Power Plants Near 62356 — New Canton, IL

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62356 (New Canton, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.6342, -91.0886 · County: Pike

Natural Gas 67%Solar 29%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.3 mi	Panther Creek Wind Project Pittsfield, IL	Wind	—	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
12.9 mi	Pike County Wind Power Pittsfield, IL	Wind	2 MW	Illinois Rural Electric Coop
16.2 mi	Austin Creek Solar Quincy, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
20.8 mi	Peno Creek Bowling Green, MO	Natural Gas	240 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
22.7 mi	Jm Huber At Quincy Quincy, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
24.1 mi	Pittsfield Pittsfield, IL	Oil	—	Prairie Power, Inc
28.3 mi	Pearl Station Pearl, IL	Oil	24 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
29.4 mi	Blue Jay Road Solar, Llc Jasper Township, MO	Solar	—	Birch Creek Development
30.5 mi	Clarence Cannon Monroe City, MO	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Usce-St Louis District
31.2 mi	Morgan Solar 1 Csg Meredosia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 1 Llc
31.2 mi	Morgan Solar 1b Csg Meredosia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 1b Llc
31.2 mi	Brown County Wind Turbine Mount Sterling, IL	Wind	2 MW	Adams Electric Cooperative
32.8 mi	Audrain Generating Station Vandalia, MO	Natural Gas	814 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
32.8 mi	Huck Finn Renewable Energy Center Vandalia, MO	Solar	200 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
35.0 mi	Alsey Alsey, IL	Natural Gas	173 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
39.6 mi	Mjmeuc Generating Station #1 Laddonia, MO	Natural Gas	13 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
40.3 mi	Wolf Run Solar Chapin, IL	Solar	140 MW	Wolf Run Solar Llc
40.5 mi	Cass County Renewable Energy Center Beardstown, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
44.3 mi	Winfield Solar Winfield, MO	Solar	—	Winfield Solar I, Llc
45.9 mi	Morgan Solar 2, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 2, Llc
46.1 mi	Uss Beard Solar Beardstown, IL	Solar	—	Uss Beard Solar Llc
46.2 mi	Morgan Solar 4, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 4, Llc
47.4 mi	Prairie Creek Solar Jacksonville, IL	Solar	30 MW	Sol Systems

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of New Canton, Illinois (ZIP 62356), with a combined 1,855 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Panther Creek Wind Project at 11.3 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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