Power Plants Near 61920 — Charleston, IL

47 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 61920 (Charleston, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.4869, -88.1761 · County: Coles

Natural Gas 57%Coal 32%Solar 7%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.2 mi	Coles Wind Charleston, IL	Wind	—	Coles Wind, Llc
11.3 mi	Triple S Solar I Llc Kansas, IL	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
11.6 mi	Prairie Wolf Solar Llc Ashmore Township, IL	Solar	200 MW	National Grid Renewables
13.2 mi	Cooks Mill Pv I Matoon, IL	Solar	—	Cooks Mill Pv I, Llc
15.6 mi	Casey City Of Casey, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Casey - (Il)
21.5 mi	Shelby Energy County Neoga, IL	Natural Gas	483 MW	Shelby County Energy Center, Llc
24.4 mi	Sullivan (Il) Sullivan, IL	Oil	25 MW	City Of Sullivan - (Il)
24.5 mi	Harvest Ridge Wind Farm Newman, IL	Wind	202 MW	Harvest Ridge Wind Farm
25.7 mi	Sae Paris Il S1 Paris, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
26.3 mi	Edgar Solar 1 Paris, IL	Solar	4 MW	Pivot Energy
27.0 mi	Marshall (Il) Marshall, IL	Oil	17 MW	City Of Marshall - (Il)
33.2 mi	River Ferry Solar 1 West Union, IL	Solar	165 MW	River Ferry Solar 1, Llc
36.1 mi	Holland Energy Facility Beecher City, IL	Natural Gas	702 MW	Naes Corporation - (Wa)
36.1 mi	Sugar Creek Power West Terre Haute, IN	Natural Gas	619 MW	Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co
36.7 mi	Prairie Solar Llc Sidney, IL	Solar	—	Mn8 Energy Llc
38.0 mi	Il Sidney Project1 Sidney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Il Sidney Project1, Llc
38.1 mi	Ridge Farm Ridge Farm, IL	Solar	2 MW	Ridge Farm Solar 1 Llc
38.1 mi	Mcdonald Solar Farm, Llc West Terre Haute, IN	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
38.4 mi	Newton Newton, IL	Coal	617 MW	Illinois Power Generating Co
38.4 mi	Newton Solar Bess Llc Newton, IL	Solar	—	Vistra Corp
39.0 mi	Ridge Farm Renewables Llc Pv Ridge Farm, IL	Solar	—	Ridge Farm Renewables Llc Pv
40.2 mi	Wabash River Terre Haute, IN	Coal	—	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
40.2 mi	Wabash Valley Power Igcc Terre Haute, IN	Natural Gas	192 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
40.3 mi	Fairbanks Solar Project Fairbanks, IN	Solar	—	Fairbanks Solar Energy Center Llc
40.4 mi	Northern Cardinal Solar Scs Il 1, Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	10 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
40.5 mi	Scs County 012631 Champaign, Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
41.3 mi	Phoenix Solar South Farms Llc Solar Farm Champaign, IL	Solar	5 MW	Phoenix Solar South Farms Llc
41.8 mi	Tac-Distributed Energy Resource Hybrid Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Ameren Illinois
42.4 mi	Altamont Altamont, IL	Oil	7 MW	City Of Altamont - (Il)
42.9 mi	University Of Illinois Abbott Power Plt Champaign, IL	Natural Gas	80 MW	University Of Illinois
43.6 mi	Fuyao Glass Illinois Inc. Decatur, IL	Oil	5 MW	Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc
43.8 mi	Solar Star Urbana Landfill Central Urbana, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Urbana Landfill Central, Llc
43.8 mi	Solar Star Urbana Landfill East Urbana, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Urbana Landfill East, Llc
45.1 mi	Freedom Power Project St. Elmo, IL	Natural Gas	71 MW	Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (Il)
45.4 mi	Ced Champaign Solar Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
45.8 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
45.8 mi	Merom Sullivan, IN	Coal	1,080 MW	Hallador Power Company, Llc
46.0 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
46.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Decatur Decatur, IL	Coal	335 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
46.3 mi	Vermillion Rise Solar Hillsdale, IN	Solar	—	Vermillion Rise Solar, Llc
46.5 mi	Osprey Point Res Sullivan, IN	Other Fossil	13 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
47.4 mi	Primient Decatur Plant Cogen Decatur, IL	Natural Gas	65 MW	Primary Products Ingredients Americas, Llc
47.6 mi	Sullivan Solar, Llc Sullivan, IN	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
48.4 mi	Goose Creek Energy Center Monticello, IL	Natural Gas	684 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
48.5 mi	Macon County Il S1 Decatur, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
48.6 mi	Conagra Foods At St. Elmo St. Elmo, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
49.1 mi	Vermillion Energy Facility Cayuga, IN	Natural Gas	692 MW	Duke Energy Ohio Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 47 power plants within 50 miles of Charleston, Illinois (ZIP 61920), with a combined 6,306 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 47 nearby plants. The closest plant is Coles Wind at 8.2 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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