Power Plants Near 62479 — Wheeler, IL

30 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62479 (Wheeler, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.0182, -88.3175 · County: Jasper

Natural Gas 44%Coal 38%Solar 16%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.1 mi	Newton Newton, IL	Coal	617 MW	Illinois Power Generating Co
6.1 mi	Newton Solar Bess Llc Newton, IL	Solar	—	Vistra Corp
20.0 mi	Shelby Energy County Neoga, IL	Natural Gas	483 MW	Shelby County Energy Center, Llc
21.1 mi	Clay Fc Louisville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clay Fc, Llc
22.4 mi	Maple Flats Louisville, IL	Solar	250 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
22.9 mi	Olney Solar Ii Csg Olney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Olney Solar Ii, Llc
23.8 mi	Altamont Altamont, IL	Oil	7 MW	City Of Altamont - (Il)
25.0 mi	Raccoon Creek Energy Center Flora, IL	Natural Gas	456 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
25.4 mi	Flora Site A Flora, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
25.6 mi	Imea Flora Flora, IL	Oil	9 MW	Illinois Municipal Elec Agency
25.7 mi	Flora Site B Flora, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
26.7 mi	Casey City Of Casey, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Casey - (Il)
27.6 mi	Holland Energy Facility Beecher City, IL	Natural Gas	702 MW	Naes Corporation - (Wa)
27.6 mi	Flora Solar Tbd, IL	Solar	—	Flora Solar, Llc
28.3 mi	Conagra Foods At St. Elmo St. Elmo, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
29.6 mi	Freedom Power Project St. Elmo, IL	Natural Gas	71 MW	Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (Il)
35.2 mi	Cooks Mill Pv I Matoon, IL	Solar	—	Cooks Mill Pv I, Llc
40.0 mi	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc Herrick, IL	Solar	99 MW	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc
40.4 mi	Triple S Solar I Llc Kansas, IL	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
40.5 mi	River Ferry Solar 1 West Union, IL	Solar	165 MW	River Ferry Solar 1, Llc
40.8 mi	Prairie Wolf Solar Llc Ashmore Township, IL	Solar	200 MW	National Grid Renewables
41.3 mi	Coles Wind Charleston, IL	Wind	—	Coles Wind, Llc
41.4 mi	Kinmundy Patoka, IL	Natural Gas	270 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
42.6 mi	Marshall (Il) Marshall, IL	Oil	17 MW	City Of Marshall - (Il)
43.0 mi	Sullivan (Il) Sullivan, IL	Oil	25 MW	City Of Sullivan - (Il)
43.4 mi	Merom Sullivan, IN	Coal	1,080 MW	Hallador Power Company, Llc
43.6 mi	Osprey Point Res Sullivan, IN	Other Fossil	13 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
44.2 mi	Fairbanks Solar Project Fairbanks, IN	Solar	—	Fairbanks Solar Energy Center Llc
44.9 mi	Crooked Creek Pv I Salem, IL	Solar	—	Crooked Creek Pv I, Llc
49.1 mi	Sullivan Solar, Llc Sullivan, IN	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables

Power generation near this area

There are 30 power plants within 50 miles of Wheeler, Illinois (ZIP 62479), with a combined 4,491 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 30 nearby plants. The closest plant is Newton at 6.1 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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