Power Plants Near 62278 — Red Bud, IL

50 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62278 (Red Bud, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.1907, -89.9884 · County: Randolph

Coal 66%Natural Gas 28%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.9 mi	Red Bud Red Bud, IL	Oil	15 MW	City Of Red Bud - (Il)
7.3 mi	Baldwin Energy Complex Baldwin, IL	Coal	1,260 MW	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
7.4 mi	Baldwin Solar Bess Baldwin, IL	Solar	70 MW	Vistra Corp
7.4 mi	Sv Csg Wagner B Llc Baldwin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
13.6 mi	Waterloo Waterloo, IL	Natural Gas	30 MW	City Of Waterloo - (Il)
15.5 mi	Rush Island Festus, MO	Coal	1,242 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
15.6 mi	Sv Csg Wagner A Llc Sparta, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
16.7 mi	Freeburg Freeburg, IL	Oil	16 MW	Village Of Freeburg - (Il)
18.5 mi	Prairie State Generating Station Marissa, IL	Coal	1,766 MW	Prairie State Generating Co Llc
20.5 mi	Aes Belleville Solar Llc Belleville, IL	Solar	10 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
20.6 mi	Schmidt Csg 1 Belleville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
22.3 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc
23.8 mi	Meramec St. Louis, MO	Coal	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
23.8 mi	Castle Bluff Energy Center St. Louis, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
29.0 mi	Sv Csg East St Louis East St Louis, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg East St Louis Llc
29.1 mi	St. Clair Solar 5 Lebanon, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
29.7 mi	Scs American Bottoms 009885 Sauget, Llc Sauget, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
30.3 mi	St. Clair Solar 3 Washington Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
30.6 mi	Anheuser-Busch St Louis St. Louis, MO	Natural Gas	26 MW	Anheuser-Busch Inc
31.2 mi	Trenton West Trenton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
31.5 mi	Trenton East Trenton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
32.2 mi	Southwestern Bell Telephone St. Louis, MO	Oil	17 MW	At&t
32.5 mi	Trigen St. Louis St Louis, MO	Natural Gas	34 MW	Centerstream Stl, Llc
33.4 mi	Milam Gas Recovery East St. Lois, IL	Natural Gas	2 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
33.7 mi	Ikea St. Louis 410 St. Louis, MO	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
34.1 mi	Renewable Energy Center At Bjh St Louis, MO	Solar	2 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
34.3 mi	Venice Venice, IL	Natural Gas	586 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
35.3 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
35.8 mi	Granite City Works Granite City, IL	Natural Gas	78 MW	United States Steel Granite City Works
36.6 mi	Elm Street Substation Generators Farmington, MO	Oil	6 MW	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
36.9 mi	Walton Street Substation Farmington, MO	Oil	2 MW	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
37.5 mi	Stallings Granite City, IL	Natural Gas	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
37.6 mi	Jefferson Street Substation Farmington, MO	Oil	—	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
38.0 mi	Mulberry Solar, Llc Granite City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Reactivate
38.2 mi	Breese Breese, IL	Oil	17 MW	City Of Breese - (Il)
38.4 mi	Farmington Solar Farm Farmington, MO	Solar	3 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
39.0 mi	Overall Road Station Farmington, MO	Oil	8 MW	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
41.4 mi	Highland Highland, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Highland
41.5 mi	Imea Highland Highland, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Highland
43.1 mi	Edwardsville Solar Ii Edwardsville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Edwardsville Solar Ii, Llc
43.3 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
43.8 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
44.7 mi	Sv Csg Roxana 1 Roxana, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Roxana 1 Llc
44.8 mi	Carlyle Carlyle, IL	Oil	12 MW	City Of Carlyle - (Il)
45.1 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
45.2 mi	Howard Bend Chesterfield, MO	Oil	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
46.4 mi	Fredericktown Energy Center Fredericktown, MO	Natural Gas	28 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
47.2 mi	Wood River Alton, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
47.7 mi	Clinton Solar 4 Llc Csg Carlyle, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clinton Solar 4 Llc
47.8 mi	Clinton Solar 4b Carlyle, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 50 power plants within 50 miles of Red Bud, Illinois (ZIP 62278), with a combined 6,444 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 22 of the 50 nearby plants. The closest plant is Red Bud at 1.9 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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