Power Plants Near 62012 — Brighton, IL

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62012 (Brighton, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.0361, -90.1443 · County: Jersey

Coal 66%Natural Gas 18%Solar 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.4 mi	Big Creek Solar (Il) Brighton, IL	Solar	5 MW	Big Creek Solar (Il), Llc
11.4 mi	Sioux West Alton, MO	Coal	1,099 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
11.9 mi	Wood River Alton, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
13.7 mi	Hickory Solar Jerseyville, IL	Solar	110 MW	Hickory Solar Llc
15.0 mi	Sv Csg Roxana 1 Roxana, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Roxana 1 Llc
17.2 mi	Edwardsville Solar Ii Edwardsville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Edwardsville Solar Ii, Llc
21.2 mi	Mulberry Solar, Llc Granite City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Reactivate
21.7 mi	Stallings Granite City, IL	Natural Gas	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
23.4 mi	Granite City Works Granite City, IL	Natural Gas	78 MW	United States Steel Granite City Works
25.8 mi	Venice Venice, IL	Natural Gas	586 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
26.0 mi	Milam Gas Recovery East St. Lois, IL	Natural Gas	2 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
26.7 mi	Viking Solar Csg Palmyra, IL	Solar	2 MW	Viking Solar, Llc
27.7 mi	Trigen St. Louis St Louis, MO	Natural Gas	34 MW	Centerstream Stl, Llc
28.2 mi	Ikea St. Louis 410 St. Louis, MO	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
28.3 mi	Renewable Energy Center At Bjh St Louis, MO	Solar	2 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
28.4 mi	Southwestern Bell Telephone St. Louis, MO	Oil	17 MW	At&t
28.7 mi	St. Clair Solar 3 Washington Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
28.7 mi	Uss Solar Brick Standard City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
30.0 mi	Sv Csg East St Louis East St Louis, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg East St Louis Llc
30.5 mi	Anheuser-Busch St Louis St. Louis, MO	Natural Gas	26 MW	Anheuser-Busch Inc
30.8 mi	Scs American Bottoms 009885 Sauget, Llc Sauget, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
32.0 mi	Imea Highland Highland, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Highland
32.0 mi	Highland Highland, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Highland
32.1 mi	O'fallon Renewable Energy Center O'fallon, MO	Solar	5 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
32.4 mi	Howard Bend Chesterfield, MO	Oil	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
33.9 mi	Lotus Wind Modesto, IL	Wind	—	Lotus Wind, Llc
35.9 mi	St. Clair Solar 5 Lebanon, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
38.0 mi	Pearl Station Pearl, IL	Oil	24 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
38.0 mi	Anacott Hillsboro, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
38.2 mi	Winfield Solar Winfield, MO	Solar	—	Winfield Solar I, Llc
38.6 mi	Aes Belleville Solar Llc Belleville, IL	Solar	10 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
39.0 mi	Double Back Diamond Virden, IL	Solar	593 MW	Double Back Diamond Solar Power, Llc
39.3 mi	Schmidt Csg 1 Belleville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
39.4 mi	Trenton West Trenton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
39.7 mi	Morgan Solar 2, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 2, Llc
39.7 mi	Trenton East Trenton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
39.8 mi	Coffeen Coffeen, IL	Coal	—	Illinois Power Generating Co
40.0 mi	Alsey Alsey, IL	Natural Gas	173 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
40.1 mi	Morgan Solar 4, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 4, Llc
40.4 mi	Coffeen Solar Bess Coffeen, IL	Solar	46 MW	Vistra Corp
44.0 mi	Freeburg Freeburg, IL	Oil	16 MW	Village Of Freeburg - (Il)
44.6 mi	Breese Breese, IL	Oil	17 MW	City Of Breese - (Il)
45.0 mi	Meramec St. Louis, MO	Coal	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
45.0 mi	Castle Bluff Energy Center St. Louis, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
48.1 mi	Lincoln Land Energy Center Pawnee, IL	Natural Gas	—	Lincoln Land Energy Center Llc
48.5 mi	Waterloo Waterloo, IL	Natural Gas	30 MW	City Of Waterloo - (Il)
49.5 mi	Pittsfield Pittsfield, IL	Oil	—	Prairie Power, Inc
49.7 mi	Labadie Labadie, MO	Coal	2,389 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Brighton, Illinois (ZIP 62012), with a combined 5,307 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 Big Creek Solar (Il) at 2.4 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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