Power Plants Near 62518 — Chestnut, IL

59 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62518 (Chestnut, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.0582, -89.1900 · County: Logan

Coal 42%Wind 27%Nuclear 12%Natural Gas 10%Solar 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.5 mi	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc Tbd, IL	Wind	202 MW	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc
8.2 mi	Radfords Run Wind Farm Maroa, IL	Wind	278 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
8.9 mi	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc Mt.pulaski, IL	Wind	65 MW	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc
10.3 mi	Hilltopper Wind Project Mt. Pulaski, IL	Wind	185 MW	Hilltopper Wind Project, Llc
11.6 mi	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc Clinton, IL	Wind	201 MW	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc
12.4 mi	Mulligan Solar, Llc Broadwell, IL	Solar	70 MW	Mulligan Solar
12.8 mi	Clinton Lfgte Clinton, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
15.5 mi	Ill060-Sangamon-Atchison Illiopolis, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
18.4 mi	Pike Creek Wind Elkhart, IL	Wind	—	Repsol Renewables Na
18.4 mi	Macon County Il S1 Decatur, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
19.9 mi	Primient Decatur Plant Cogen Decatur, IL	Natural Gas	65 MW	Primary Products Ingredients Americas, Llc
20.4 mi	Clinton Power Station Clinton, IL	Nuclear	1,138 MW	Constellation Nuclear
20.5 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Decatur Decatur, IL	Coal	335 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
24.2 mi	Rail Splitter Wind Farm Hopedale, IL	Wind	101 MW	Rail Splitter Wind Farm Llc
24.6 mi	Fuyao Glass Illinois Inc. Decatur, IL	Oil	5 MW	Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc
26.7 mi	Interstate Springfield, IL	Natural Gas	139 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
26.8 mi	Towanda Shirley, IL	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
28.2 mi	Tazewell County Il S1 Delavan, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
28.3 mi	Breezewood Bloomington, IL	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
28.6 mi	Factory Springfield, IL	Oil	27 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
28.7 mi	Moraine Csg Downs, IL	Solar	2 MW	Moraine Solar, Llc
29.3 mi	Salt Creek Township Solar, Llc Mason City, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
29.6 mi	Reynolds Springfield, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
29.9 mi	State Farm Bloomington, IL	Oil	5 MW	State Farm Insurance
29.9 mi	Washington Street Solar 1 Llc Bloomington, IL	Solar	—	Washington Street Solar 1 Llc
30.1 mi	Lakeside Springfield, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
30.3 mi	Dallman Springfield, IL	Coal	437 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
30.4 mi	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc Mason City, IL	Wind	185 MW	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc
31.4 mi	Goose Creek Energy Center Monticello, IL	Natural Gas	684 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
31.9 mi	Farmer City Farmer City, IL	Oil	11 MW	City Of Farmer City - (Il)
32.2 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Taylorville Taylorville, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
33.0 mi	Prosperity Wind Deland, IL	Wind	—	Prosperity Wind, Llc
34.3 mi	Heartland Community College Normal, IL	Wind	2 MW	Heartland Community College
34.4 mi	Skyline Taylorville, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
35.2 mi	Five Oaks Gas Recovery Taylorville, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
35.7 mi	High Trail Wind Farm Llc Ellsworth, IL	Wind	211 MW	High Trail Wind Farm Llc
35.7 mi	Old Trail Wind Farm Ellsworth, IL	Wind	214 MW	Old Trail Wind Farm Llc
35.9 mi	Sapphire Sky Wind Energy Llc Farmer City, IL	Wind	260 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
36.2 mi	Kincaid Generation Llc Kincaid, IL	Coal	1,319 MW	Dynegy Kincaid Generation
36.6 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
37.3 mi	Sae Taylorville Il S1 Taylorville, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
37.3 mi	Sand Prairie Solar Green Valley, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Sand Prairie, Llc
37.6 mi	White Oak Energy Llc Carlock, IL	Wind	150 MW	White Oak Energy Llc
38.1 mi	Moraine Sands Wind Power Mason City, IL	Wind	171 MW	Moraine Sands Wind Power, Llc
38.5 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
39.1 mi	Lincoln Land Energy Center Pawnee, IL	Natural Gas	—	Lincoln Land Energy Center Llc
42.1 mi	Powerton Pekin, IL	Coal	1,786 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
43.7 mi	Lincoln Land Wind Tbd, IL	Wind	302 MW	Lincoln Land Wind, Llc
44.2 mi	Sullivan (Il) Sullivan, IL	Oil	25 MW	City Of Sullivan - (Il)
44.9 mi	Ced Peoria Solar Mapleton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Bay4 Energy Services, Llc
45.2 mi	Panther Grove Wind, Llc Peoria, IL	Wind	—	Panther Grove Wind, Llc
46.1 mi	El Paso Wind Project El Paso, IL	Wind	—	Pattern Operators Lp
46.4 mi	Tazewell Gas Recovery East Peoria, IL	Biomass	2 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
46.7 mi	Peoria County Il S2 Peoria, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
47.8 mi	Lowe's - 1193 - East Peoria, Il East Peoria, IL	Solar	—	Riverside Drive Solar Project 2022, Llc
47.8 mi	Ced Champaign Solar Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
48.0 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Peoria Peoria, IL	Natural Gas	36 MW	Biourja Renewables Llc
48.8 mi	Double Back Diamond Virden, IL	Solar	593 MW	Double Back Diamond Solar Power, Llc
49.4 mi	Havana Havana, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 59 power plants within 50 miles of Chestnut, Illinois (ZIP 62518), with a combined 9,298 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 59 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sugar Creek Wind One Llc at 5.5 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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