Power Plants Near 61856 — Monticello, IL

62 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 61856 (Monticello, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.0263, -88.5686 · County: Piatt

Wind 50%Natural Gas 21%Nuclear 18%Coal 5%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.8 mi	Goose Creek Energy Center Monticello, IL	Natural Gas	684 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
11.2 mi	Prosperity Wind Deland, IL	Wind	—	Prosperity Wind, Llc
15.6 mi	Farmer City Farmer City, IL	Oil	11 MW	City Of Farmer City - (Il)
16.6 mi	Ced Champaign Solar Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
17.3 mi	Clinton Power Station Clinton, IL	Nuclear	1,138 MW	Constellation Nuclear
17.5 mi	Northern Cardinal Solar Scs Il 1, Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	10 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
17.6 mi	Phoenix Solar South Farms Llc Solar Farm Champaign, IL	Solar	5 MW	Phoenix Solar South Farms Llc
17.7 mi	Scs County 012631 Champaign, Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
17.7 mi	Tac-Distributed Energy Resource Hybrid Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Ameren Illinois
18.1 mi	University Of Illinois Abbott Power Plt Champaign, IL	Natural Gas	80 MW	University Of Illinois
18.6 mi	Sapphire Sky Wind Energy Llc Farmer City, IL	Wind	260 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
18.9 mi	Macon County Il S1 Decatur, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
20.2 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Decatur Decatur, IL	Coal	335 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
21.6 mi	Solar Star Urbana Landfill Central Urbana, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Urbana Landfill Central, Llc
21.7 mi	Solar Star Urbana Landfill East Urbana, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Urbana Landfill East, Llc
21.8 mi	Clinton Lfgte Clinton, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
22.8 mi	Primient Decatur Plant Cogen Decatur, IL	Natural Gas	65 MW	Primary Products Ingredients Americas, Llc
24.6 mi	Fuyao Glass Illinois Inc. Decatur, IL	Oil	5 MW	Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc
25.3 mi	Radfords Run Wind Farm Maroa, IL	Wind	278 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
27.0 mi	Prairie Solar Llc Sidney, IL	Solar	—	Mn8 Energy Llc
27.6 mi	Il Sidney Project1 Sidney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Il Sidney Project1, Llc
28.4 mi	Moraine Csg Downs, IL	Solar	2 MW	Moraine Solar, Llc
28.9 mi	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc Clinton, IL	Wind	201 MW	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc
29.2 mi	Rantoul Solar Rantoul, IL	Solar	2 MW	Altorfer Inc.
29.3 mi	Rantoul Rantoul, IL	Oil	14 MW	Village Of Rantoul - (Il)
29.5 mi	Harvest Ridge Wind Farm Newman, IL	Wind	202 MW	Harvest Ridge Wind Farm
29.8 mi	Sullivan (Il) Sullivan, IL	Oil	25 MW	City Of Sullivan - (Il)
32.0 mi	Gibson City Energy Center Llc Gibson City, IL	Natural Gas	270 MW	Gibson City Energy Center Llc
33.6 mi	High Trail Wind Farm Llc Ellsworth, IL	Wind	211 MW	High Trail Wind Farm Llc
33.6 mi	Old Trail Wind Farm Ellsworth, IL	Wind	214 MW	Old Trail Wind Farm Llc
33.6 mi	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc Mt.pulaski, IL	Wind	65 MW	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc
35.6 mi	Coles Wind Charleston, IL	Wind	—	Coles Wind, Llc
35.8 mi	Cooks Mill Pv I Matoon, IL	Solar	—	Cooks Mill Pv I, Llc
36.0 mi	State Farm Bloomington, IL	Oil	5 MW	State Farm Insurance
36.2 mi	Breezewood Bloomington, IL	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
38.4 mi	Towanda Shirley, IL	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
38.4 mi	Ford County Wind Farm Llc Ford County, IL	Wind	121 MW	Ford Ridge
38.4 mi	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc Tbd, IL	Wind	202 MW	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc
38.7 mi	California Ridge Wind Energy Llc Fithian, IL	Wind	217 MW	Sunedison Llc
40.2 mi	Washington Street Solar 1 Llc Bloomington, IL	Solar	—	Washington Street Solar 1 Llc
40.6 mi	Ill060-Sangamon-Atchison Illiopolis, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
41.5 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
41.8 mi	Pioneer Trail Wind Farm, Llc Paxton, IL	Wind	150 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
42.5 mi	Heartland Community College Normal, IL	Wind	2 MW	Heartland Community College
43.0 mi	Hilltopper Wind Project Mt. Pulaski, IL	Wind	185 MW	Hilltopper Wind Project, Llc
43.3 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
44.6 mi	Vermilion Oakwood, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
44.8 mi	Blooming Grove Wind Energy Center Chenoa, IL	Wind	250 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
45.3 mi	Mulligan Solar, Llc Broadwell, IL	Solar	70 MW	Mulligan Solar
45.9 mi	Prairie Wolf Solar Llc Ashmore Township, IL	Solar	200 MW	National Grid Renewables
46.0 mi	Triple S Solar I Llc Kansas, IL	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
46.4 mi	White Oak Energy Llc Carlock, IL	Wind	150 MW	White Oak Energy Llc
47.2 mi	Bright Stalk Wind Farm I Chenoa, IL	Wind	205 MW	Lexington Chenoa Wind Farm Llc
47.7 mi	Ridge Farm Ridge Farm, IL	Solar	2 MW	Ridge Farm Solar 1 Llc
48.1 mi	Hoopeston Wind Llc Rossville, IL	Wind	98 MW	Hoopeston Wind Llc
48.7 mi	Tilton Tilton, IL	Natural Gas	188 MW	Tilton Energy Llc
48.7 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Taylorville Taylorville, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
48.8 mi	Ridge Farm Renewables Llc Pv Ridge Farm, IL	Solar	—	Ridge Farm Renewables Llc Pv
48.9 mi	Ameresco Danville Solar, Llc Tilton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
49.1 mi	Skyline Taylorville, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
49.2 mi	Scs West Fairchild 011958 Danville, Llc Danville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
50.0 mi	Rail Splitter Wind Farm Hopedale, IL	Wind	101 MW	Rail Splitter Wind Farm Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 62 power plants within 50 miles of Monticello, Illinois (ZIP 61856), with a combined 6,249 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 62 nearby plants. The closest plant is Goose Creek Energy Center at 5.8 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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