Power Plants Near 62445 — Montrose, IL

35 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62445 (Montrose, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.1573, -88.3350 · County: Effingham

Natural Gas 49%Coal 32%Solar 14%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.4 mi	Shelby Energy County Neoga, IL	Natural Gas	483 MW	Shelby County Energy Center, Llc
15.6 mi	Newton Newton, IL	Coal	617 MW	Illinois Power Generating Co
15.6 mi	Newton Solar Bess Llc Newton, IL	Solar	—	Vistra Corp
21.2 mi	Casey City Of Casey, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Casey - (Il)
23.1 mi	Holland Energy Facility Beecher City, IL	Natural Gas	702 MW	Naes Corporation - (Wa)
23.4 mi	Altamont Altamont, IL	Oil	7 MW	City Of Altamont - (Il)
25.5 mi	Cooks Mill Pv I Matoon, IL	Solar	—	Cooks Mill Pv I, Llc
28.3 mi	Freedom Power Project St. Elmo, IL	Natural Gas	71 MW	Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (Il)
29.1 mi	Conagra Foods At St. Elmo St. Elmo, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
29.6 mi	Clay Fc Louisville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clay Fc, Llc
30.5 mi	Maple Flats Louisville, IL	Solar	250 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
32.1 mi	Coles Wind Charleston, IL	Wind	—	Coles Wind, Llc
32.1 mi	Olney Solar Ii Csg Olney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Olney Solar Ii, Llc
32.7 mi	Triple S Solar I Llc Kansas, IL	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
33.1 mi	Prairie Wolf Solar Llc Ashmore Township, IL	Solar	200 MW	National Grid Renewables
33.5 mi	Raccoon Creek Energy Center Flora, IL	Natural Gas	456 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
33.8 mi	Sullivan (Il) Sullivan, IL	Oil	25 MW	City Of Sullivan - (Il)
34.4 mi	Flora Site A Flora, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
34.6 mi	Flora Site B Flora, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
34.6 mi	Imea Flora Flora, IL	Oil	9 MW	Illinois Municipal Elec Agency
36.4 mi	Flora Solar Tbd, IL	Solar	—	Flora Solar, Llc
37.3 mi	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc Herrick, IL	Solar	99 MW	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc
38.4 mi	Marshall (Il) Marshall, IL	Oil	17 MW	City Of Marshall - (Il)
38.5 mi	River Ferry Solar 1 West Union, IL	Solar	165 MW	River Ferry Solar 1, Llc
43.5 mi	Fairbanks Solar Project Fairbanks, IN	Solar	—	Fairbanks Solar Energy Center Llc
44.6 mi	Merom Sullivan, IN	Coal	1,080 MW	Hallador Power Company, Llc
44.7 mi	Edgar Solar 1 Paris, IL	Solar	4 MW	Pivot Energy
44.9 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
45.0 mi	Osprey Point Res Sullivan, IN	Other Fossil	13 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
45.2 mi	Sae Paris Il S1 Paris, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
45.5 mi	Kinmundy Patoka, IL	Natural Gas	270 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
45.8 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
47.0 mi	Sugar Creek Power West Terre Haute, IN	Natural Gas	619 MW	Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co
48.7 mi	Harvest Ridge Wind Farm Newman, IL	Wind	202 MW	Harvest Ridge Wind Farm
49.4 mi	Sullivan Solar, Llc Sullivan, IN	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables

Power generation near this area

There are 35 power plants within 50 miles of Montrose, Illinois (ZIP 62445), with a combined 5,318 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 Shelby Energy County at 11.4 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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