Power Plants Near 62520 — Dawson, IL

54 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62520 (Dawson, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.8563, -89.4603 · County: Sangamon

Coal 45%Wind 20%Nuclear 13%Solar 11%Natural Gas 10%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.2 mi	Interstate Springfield, IL	Natural Gas	139 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
8.5 mi	Ill060-Sangamon-Atchison Illiopolis, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
9.6 mi	Factory Springfield, IL	Oil	27 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
10.1 mi	Lakeside Springfield, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
10.2 mi	Reynolds Springfield, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
10.3 mi	Dallman Springfield, IL	Coal	437 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
12.7 mi	Hilltopper Wind Project Mt. Pulaski, IL	Wind	185 MW	Hilltopper Wind Project, Llc
14.6 mi	Pike Creek Wind Elkhart, IL	Wind	—	Repsol Renewables Na
15.2 mi	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc Mt.pulaski, IL	Wind	65 MW	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc
16.6 mi	Mulligan Solar, Llc Broadwell, IL	Solar	70 MW	Mulligan Solar
17.5 mi	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc Tbd, IL	Wind	202 MW	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc
18.5 mi	Kincaid Generation Llc Kincaid, IL	Coal	1,319 MW	Dynegy Kincaid Generation
19.7 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Taylorville Taylorville, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
20.2 mi	Lincoln Land Energy Center Pawnee, IL	Natural Gas	—	Lincoln Land Energy Center Llc
20.5 mi	Five Oaks Gas Recovery Taylorville, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
22.6 mi	Skyline Taylorville, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
23.9 mi	Sae Taylorville Il S1 Taylorville, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
24.4 mi	Radfords Run Wind Farm Maroa, IL	Wind	278 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
26.4 mi	Lincoln Land Wind Tbd, IL	Wind	302 MW	Lincoln Land Wind, Llc
26.4 mi	Salt Creek Township Solar, Llc Mason City, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
28.0 mi	Primient Decatur Plant Cogen Decatur, IL	Natural Gas	65 MW	Primary Products Ingredients Americas, Llc
28.8 mi	Double Back Diamond Virden, IL	Solar	593 MW	Double Back Diamond Solar Power, Llc
30.1 mi	Fuyao Glass Illinois Inc. Decatur, IL	Oil	5 MW	Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc
30.2 mi	Macon County Il S1 Decatur, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
30.2 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Decatur Decatur, IL	Coal	335 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
30.7 mi	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc Mason City, IL	Wind	185 MW	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc
31.4 mi	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc Clinton, IL	Wind	201 MW	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc
31.4 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
31.7 mi	Moraine Sands Wind Power Mason City, IL	Wind	171 MW	Moraine Sands Wind Power, Llc
32.1 mi	Clinton Lfgte Clinton, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
32.7 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
35.2 mi	Lotus Wind Modesto, IL	Wind	—	Lotus Wind, Llc
35.6 mi	Rail Splitter Wind Farm Hopedale, IL	Wind	101 MW	Rail Splitter Wind Farm Llc
36.2 mi	Tazewell County Il S1 Delavan, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
37.1 mi	Grey Fox Wind Virginia, IL	Wind	—	Grey Fox Wind
39.2 mi	Uss Solar Brick Standard City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
39.7 mi	Clinton Power Station Clinton, IL	Nuclear	1,138 MW	Constellation Nuclear
40.7 mi	Prairie Creek Solar Jacksonville, IL	Solar	30 MW	Sol Systems
42.0 mi	Sand Prairie Solar Green Valley, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Sand Prairie, Llc
42.2 mi	Viking Solar Csg Palmyra, IL	Solar	2 MW	Viking Solar, Llc
43.7 mi	Morgan Solar 4, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 4, Llc
43.9 mi	Havana Havana, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
44.2 mi	Morgan Solar 2, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 2, Llc
45.1 mi	Towanda Shirley, IL	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.3 mi	Breezewood Bloomington, IL	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.9 mi	Wolf Run Solar Chapin, IL	Solar	140 MW	Wolf Run Solar Llc
48.1 mi	Washington Street Solar 1 Llc Bloomington, IL	Solar	—	Washington Street Solar 1 Llc
48.2 mi	Uss Beard Solar Beardstown, IL	Solar	—	Uss Beard Solar Llc
48.5 mi	Sullivan (Il) Sullivan, IL	Oil	25 MW	City Of Sullivan - (Il)
48.7 mi	Moraine Csg Downs, IL	Solar	2 MW	Moraine Solar, Llc
48.7 mi	Powerton Pekin, IL	Coal	1,786 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
48.7 mi	Goose Creek Energy Center Monticello, IL	Natural Gas	684 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
49.0 mi	Anacott Hillsboro, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
49.0 mi	State Farm Bloomington, IL	Oil	5 MW	State Farm Insurance

Power generation near this area

There are 54 power plants within 50 miles of Dawson, Illinois (ZIP 62520), with a combined 8,586 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 54 nearby plants. The closest plant is Interstate at 7.2 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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