Power Plants Near 62264 — New Athens, IL

56 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62264 (New Athens, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.3160, -89.8728 · County: St. Clair

Coal 71%Natural Gas 24%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.7 mi	Baldwin Energy Complex Baldwin, IL	Coal	1,260 MW	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
7.8 mi	Baldwin Solar Bess Baldwin, IL	Solar	70 MW	Vistra Corp
7.9 mi	Freeburg Freeburg, IL	Oil	16 MW	Village Of Freeburg - (Il)
9.6 mi	Sv Csg Wagner B Llc Baldwin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
9.7 mi	Red Bud Red Bud, IL	Oil	15 MW	City Of Red Bud - (Il)
11.4 mi	Prairie State Generating Station Marissa, IL	Coal	1,766 MW	Prairie State Generating Co Llc
12.6 mi	Schmidt Csg 1 Belleville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
14.1 mi	Aes Belleville Solar Llc Belleville, IL	Solar	10 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
14.1 mi	Sv Csg Wagner A Llc Sparta, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
15.6 mi	Waterloo Waterloo, IL	Natural Gas	30 MW	City Of Waterloo - (Il)
17.6 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc
19.1 mi	St. Clair Solar 5 Lebanon, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
20.6 mi	Trenton West Trenton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
20.9 mi	Trenton East Trenton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
22.7 mi	Sv Csg East St Louis East St Louis, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg East St Louis Llc
24.2 mi	St. Clair Solar 3 Washington Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
24.7 mi	Rush Island Festus, MO	Coal	1,242 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
25.4 mi	Scs American Bottoms 009885 Sauget, Llc Sauget, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
25.8 mi	Meramec St. Louis, MO	Coal	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
25.8 mi	Castle Bluff Energy Center St. Louis, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
26.7 mi	Anheuser-Busch St Louis St. Louis, MO	Natural Gas	26 MW	Anheuser-Busch Inc
27.6 mi	Breese Breese, IL	Oil	17 MW	City Of Breese - (Il)
27.6 mi	Milam Gas Recovery East St. Lois, IL	Natural Gas	2 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
27.6 mi	Southwestern Bell Telephone St. Louis, MO	Oil	17 MW	At&t
27.7 mi	Trigen St. Louis St Louis, MO	Natural Gas	34 MW	Centerstream Stl, Llc
29.1 mi	Venice Venice, IL	Natural Gas	586 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
29.7 mi	Granite City Works Granite City, IL	Natural Gas	78 MW	United States Steel Granite City Works
29.9 mi	Ikea St. Louis 410 St. Louis, MO	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
30.2 mi	Stallings Granite City, IL	Natural Gas	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
30.4 mi	Renewable Energy Center At Bjh St Louis, MO	Solar	2 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
31.1 mi	Highland Highland, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Highland
31.1 mi	Imea Highland Highland, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Highland
31.9 mi	Mulberry Solar, Llc Granite City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Reactivate
31.9 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
34.5 mi	Carlyle Carlyle, IL	Oil	12 MW	City Of Carlyle - (Il)
35.1 mi	Edwardsville Solar Ii Edwardsville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Edwardsville Solar Ii, Llc
36.5 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
37.0 mi	Sv Csg Roxana 1 Roxana, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Roxana 1 Llc
37.7 mi	Clinton Solar 4 Llc Csg Carlyle, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clinton Solar 4 Llc
37.8 mi	Clinton Solar 4b Carlyle, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
40.3 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
40.4 mi	Wood River Alton, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
41.4 mi	Clinton Solar 2b Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
41.4 mi	Clinton Solar 2 Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
42.7 mi	Ruby Solar, Llc Shattuc, IL	Solar	—	Birch Creek Development
43.5 mi	Sandoval Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sandoval Holdco, Llc
44.1 mi	Howard Bend Chesterfield, MO	Oil	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
46.2 mi	Marion Solar 4b Llc Sandoval, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
46.8 mi	Marion Solar 2 Sandoval, IL	Solar	1 MW	Pivot Energy
47.2 mi	Sioux West Alton, MO	Coal	1,099 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
47.3 mi	Elm Street Substation Generators Farmington, MO	Oil	6 MW	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
47.6 mi	Walton Street Substation Farmington, MO	Oil	2 MW	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
48.3 mi	Jefferson Street Substation Farmington, MO	Oil	—	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
49.1 mi	Farmington Solar Farm Farmington, MO	Solar	3 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
49.6 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
49.7 mi	Overall Road Station Farmington, MO	Oil	8 MW	City Of Farmington - (Mo)

Power generation near this area

There are 56 power plants within 50 miles of New Athens, Illinois (ZIP 62264), with a combined 7,524 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 56 nearby plants. The closest plant is Baldwin Energy Complex at 7.7 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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