Power Plants Near 62476 — West Salem, IL

41 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62476 (West Salem, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.5209, -88.0048 · County: Edwards

Coal 82%Natural Gas 10%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.4 mi	Olney Solar Ii Csg Olney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Olney Solar Ii, Llc
16.5 mi	Gibson Owensville, IN	Coal	3,340 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
26.2 mi	Boomtown Renewable Energy Center Carmi, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
26.7 mi	Imea Flora Flora, IL	Oil	9 MW	Illinois Municipal Elec Agency
26.8 mi	Flora Site A Flora, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
28.2 mi	Flora Site B Flora, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
28.9 mi	Flora Solar Tbd, IL	Solar	—	Flora Solar, Llc
29.1 mi	Patoka Solar Poseyville, IN	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
29.2 mi	Gibson Solar Princeton, IN	Solar	—	Gibson Solar, Llc
30.5 mi	Carmi Carmi, IL	Oil	13 MW	City Of Carmi - (Il)
31.4 mi	Raccoon Creek Energy Center Flora, IL	Natural Gas	456 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
31.4 mi	Clay Fc Louisville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clay Fc, Llc
32.2 mi	Newton Newton, IL	Coal	617 MW	Illinois Power Generating Co
32.2 mi	Newton Solar Bess Llc Newton, IL	Solar	—	Vistra Corp
33.2 mi	Maple Flats Louisville, IL	Solar	250 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
34.3 mi	Elliot Solar Llc Francisco, IN	Solar	—	Elliot Solar Llc
35.7 mi	Volkman Road Solar Array Hybrid Evansville, IN	Solar	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
36.1 mi	Big River Solar Norris City, IL	Solar	149 MW	Big River Solar, Llc
37.2 mi	Meadow Springs Renewable Energy (Hybrid) Norris City, IL	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
39.8 mi	Wheatland Generating Facility Wheatland, IN	Natural Gas	500 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
39.9 mi	Frank E Ratts Petersburg, IN	Coal	—	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
40.5 mi	Wheatland Wheatland, IN	Solar	—	Origis Energy Usa, Inc
40.7 mi	Aes Petersburg Petersburg, IN	Coal	1,873 MW	Aes Indiana
40.8 mi	Pike County Energy Storage Petesburg, IN	Battery Storage	200 MW	Aes Indiana
41.4 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
42.4 mi	Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN	Natural Gas	108 MW	Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc
43.1 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc
43.5 mi	Northeast (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
43.7 mi	Posey Solar Mount Vernon, IN	Solar	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
43.9 mi	Broadway (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
43.9 mi	Impa Washington Solar Park Washington, IN	Solar	4 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
43.9 mi	Heirloom Solar Petersburg, IN	Solar	—	Heirloom Solar (Ratts 1 Phase 2 Solar, Llc)
44.3 mi	Ratts 1 Petersburg, IN	Solar	—	Ratts 1 Solar Llc
44.8 mi	Impa Washington Solar Park 2 Washington, IN	Solar	10 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
44.8 mi	Oak Hill Solar Array Evansville, IN	Solar	2 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
45.2 mi	Crosstrack Solar Petersburgh, IN	Solar	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
45.4 mi	A B Brown Mount Vernon, IN	Coal	707 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
45.4 mi	Edwardsport Edwardsport, IN	Coal	813 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
45.5 mi	Veolia Es Blackfoot Landfill Facility Winslow, IN	Biomass	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
45.9 mi	Osprey Point Res Sullivan, IN	Other Fossil	13 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
46.3 mi	Merom Sullivan, IN	Coal	1,080 MW	Hallador Power Company, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 41 power plants within 50 miles of West Salem, Illinois (ZIP 62476), with a combined 10,325 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 41 nearby plants. The closest plant is Olney Solar Ii Csg at 15.4 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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