Power Plants Near 62002 — Alton, IL

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62002 (Alton, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.9087, -90.1568 · County: Madison

Coal 65%Natural Gas 17%Solar 15%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.3 mi	Wood River Alton, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
7.2 mi	Sioux West Alton, MO	Coal	1,099 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
8.2 mi	Sv Csg Roxana 1 Roxana, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Roxana 1 Llc
10.8 mi	Edwardsville Solar Ii Edwardsville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Edwardsville Solar Ii, Llc
11.2 mi	Big Creek Solar (Il) Brighton, IL	Solar	5 MW	Big Creek Solar (Il), Llc
12.5 mi	Mulberry Solar, Llc Granite City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Reactivate
13.6 mi	Stallings Granite City, IL	Natural Gas	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
14.7 mi	Granite City Works Granite City, IL	Natural Gas	78 MW	United States Steel Granite City Works
16.9 mi	Venice Venice, IL	Natural Gas	586 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
17.2 mi	Milam Gas Recovery East St. Lois, IL	Natural Gas	2 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
18.9 mi	Trigen St. Louis St Louis, MO	Natural Gas	34 MW	Centerstream Stl, Llc
19.1 mi	Hickory Solar Jerseyville, IL	Solar	110 MW	Hickory Solar Llc
19.5 mi	Ikea St. Louis 410 St. Louis, MO	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
19.5 mi	Southwestern Bell Telephone St. Louis, MO	Oil	17 MW	At&t
19.6 mi	Renewable Energy Center At Bjh St Louis, MO	Solar	2 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
20.1 mi	St. Clair Solar 3 Washington Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
21.5 mi	Sv Csg East St Louis East St Louis, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg East St Louis Llc
21.7 mi	Anheuser-Busch St Louis St. Louis, MO	Natural Gas	26 MW	Anheuser-Busch Inc
21.9 mi	Scs American Bottoms 009885 Sauget, Llc Sauget, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
25.9 mi	Howard Bend Chesterfield, MO	Oil	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
27.9 mi	Imea Highland Highland, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Highland
27.9 mi	Highland Highland, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Highland
28.6 mi	O'fallon Renewable Energy Center O'fallon, MO	Solar	5 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
29.0 mi	St. Clair Solar 5 Lebanon, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
30.1 mi	Aes Belleville Solar Llc Belleville, IL	Solar	10 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
31.1 mi	Schmidt Csg 1 Belleville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
33.4 mi	Trenton West Trenton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
33.7 mi	Trenton East Trenton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
35.4 mi	Viking Solar Csg Palmyra, IL	Solar	2 MW	Viking Solar, Llc
35.9 mi	Freeburg Freeburg, IL	Oil	16 MW	Village Of Freeburg - (Il)
36.2 mi	Uss Solar Brick Standard City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
36.3 mi	Meramec St. Louis, MO	Coal	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
36.3 mi	Castle Bluff Energy Center St. Louis, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
38.3 mi	Winfield Solar Winfield, MO	Solar	—	Winfield Solar I, Llc
39.7 mi	Waterloo Waterloo, IL	Natural Gas	30 MW	City Of Waterloo - (Il)
39.9 mi	Breese Breese, IL	Oil	17 MW	City Of Breese - (Il)
41.4 mi	Anacott Hillsboro, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
41.8 mi	Coffeen Coffeen, IL	Coal	—	Illinois Power Generating Co
42.5 mi	Coffeen Solar Bess Coffeen, IL	Solar	46 MW	Vistra Corp
42.5 mi	Lotus Wind Modesto, IL	Wind	—	Lotus Wind, Llc
43.8 mi	Labadie Labadie, MO	Coal	2,389 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
44.7 mi	Pearl Station Pearl, IL	Oil	24 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
47.2 mi	Double Back Diamond Virden, IL	Solar	593 MW	Double Back Diamond Solar Power, Llc
47.7 mi	Carlyle Carlyle, IL	Oil	12 MW	City Of Carlyle - (Il)
48.1 mi	Alsey Alsey, IL	Natural Gas	173 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
48.4 mi	Morgan Solar 2, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 2, Llc
48.6 mi	Red Bud Red Bud, IL	Oil	15 MW	City Of Red Bud - (Il)
48.9 mi	Morgan Solar 4, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 4, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Alton, Illinois (ZIP 62002), with a combined 5,334 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wood River at 3.3 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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