Power Plants Near 62549 — Mt Zion, IL

58 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62549 (Mt Zion, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.7705, -88.8659 · County: Macon

Natural Gas 29%Coal 28%Wind 24%Nuclear 15%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.0 mi	Fuyao Glass Illinois Inc. Decatur, IL	Oil	5 MW	Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc
6.5 mi	Primient Decatur Plant Cogen Decatur, IL	Natural Gas	65 MW	Primary Products Ingredients Americas, Llc
7.0 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Decatur Decatur, IL	Coal	335 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
10.3 mi	Macon County Il S1 Decatur, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
18.0 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
18.1 mi	Sullivan (Il) Sullivan, IL	Oil	25 MW	City Of Sullivan - (Il)
19.2 mi	Radfords Run Wind Farm Maroa, IL	Wind	278 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
20.0 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
20.4 mi	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc Mt.pulaski, IL	Wind	65 MW	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc
23.7 mi	Ill060-Sangamon-Atchison Illiopolis, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
24.7 mi	Clinton Lfgte Clinton, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
25.8 mi	Skyline Taylorville, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
25.9 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Taylorville Taylorville, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
27.2 mi	Goose Creek Energy Center Monticello, IL	Natural Gas	684 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
27.8 mi	Clinton Power Station Clinton, IL	Nuclear	1,138 MW	Constellation Nuclear
29.3 mi	Cooks Mill Pv I Matoon, IL	Solar	—	Cooks Mill Pv I, Llc
29.4 mi	Sae Taylorville Il S1 Taylorville, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
30.2 mi	Five Oaks Gas Recovery Taylorville, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
30.8 mi	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc Tbd, IL	Wind	202 MW	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc
31.4 mi	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc Clinton, IL	Wind	201 MW	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc
32.3 mi	Prosperity Wind Deland, IL	Wind	—	Prosperity Wind, Llc
32.7 mi	Hilltopper Wind Project Mt. Pulaski, IL	Wind	185 MW	Hilltopper Wind Project, Llc
35.0 mi	Farmer City Farmer City, IL	Oil	11 MW	City Of Farmer City - (Il)
35.8 mi	Kincaid Generation Llc Kincaid, IL	Coal	1,319 MW	Dynegy Kincaid Generation
36.9 mi	Mulligan Solar, Llc Broadwell, IL	Solar	70 MW	Mulligan Solar
38.2 mi	Coles Wind Charleston, IL	Wind	—	Coles Wind, Llc
38.3 mi	Holland Energy Facility Beecher City, IL	Natural Gas	702 MW	Naes Corporation - (Wa)
38.6 mi	Interstate Springfield, IL	Natural Gas	139 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
39.0 mi	Northern Cardinal Solar Scs Il 1, Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	10 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
39.0 mi	Lakeside Springfield, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
39.1 mi	Dallman Springfield, IL	Coal	437 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
39.1 mi	Sapphire Sky Wind Energy Llc Farmer City, IL	Wind	260 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
39.2 mi	Scs County 012631 Champaign, Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
39.3 mi	Phoenix Solar South Farms Llc Solar Farm Champaign, IL	Solar	5 MW	Phoenix Solar South Farms Llc
39.6 mi	Ced Champaign Solar Llc Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
39.7 mi	Tac-Distributed Energy Resource Hybrid Champaign, IL	Solar	2 MW	Ameren Illinois
39.8 mi	Shelby Energy County Neoga, IL	Natural Gas	483 MW	Shelby County Energy Center, Llc
40.2 mi	Lincoln Land Energy Center Pawnee, IL	Natural Gas	—	Lincoln Land Energy Center Llc
40.4 mi	University Of Illinois Abbott Power Plt Champaign, IL	Natural Gas	80 MW	University Of Illinois
40.8 mi	Pike Creek Wind Elkhart, IL	Wind	—	Repsol Renewables Na
41.1 mi	Factory Springfield, IL	Oil	27 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
41.3 mi	Reynolds Springfield, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
41.3 mi	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc Herrick, IL	Solar	99 MW	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc
42.1 mi	Moraine Csg Downs, IL	Solar	2 MW	Moraine Solar, Llc
42.3 mi	Harvest Ridge Wind Farm Newman, IL	Wind	202 MW	Harvest Ridge Wind Farm
43.7 mi	Solar Star Urbana Landfill Central Urbana, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Urbana Landfill Central, Llc
43.8 mi	Solar Star Urbana Landfill East Urbana, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Star Urbana Landfill East, Llc
45.9 mi	Prairie Solar Llc Sidney, IL	Solar	—	Mn8 Energy Llc
46.1 mi	Freedom Power Project St. Elmo, IL	Natural Gas	71 MW	Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (Il)
46.6 mi	Breezewood Bloomington, IL	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
46.9 mi	Il Sidney Project1 Sidney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Il Sidney Project1, Llc
47.0 mi	Towanda Shirley, IL	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.5 mi	State Farm Bloomington, IL	Oil	5 MW	State Farm Insurance
48.8 mi	Altamont Altamont, IL	Oil	7 MW	City Of Altamont - (Il)
49.1 mi	High Trail Wind Farm Llc Ellsworth, IL	Wind	211 MW	High Trail Wind Farm Llc
49.1 mi	Old Trail Wind Farm Ellsworth, IL	Wind	214 MW	Old Trail Wind Farm Llc
49.8 mi	Washington Street Solar 1 Llc Bloomington, IL	Solar	—	Washington Street Solar 1 Llc
49.9 mi	Triple S Solar I Llc Kansas, IL	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 58 power plants within 50 miles of Mt Zion, Illinois (ZIP 62549), with a combined 7,585 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 58 nearby plants. The closest plant is Fuyao Glass Illinois Inc. at 2.0 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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