Power Plants Near 62521 — Decatur, IL

60 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62521 (Decatur, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.8395, -88.9465 · County: Macon

Natural Gas 27%Wind 27%Coal 27%Nuclear 15%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.0 mi	Primient Decatur Plant Cogen Decatur, IL	Natural Gas	65 MW	Primary Products Ingredients Americas, Llc
3.6 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Decatur Decatur, IL	Coal	335 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
4.8 mi	Fuyao Glass Illinois Inc. Decatur, IL	Oil	5 MW	Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc
6.0 mi	Macon County Il S1 Decatur, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
13.0 mi	Radfords Run Wind Farm Maroa, IL	Wind	278 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
14.3 mi	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc Mt.pulaski, IL	Wind	65 MW	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc
18.8 mi	Ill060-Sangamon-Atchison Illiopolis, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
19.5 mi	Clinton Lfgte Clinton, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
21.0 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
23.1 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
23.7 mi	Clinton Power Station Clinton, IL	Nuclear	1,138 MW	Constellation Nuclear
24.4 mi	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc Tbd, IL	Wind	202 MW	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc
24.4 mi	Sullivan (Il) Sullivan, IL	Oil	25 MW	City Of Sullivan - (Il)
25.0 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Taylorville Taylorville, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
25.5 mi	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc Clinton, IL	Wind	201 MW	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc
25.7 mi	Skyline Taylorville, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
26.0 mi	Goose Creek Energy Center Monticello, IL	Natural Gas	684 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
26.5 mi	Hilltopper Wind Project Mt. Pulaski, IL	Wind	185 MW	Hilltopper Wind Project, Llc
29.2 mi	Five Oaks Gas Recovery Taylorville, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
29.3 mi	Sae Taylorville Il S1 Taylorville, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
30.6 mi	Prosperity Wind Deland, IL	Wind	—	Prosperity Wind, Llc
30.6 mi	Mulligan Solar, Llc Broadwell, IL	Solar	70 MW	Mulligan Solar
32.5 mi	Farmer City Farmer City, IL	Oil	11 MW	City Of Farmer City - (Il)
33.9 mi	Kincaid Generation Llc Kincaid, IL	Coal	1,319 MW	Dynegy Kincaid Generation
34.1 mi	Interstate Springfield, IL	Natural Gas	139 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
34.8 mi	Pike Creek Wind Elkhart, IL	Wind	—	Repsol Renewables Na
35.2 mi	Lakeside Springfield, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
35.3 mi	Dallman Springfield, IL	Coal	437 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
35.6 mi	Cooks Mill Pv I Matoon, IL	Solar	—	Cooks Mill Pv I, Llc
36.7 mi	Factory Springfield, IL	Oil	27 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
36.8 mi	Sapphire Sky Wind Energy Llc Farmer City, IL	Wind	260 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
37.0 mi	Reynolds Springfield, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
37.7 mi	Moraine Csg Downs, IL	Solar	2 MW	Moraine Solar, Llc
38.2 mi	Lincoln Land Energy Center Pawnee, IL	Natural Gas	—	Lincoln Land Energy Center Llc
40.4 mi	Ced Champaign Solar Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
40.5 mi	Northern Cardinal Solar Scs Il 1, Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	10 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
40.8 mi	Scs County 012631 Champaign, Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
40.8 mi	Phoenix Solar South Farms Llc Solar Farm Champaign, IL	Solar	5 MW	Phoenix Solar South Farms Llc
41.0 mi	Tac-Distributed Energy Resource Hybrid Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Ameren Illinois
41.5 mi	Breezewood Bloomington, IL	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
41.5 mi	Towanda Shirley, IL	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
41.6 mi	University Of Illinois Abbott Power Plt Champaign, IL	Natural Gas	80 MW	University Of Illinois
42.4 mi	State Farm Bloomington, IL	Oil	5 MW	State Farm Insurance
43.8 mi	Holland Energy Facility Beecher City, IL	Natural Gas	702 MW	Naes Corporation - (Wa)
43.8 mi	Coles Wind Charleston, IL	Wind	—	Coles Wind, Llc
43.8 mi	Rail Splitter Wind Farm Hopedale, IL	Wind	101 MW	Rail Splitter Wind Farm Llc
44.4 mi	Washington Street Solar 1 Llc Bloomington, IL	Solar	—	Washington Street Solar 1 Llc
44.9 mi	High Trail Wind Farm Llc Ellsworth, IL	Wind	211 MW	High Trail Wind Farm Llc
44.9 mi	Old Trail Wind Farm Ellsworth, IL	Wind	214 MW	Old Trail Wind Farm Llc
45.1 mi	Solar Star Urbana Landfill Central Urbana, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Urbana Landfill Central, Llc
45.1 mi	Solar Star Urbana Landfill East Urbana, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Urbana Landfill East, Llc
45.4 mi	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc Herrick, IL	Solar	99 MW	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc
46.1 mi	Shelby Energy County Neoga, IL	Natural Gas	483 MW	Shelby County Energy Center, Llc
46.4 mi	Harvest Ridge Wind Farm Newman, IL	Wind	202 MW	Harvest Ridge Wind Farm
47.3 mi	Salt Creek Township Solar, Llc Mason City, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
48.1 mi	Tazewell County Il S1 Delavan, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
48.3 mi	Heartland Community College Normal, IL	Wind	2 MW	Heartland Community College
48.5 mi	Prairie Solar Llc Sidney, IL	Solar	—	Mn8 Energy Llc
49.4 mi	Il Sidney Project1 Sidney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Il Sidney Project1, Llc
49.4 mi	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc Mason City, IL	Wind	185 MW	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 60 power plants within 50 miles of Decatur, Illinois (ZIP 62521), with a combined 7,844 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 60 nearby plants. The closest plant is Primient Decatur Plant Cogen at 1.0 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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