Power Plants Near 62079 — Piasa, IL

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62079 (Piasa, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.1159, -90.1237 · County: Macoupin

Coal 52%Solar 21%Natural Gas 19%Wind 6%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.2 mi	Big Creek Solar (Il) Brighton, IL	Solar	5 MW	Big Creek Solar (Il), Llc
13.0 mi	Hickory Solar Jerseyville, IL	Solar	110 MW	Hickory Solar Llc
16.5 mi	Sioux West Alton, MO	Coal	1,099 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
17.4 mi	Wood River Alton, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
19.9 mi	Sv Csg Roxana 1 Roxana, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Roxana 1 Llc
21.1 mi	Viking Solar Csg Palmyra, IL	Solar	2 MW	Viking Solar, Llc
21.9 mi	Edwardsville Solar Ii Edwardsville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Edwardsville Solar Ii, Llc
24.0 mi	Uss Solar Brick Standard City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
26.7 mi	Mulberry Solar, Llc Granite City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Reactivate
26.9 mi	Stallings Granite City, IL	Natural Gas	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
28.4 mi	Lotus Wind Modesto, IL	Wind	—	Lotus Wind, Llc
28.9 mi	Granite City Works Granite City, IL	Natural Gas	78 MW	United States Steel Granite City Works
31.3 mi	Venice Venice, IL	Natural Gas	586 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
31.5 mi	Milam Gas Recovery East St. Lois, IL	Natural Gas	2 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
33.3 mi	Trigen St. Louis St Louis, MO	Natural Gas	34 MW	Centerstream Stl, Llc
33.6 mi	Double Back Diamond Virden, IL	Solar	593 MW	Double Back Diamond Solar Power, Llc
33.9 mi	Ikea St. Louis 410 St. Louis, MO	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
33.9 mi	Renewable Energy Center At Bjh St Louis, MO	Solar	2 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
33.9 mi	Southwestern Bell Telephone St. Louis, MO	Oil	17 MW	At&t
34.1 mi	St. Clair Solar 3 Washington Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
34.3 mi	Morgan Solar 2, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 2, Llc
34.8 mi	Morgan Solar 4, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 4, Llc
34.9 mi	Pearl Station Pearl, IL	Oil	24 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
35.0 mi	Imea Highland Highland, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Highland
35.0 mi	Highland Highland, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Highland
35.4 mi	Sv Csg East St Louis East St Louis, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg East St Louis Llc
35.5 mi	Alsey Alsey, IL	Natural Gas	173 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
35.9 mi	O'fallon Renewable Energy Center O'fallon, MO	Solar	5 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
36.1 mi	Anheuser-Busch St Louis St. Louis, MO	Natural Gas	26 MW	Anheuser-Busch Inc
36.2 mi	Anacott Hillsboro, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
36.4 mi	Scs American Bottoms 009885 Sauget, Llc Sauget, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
37.4 mi	Howard Bend Chesterfield, MO	Oil	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
38.8 mi	Coffeen Coffeen, IL	Coal	—	Illinois Power Generating Co
39.3 mi	Coffeen Solar Bess Coffeen, IL	Solar	46 MW	Vistra Corp
39.8 mi	Winfield Solar Winfield, MO	Solar	—	Winfield Solar I, Llc
40.2 mi	St. Clair Solar 5 Lebanon, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
43.2 mi	Lincoln Land Energy Center Pawnee, IL	Natural Gas	—	Lincoln Land Energy Center Llc
43.3 mi	Trenton West Trenton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
43.6 mi	Trenton East Trenton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
43.8 mi	Aes Belleville Solar Llc Belleville, IL	Solar	10 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
44.4 mi	Schmidt Csg 1 Belleville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
45.6 mi	Pittsfield Pittsfield, IL	Oil	—	Prairie Power, Inc
46.9 mi	Kincaid Generation Llc Kincaid, IL	Coal	1,319 MW	Dynegy Kincaid Generation
47.7 mi	Breese Breese, IL	Oil	17 MW	City Of Breese - (Il)
48.0 mi	Prairie Creek Solar Jacksonville, IL	Solar	30 MW	Sol Systems
48.4 mi	Wolf Run Solar Chapin, IL	Solar	140 MW	Wolf Run Solar Llc
49.0 mi	Freeburg Freeburg, IL	Oil	16 MW	Village Of Freeburg - (Il)
49.6 mi	Lincoln Land Wind Tbd, IL	Wind	302 MW	Lincoln Land Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Piasa, Illinois (ZIP 62079), with a combined 4,678 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Big Creek Solar (Il) at 3.2 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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