Power Plants Near 62471 — Vandalia, IL

46 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62471 (Vandalia, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.9439, -89.1041 · County: Fayette

Natural Gas 45%Coal 44%Solar 10%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.5 mi	Kinmundy Patoka, IL	Natural Gas	270 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
14.7 mi	Conagra Foods At St. Elmo St. Elmo, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
17.2 mi	Freedom Power Project St. Elmo, IL	Natural Gas	71 MW	Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (Il)
17.2 mi	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc Herrick, IL	Solar	99 MW	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc
17.8 mi	Coffeen Solar Bess Coffeen, IL	Solar	46 MW	Vistra Corp
17.9 mi	Coffeen Coffeen, IL	Coal	—	Illinois Power Generating Co
20.6 mi	Altamont Altamont, IL	Oil	7 MW	City Of Altamont - (Il)
21.2 mi	Marion Solar 2 Sandoval, IL	Solar	1 MW	Pivot Energy
21.4 mi	Crooked Creek Pv I Salem, IL	Solar	—	Crooked Creek Pv I, Llc
22.1 mi	Marion Solar 4b Llc Sandoval, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
23.3 mi	Anacott Hillsboro, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
24.3 mi	Ruby Solar, Llc Shattuc, IL	Solar	—	Birch Creek Development
24.6 mi	Sandoval Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sandoval Holdco, Llc
25.7 mi	Clinton Solar 4b Carlyle, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
25.8 mi	Clinton Solar 4 Llc Csg Carlyle, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clinton Solar 4 Llc
26.8 mi	Holland Energy Facility Beecher City, IL	Natural Gas	702 MW	Naes Corporation - (Wa)
26.8 mi	Carlyle Carlyle, IL	Oil	12 MW	City Of Carlyle - (Il)
30.3 mi	Clinton Solar 2 Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
30.3 mi	Clinton Solar 2b Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
32.5 mi	Breese Breese, IL	Oil	17 MW	City Of Breese - (Il)
32.9 mi	Maple Flats Louisville, IL	Solar	250 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
34.2 mi	Imea Highland Highland, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Highland
34.3 mi	Highland Highland, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Highland
34.8 mi	Raccoon Creek Energy Center Flora, IL	Natural Gas	456 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
34.8 mi	Clay Fc Louisville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clay Fc, Llc
37.7 mi	Flora Solar Tbd, IL	Solar	—	Flora Solar, Llc
38.1 mi	Flora Site B Flora, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
39.4 mi	Flora Site A Flora, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
39.5 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
39.5 mi	Imea Flora Flora, IL	Oil	9 MW	Illinois Municipal Elec Agency
40.3 mi	Trenton East Trenton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
40.7 mi	Trenton West Trenton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
40.8 mi	Shelby Energy County Neoga, IL	Natural Gas	483 MW	Shelby County Energy Center, Llc
41.6 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
42.0 mi	Sae Taylorville Il S1 Taylorville, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
43.0 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
43.7 mi	Skyline Taylorville, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
44.4 mi	Newton Newton, IL	Coal	617 MW	Illinois Power Generating Co
44.4 mi	Newton Solar Bess Llc Newton, IL	Solar	—	Vistra Corp
45.3 mi	St. Clair Solar 5 Lebanon, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
45.4 mi	Five Oaks Gas Recovery Taylorville, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
46.4 mi	Uss Solar Brick Standard City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
46.5 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Taylorville Taylorville, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
47.3 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc
48.9 mi	Edwardsville Solar Ii Edwardsville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Edwardsville Solar Ii, Llc
49.4 mi	Kincaid Generation Llc Kincaid, IL	Coal	1,319 MW	Dynegy Kincaid Generation

Power generation near this area

There are 46 power plants within 50 miles of Vandalia, Illinois (ZIP 62471), with a combined 4,426 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 46 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kinmundy 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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