Power Plants Near 62401 — Effingham, IL

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62401 (Effingham, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.1217, -88.5611 · County: Effingham

Natural Gas 61%Coal 19%Solar 19%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.1 mi	Altamont Altamont, IL	Oil	7 MW	City Of Altamont - (Il)
11.8 mi	Shelby Energy County Neoga, IL	Natural Gas	483 MW	Shelby County Energy Center, Llc
12.7 mi	Holland Energy Facility Beecher City, IL	Natural Gas	702 MW	Naes Corporation - (Wa)
16.0 mi	Freedom Power Project St. Elmo, IL	Natural Gas	71 MW	Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (Il)
17.0 mi	Conagra Foods At St. Elmo St. Elmo, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
19.9 mi	Newton Newton, IL	Coal	617 MW	Illinois Power Generating Co
19.9 mi	Newton Solar Bess Llc Newton, IL	Solar	—	Vistra Corp
25.6 mi	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc Herrick, IL	Solar	99 MW	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc
25.8 mi	Maple Flats Louisville, IL	Solar	250 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
25.8 mi	Clay Fc Louisville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clay Fc, Llc
28.6 mi	Cooks Mill Pv I Matoon, IL	Solar	—	Cooks Mill Pv I, Llc
29.2 mi	Raccoon Creek Energy Center Flora, IL	Natural Gas	456 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
31.4 mi	Flora Site B Flora, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
31.7 mi	Flora Site A Flora, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
31.9 mi	Imea Flora Flora, IL	Oil	9 MW	Illinois Municipal Elec Agency
32.8 mi	Flora Solar Tbd, IL	Solar	—	Flora Solar, Llc
32.9 mi	Sullivan (Il) Sullivan, IL	Oil	25 MW	City Of Sullivan - (Il)
33.1 mi	Casey City Of Casey, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Casey - (Il)
34.7 mi	Kinmundy Patoka, IL	Natural Gas	270 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
36.2 mi	Olney Solar Ii Csg Olney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Olney Solar Ii, Llc
37.1 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
38.5 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
39.2 mi	Coles Wind Charleston, IL	Wind	—	Coles Wind, Llc
40.5 mi	Crooked Creek Pv I Salem, IL	Solar	—	Crooked Creek Pv I, Llc
42.6 mi	Triple S Solar I Llc Kansas, IL	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
43.0 mi	Prairie Wolf Solar Llc Ashmore Township, IL	Solar	200 MW	National Grid Renewables
44.7 mi	Marion Solar 2 Sandoval, IL	Solar	1 MW	Pivot Energy
44.8 mi	Coffeen Solar Bess Coffeen, IL	Solar	46 MW	Vistra Corp
45.4 mi	Coffeen Coffeen, IL	Coal	—	Illinois Power Generating Co
45.5 mi	Marion Solar 4b Llc Sandoval, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
47.7 mi	Anacott Hillsboro, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
48.5 mi	Sandoval Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sandoval Holdco, Llc
48.7 mi	Skyline Taylorville, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
48.9 mi	Fuyao Glass Illinois Inc. Decatur, IL	Oil	5 MW	Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc
48.9 mi	Ruby Solar, Llc Shattuc, IL	Solar	—	Birch Creek Development
49.3 mi	Sae Taylorville Il S1 Taylorville, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Effingham, Illinois (ZIP 62401), with a combined 3,273 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is Altamont at 11.1 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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