Power Plants Near 62321 — Carthage, IL

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62321 (Carthage, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.4129, -91.1005 · County: Hancock

Natural Gas 36%Solar 33%Wind 15%Hydroelectric 12%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.3 mi	Keokuk Keokuk, IA	Hydroelectric	125 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
15.5 mi	Roquette America Keokuk, IA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Roquette America
16.4 mi	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc Csg Blandinsville, IL	Solar	4 MW	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc
20.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9402 Climax Ft. Madison, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
21.9 mi	Macomb 2a Macomb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
22.0 mi	Cardinal Point Wind Sciota, IL	Wind	150 MW	Cardinal Point Llc
22.7 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.1 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.5 mi	Sullivan B Community Solar Llc Macomb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sullivan B Community Solar Llc
28.0 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.2 mi	Bushnell Bushnell, IL	Oil	11 MW	City Of Bushnell - (Il)
32.6 mi	Kahoka Kahoka, MO	Oil	7 MW	City Of Kahoka
35.9 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
37.0 mi	Brown County Wind Turbine Mount Sterling, IL	Wind	2 MW	Adams Electric Cooperative
38.8 mi	Nlmu Diesel New London, IA	Oil	8 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
39.8 mi	Pleasantville Solar Park Ipava, IL	Solar	—	Pleasantville Solar Park Llc
40.1 mi	Earp Solar, Llc Monmouth, IL	Solar	35 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
40.5 mi	Nlmu Wind New London, IA	Wind	2 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
41.4 mi	Jm Huber At Quincy Quincy, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
44.5 mi	Austin Creek Solar Quincy, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
44.8 mi	Cass County Renewable Energy Center Beardstown, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
45.3 mi	Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Mt Pleasant - (Ia)
49.1 mi	Uss Beard Solar Beardstown, IL	Solar	—	Uss Beard Solar Llc
49.9 mi	Morgan Solar 1 Csg Meredosia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 1 Llc
50.0 mi	Morgan Solar 1b Csg Meredosia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 1b Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Carthage, Illinois (ZIP 62321), with a combined 1,053 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Keokuk at 14.3 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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