Power Plants Near 62248 — Hecker, IL

54 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62248 (Hecker, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.3044, -89.9935 · County: Monroe

Coal 84%Natural Gas 12%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.1 mi	Red Bud Red Bud, IL	Oil	15 MW	City Of Red Bud - (Il)
9.2 mi	Waterloo Waterloo, IL	Natural Gas	30 MW	City Of Waterloo - (Il)
9.4 mi	Freeburg Freeburg, IL	Oil	16 MW	Village Of Freeburg - (Il)
10.2 mi	Baldwin Energy Complex Baldwin, IL	Coal	1,260 MW	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
10.3 mi	Baldwin Solar Bess Baldwin, IL	Solar	70 MW	Vistra Corp
11.6 mi	Sv Csg Wagner B Llc Baldwin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
12.7 mi	Aes Belleville Solar Llc Belleville, IL	Solar	10 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
12.9 mi	Schmidt Csg 1 Belleville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
17.8 mi	Prairie State Generating Station Marissa, IL	Coal	1,766 MW	Prairie State Generating Co Llc
18.6 mi	Sv Csg Wagner A Llc Sparta, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
18.9 mi	Rush Island Festus, MO	Coal	1,242 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
19.7 mi	Meramec St. Louis, MO	Coal	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
19.7 mi	Castle Bluff Energy Center St. Louis, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
21.2 mi	Sv Csg East St Louis East St Louis, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg East St Louis Llc
21.9 mi	St. Clair Solar 5 Lebanon, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
22.4 mi	Scs American Bottoms 009885 Sauget, Llc Sauget, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
22.6 mi	St. Clair Solar 3 Washington Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
23.4 mi	Anheuser-Busch St Louis St. Louis, MO	Natural Gas	26 MW	Anheuser-Busch Inc
23.4 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc
24.8 mi	Southwestern Bell Telephone St. Louis, MO	Oil	17 MW	At&t
24.9 mi	Trenton West Trenton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
25.0 mi	Trigen St. Louis St Louis, MO	Natural Gas	34 MW	Centerstream Stl, Llc
25.2 mi	Trenton East Trenton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
25.7 mi	Milam Gas Recovery East St. Lois, IL	Natural Gas	2 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
26.6 mi	Ikea St. Louis 410 St. Louis, MO	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
26.8 mi	Venice Venice, IL	Natural Gas	586 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
27.0 mi	Renewable Energy Center At Bjh St Louis, MO	Solar	2 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
28.1 mi	Granite City Works Granite City, IL	Natural Gas	78 MW	United States Steel Granite City Works
29.6 mi	Stallings Granite City, IL	Natural Gas	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
30.3 mi	Mulberry Solar, Llc Granite City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Reactivate
32.9 mi	Breese Breese, IL	Oil	17 MW	City Of Breese - (Il)
34.5 mi	Highland Highland, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Highland
34.5 mi	Imea Highland Highland, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Highland
35.2 mi	Edwardsville Solar Ii Edwardsville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Edwardsville Solar Ii, Llc
36.8 mi	Sv Csg Roxana 1 Roxana, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Roxana 1 Llc
37.6 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
39.4 mi	Wood River Alton, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
39.4 mi	Howard Bend Chesterfield, MO	Oil	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
40.4 mi	Carlyle Carlyle, IL	Oil	12 MW	City Of Carlyle - (Il)
42.8 mi	Elm Street Substation Generators Farmington, MO	Oil	6 MW	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
43.0 mi	Walton Street Substation Farmington, MO	Oil	2 MW	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
43.1 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
43.8 mi	Clinton Solar 4 Llc Csg Carlyle, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clinton Solar 4 Llc
43.8 mi	Jefferson Street Substation Farmington, MO	Oil	—	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
43.9 mi	Clinton Solar 4b Carlyle, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
44.7 mi	Farmington Solar Farm Farmington, MO	Solar	3 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
45.1 mi	Overall Road Station Farmington, MO	Oil	8 MW	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
45.2 mi	Sioux West Alton, MO	Coal	1,099 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
45.9 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
47.8 mi	Clinton Solar 2b Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
47.9 mi	Clinton Solar 2 Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
48.9 mi	Ruby Solar, Llc Shattuc, IL	Solar	—	Birch Creek Development
49.0 mi	Labadie Labadie, MO	Coal	2,389 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
49.8 mi	Sandoval Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sandoval Holdco, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 54 power plants within 50 miles of Hecker, Illinois (ZIP 62248), with a combined 9,270 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 54 nearby plants. The closest plant is Red Bud at 6.1 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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