Power Plants Near 62280 — Rockwood, IL

35 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62280 (Rockwood, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.8322, -89.6214 · County: Randolph

Coal 76%Natural Gas 18%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.5 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
23.2 mi	Sv Csg Wagner A Llc Sparta, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
23.7 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
24.4 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
26.1 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc
26.9 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
27.0 mi	Sv Csg Wagner B Llc Baldwin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
28.6 mi	Baldwin Solar Bess Baldwin, IL	Solar	70 MW	Vistra Corp
28.7 mi	Baldwin Energy Complex Baldwin, IL	Coal	1,260 MW	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
29.8 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
30.9 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
31.0 mi	Prairie State Generating Station Marissa, IL	Coal	1,766 MW	Prairie State Generating Co Llc
31.0 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
31.2 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
31.4 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
31.6 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
33.3 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
33.6 mi	Red Bud Red Bud, IL	Oil	15 MW	City Of Red Bud - (Il)
34.0 mi	Scopus Solar Scopus, MO	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
35.8 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
36.8 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
39.4 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
39.9 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
40.6 mi	Rush Island Festus, MO	Coal	1,242 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
41.1 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
42.1 mi	Fredericktown Energy Center Fredericktown, MO	Natural Gas	28 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
42.8 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
43.5 mi	Elm Street Substation Generators Farmington, MO	Oil	6 MW	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
44.0 mi	Freeburg Freeburg, IL	Oil	16 MW	Village Of Freeburg - (Il)
44.1 mi	Jefferson Street Substation Farmington, MO	Oil	—	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
44.3 mi	Farmington Solar Farm Farmington, MO	Solar	3 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
44.4 mi	Walton Street Substation Farmington, MO	Oil	2 MW	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
45.4 mi	Waterloo Waterloo, IL	Natural Gas	30 MW	City Of Waterloo - (Il)
45.6 mi	Overall Road Station Farmington, MO	Oil	8 MW	City Of Farmington - (Mo)
48.7 mi	Schmidt Csg 1 Belleville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 35 power plants within 50 miles of Rockwood, Illinois (ZIP 62280), with a combined 5,914 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 35 nearby plants. The closest plant is Grand Tower Energy Center Llc at 13.5 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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