Power Plants Near 61928 — Gays, IL

43 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 61928 (Gays, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.4796, -88.5242 · County: Moultrie

Natural Gas 52%Coal 24%Wind 14%Solar 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.2 mi	Cooks Mill Pv I Matoon, IL	Solar	—	Cooks Mill Pv I, Llc
9.3 mi	Sullivan (Il) Sullivan, IL	Oil	25 MW	City Of Sullivan - (Il)
14.1 mi	Shelby Energy County Neoga, IL	Natural Gas	483 MW	Shelby County Energy Center, Llc
20.3 mi	Coles Wind Charleston, IL	Wind	—	Coles Wind, Llc
21.7 mi	Holland Energy Facility Beecher City, IL	Natural Gas	702 MW	Naes Corporation - (Wa)
27.4 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
27.5 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
28.8 mi	Fuyao Glass Illinois Inc. Decatur, IL	Oil	5 MW	Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc
29.5 mi	Triple S Solar I Llc Kansas, IL	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
29.8 mi	Prairie Wolf Solar Llc Ashmore Township, IL	Solar	200 MW	National Grid Renewables
30.7 mi	Casey City Of Casey, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Casey - (Il)
31.0 mi	Altamont Altamont, IL	Oil	7 MW	City Of Altamont - (Il)
31.6 mi	Freedom Power Project St. Elmo, IL	Natural Gas	71 MW	Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (Il)
33.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Decatur Decatur, IL	Coal	335 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
33.5 mi	Primient Decatur Plant Cogen Decatur, IL	Natural Gas	65 MW	Primary Products Ingredients Americas, Llc
33.8 mi	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc Herrick, IL	Solar	99 MW	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc
34.2 mi	Harvest Ridge Wind Farm Newman, IL	Wind	202 MW	Harvest Ridge Wind Farm
36.1 mi	Macon County Il S1 Decatur, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
36.7 mi	Conagra Foods At St. Elmo St. Elmo, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
39.8 mi	Newton Newton, IL	Coal	617 MW	Illinois Power Generating Co
39.8 mi	Newton Solar Bess Llc Newton, IL	Solar	—	Vistra Corp
40.2 mi	Skyline Taylorville, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
42.2 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Taylorville Taylorville, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
42.6 mi	Sae Taylorville Il S1 Taylorville, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
43.4 mi	Northern Cardinal Solar Scs Il 1, Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	10 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
43.5 mi	Goose Creek Energy Center Monticello, IL	Natural Gas	684 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
43.6 mi	Scs County 012631 Champaign, Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
43.7 mi	Sae Paris Il S1 Paris, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
44.2 mi	Phoenix Solar South Farms Llc Solar Farm Champaign, IL	Solar	5 MW	Phoenix Solar South Farms Llc
44.3 mi	Prairie Solar Llc Sidney, IL	Solar	—	Mn8 Energy Llc
44.7 mi	Edgar Solar 1 Paris, IL	Solar	4 MW	Pivot Energy
44.7 mi	Tac-Distributed Energy Resource Hybrid Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Ameren Illinois
45.2 mi	Marshall (Il) Marshall, IL	Oil	17 MW	City Of Marshall - (Il)
45.4 mi	Five Oaks Gas Recovery Taylorville, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
45.6 mi	Il Sidney Project1 Sidney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Il Sidney Project1, Llc
45.8 mi	University Of Illinois Abbott Power Plt Champaign, IL	Natural Gas	80 MW	University Of Illinois
46.1 mi	Radfords Run Wind Farm Maroa, IL	Wind	278 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
47.1 mi	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc Mt.pulaski, IL	Wind	65 MW	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc
47.2 mi	Ced Champaign Solar Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
47.9 mi	Solar Star Urbana Landfill Central Urbana, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Urbana Landfill Central, Llc
48.0 mi	Solar Star Urbana Landfill East Urbana, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Urbana Landfill East, Llc
48.5 mi	Ill060-Sangamon-Atchison Illiopolis, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
49.1 mi	Prosperity Wind Deland, IL	Wind	—	Prosperity Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 43 power plants within 50 miles of Gays, Illinois (ZIP 61928), with a combined 3,982 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 43 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cooks Mill Pv I at 6.2 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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