	Gibson City Energy Center Llc Gibson City, IL	Natural Gas	270 MW	Gibson City Energy Center Llc
21.0 mi	Ced Champaign Solar Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
21.3 mi	State Farm Bloomington, IL	Oil	5 MW	State Farm Insurance
21.6 mi	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc Clinton, IL	Wind	201 MW	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc
21.9 mi	Breezewood Bloomington, IL	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
24.3 mi	University Of Illinois Abbott Power Plt Champaign, IL	Natural Gas	80 MW	University Of Illinois
24.6 mi	Tac-Distributed Energy Resource Hybrid Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Ameren Illinois
24.8 mi	Towanda Shirley, IL	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
24.8 mi	Phoenix Solar South Farms Llc Solar Farm Champaign, IL	Solar	5 MW	Phoenix Solar South Farms Llc
25.3 mi	Northern Cardinal Solar Scs Il 1, Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	10 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
25.4 mi	Scs County 012631 Champaign, Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
25.8 mi	Macon County Il S1 Decatur, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
25.9 mi	Radfords Run Wind Farm Maroa, IL	Wind	278 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
25.9 mi	Washington Street Solar 1 Llc Bloomington, IL	Solar	—	Washington Street Solar 1 Llc
27.0 mi	Rantoul Rantoul, IL	Oil	14 MW	Village Of Rantoul - (Il)
27.0 mi	Solar Star Urbana Landfill Central Urbana, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Urbana Landfill Central, Llc
27.1 mi	Solar Star Urbana Landfill East Urbana, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Urbana Landfill East, Llc
27.1 mi	Ford County Wind Farm Llc Ford County, IL	Wind	121 MW	Ford Ridge
27.5 mi	Heartland Community College Normal, IL	Wind	2 MW	Heartland Community College
28.1 mi	Rantoul Solar Rantoul, IL	Solar	2 MW	Altorfer Inc.
28.5 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Decatur Decatur, IL	Coal	335 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
30.8 mi	Primient Decatur Plant Cogen Decatur, IL	Natural Gas	65 MW	Primary Products Ingredients Americas, Llc
31.3 mi	White Oak Energy Llc Carlock, IL	Wind	150 MW	White Oak Energy Llc
31.6 mi	Bright Stalk Wind Farm I Chenoa, IL	Wind	205 MW	Lexington Chenoa Wind Farm Llc
32.0 mi	Blooming Grove Wind Energy Center Chenoa, IL	Wind	250 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
34.6 mi	Fuyao Glass Illinois Inc. Decatur, IL	Oil	5 MW	Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc
35.2 mi	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc Tbd, IL	Wind	202 MW	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc
35.4 mi	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc Mt.pulaski, IL	Wind	65 MW	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc
35.8 mi	Prairie Solar Llc Sidney, IL	Solar	—	Mn8 Energy Llc
35.9 mi	Il Sidney Project1 Sidney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Il Sidney Project1, Llc
37.0 mi	Pioneer Trail Wind Farm, Llc Paxton, IL	Wind	150 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
39.6 mi	El Paso Wind Project El Paso, IL	Wind	—	Pattern Operators Lp
39.9 mi	Rail Splitter Wind Farm Hopedale, IL	Wind	101 MW	Rail Splitter Wind Farm Llc
40.7 mi	Hilltopper Wind Project Mt. Pulaski, IL	Wind	185 MW	Hilltopper Wind Project, Llc
41.3 mi	Mulligan Solar, Llc Broadwell, IL	Solar	70 MW	Mulligan Solar
41.5 mi	California Ridge Wind Energy Llc Fithian, IL	Wind	217 MW	Sunedison Llc
41.9 mi	Panther Grove Wind, Llc Peoria, IL	Wind	—	Panther Grove Wind, Llc
42.3 mi	Harvest Ridge Wind Farm Newman, IL	Wind	202 MW	Harvest Ridge Wind Farm
42.4 mi	Vermilion Solar Ii Llc Pontiac, IL	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
42.5 mi	Vermilion Solar I Llc Pontiac, IL	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
43.3 mi	Ill060-Sangamon-Atchison Illiopolis, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
44.9 mi	Sullivan (Il) Sullivan, IL	Oil	25 MW	City Of Sullivan - (Il)
46.2 mi	Tazewell County Il S1 Delavan, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
46.2 mi	Walldog Pontiac, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
46.6 mi	Pontiac Pontiac, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pontiac Solar, Llc
46.6 mi	Pontiac 1a Pontiac, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Dg Il 3 Llc
46.8 mi	Hoopeston Wind Llc Rossville, IL	Wind	98 MW	Hoopeston Wind Llc
47.4 mi	Livingston Generating Facility Pontiac, IL	Biomass	15 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
47.8 mi	Minonk Wind Farm Minonk, IL	Wind	200 MW	Algonquin Power Co
47.9 mi	Pike Creek Wind Elkhart, IL	Wind	—	Repsol Renewables Na
48.5 mi	Vermilion Oakwood, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 60 power plants within 50 miles of Farmer City, Illinois (ZIP 61842), with a combined 6,073 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 60 nearby plants. The closest plant is Farmer City at 1.3 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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