Power Plants Near 62545 — Mechanicsburg, IL

50 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62545 (Mechanicsburg, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.7778, -89.4064 · County: Sangamon

Coal 31%Wind 25%Nuclear 17%Solar 13%Natural Gas 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.5 mi	Ill060-Sangamon-Atchison Illiopolis, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
10.2 mi	Interstate Springfield, IL	Natural Gas	139 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
10.4 mi	Lakeside Springfield, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
10.5 mi	Dallman Springfield, IL	Coal	437 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
12.6 mi	Reynolds Springfield, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
12.7 mi	Factory Springfield, IL	Oil	27 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
13.5 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Taylorville Taylorville, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
13.8 mi	Kincaid Generation Llc Kincaid, IL	Coal	1,319 MW	Dynegy Kincaid Generation
14.7 mi	Five Oaks Gas Recovery Taylorville, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
15.5 mi	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc Mt.pulaski, IL	Wind	65 MW	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc
16.5 mi	Skyline Taylorville, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
16.6 mi	Lincoln Land Energy Center Pawnee, IL	Natural Gas	—	Lincoln Land Energy Center Llc
17.5 mi	Hilltopper Wind Project Mt. Pulaski, IL	Wind	185 MW	Hilltopper Wind Project, Llc
17.9 mi	Sae Taylorville Il S1 Taylorville, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
20.6 mi	Pike Creek Wind Elkhart, IL	Wind	—	Repsol Renewables Na
21.4 mi	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc Tbd, IL	Wind	202 MW	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc
21.9 mi	Mulligan Solar, Llc Broadwell, IL	Solar	70 MW	Mulligan Solar
24.9 mi	Radfords Run Wind Farm Maroa, IL	Wind	278 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
25.7 mi	Primient Decatur Plant Cogen Decatur, IL	Natural Gas	65 MW	Primary Products Ingredients Americas, Llc
25.7 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
26.8 mi	Fuyao Glass Illinois Inc. Decatur, IL	Oil	5 MW	Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc
26.8 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
27.1 mi	Double Back Diamond Virden, IL	Solar	593 MW	Double Back Diamond Solar Power, Llc
28.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Decatur Decatur, IL	Coal	335 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
28.7 mi	Macon County Il S1 Decatur, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
29.3 mi	Lincoln Land Wind Tbd, IL	Wind	302 MW	Lincoln Land Wind, Llc
32.5 mi	Salt Creek Township Solar, Llc Mason City, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
33.4 mi	Clinton Lfgte Clinton, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
33.9 mi	Lotus Wind Modesto, IL	Wind	—	Lotus Wind, Llc
34.1 mi	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc Clinton, IL	Wind	201 MW	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc
36.0 mi	Uss Solar Brick Standard City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
36.9 mi	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc Mason City, IL	Wind	185 MW	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc
37.5 mi	Moraine Sands Wind Power Mason City, IL	Wind	171 MW	Moraine Sands Wind Power, Llc
40.6 mi	Viking Solar Csg Palmyra, IL	Solar	2 MW	Viking Solar, Llc
40.7 mi	Clinton Power Station Clinton, IL	Nuclear	1,138 MW	Constellation Nuclear
40.9 mi	Rail Splitter Wind Farm Hopedale, IL	Wind	101 MW	Rail Splitter Wind Farm Llc
41.0 mi	Grey Fox Wind Virginia, IL	Wind	—	Grey Fox Wind
41.9 mi	Tazewell County Il S1 Delavan, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
43.5 mi	Prairie Creek Solar Jacksonville, IL	Solar	30 MW	Sol Systems
43.6 mi	Anacott Hillsboro, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
44.1 mi	Sullivan (Il) Sullivan, IL	Oil	25 MW	City Of Sullivan - (Il)
44.7 mi	Morgan Solar 4, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 4, Llc
45.2 mi	Morgan Solar 2, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 2, Llc
45.5 mi	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc Herrick, IL	Solar	99 MW	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc
48.0 mi	Sand Prairie Solar Green Valley, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Sand Prairie, Llc
48.4 mi	Goose Creek Energy Center Monticello, IL	Natural Gas	684 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
48.9 mi	Towanda Shirley, IL	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
49.0 mi	Coffeen Solar Bess Coffeen, IL	Solar	46 MW	Vistra Corp
49.7 mi	Coffeen Coffeen, IL	Coal	—	Illinois Power Generating Co
49.7 mi	Havana Havana, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 50 power plants within 50 miles of Mechanicsburg, Illinois (ZIP 62545), with a combined 6,797 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 50 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ill060-Sangamon-Atchison at 7.5 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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