Power Plants Near 62556 — Palmer, IL

42 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62556 (Palmer, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.4699, -89.3733 · County: Christian

Coal 38%Natural Gas 27%Wind 19%Solar 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.9 mi	Sae Taylorville Il S1 Taylorville, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
6.8 mi	Five Oaks Gas Recovery Taylorville, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
8.5 mi	Skyline Taylorville, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
9.8 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Taylorville Taylorville, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
10.6 mi	Kincaid Generation Llc Kincaid, IL	Coal	1,319 MW	Dynegy Kincaid Generation
13.3 mi	Lincoln Land Energy Center Pawnee, IL	Natural Gas	—	Lincoln Land Energy Center Llc
18.2 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
18.9 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
22.6 mi	Anacott Hillsboro, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
23.2 mi	Dallman Springfield, IL	Coal	437 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
23.3 mi	Lakeside Springfield, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
23.7 mi	Double Back Diamond Virden, IL	Solar	593 MW	Double Back Diamond Solar Power, Llc
23.9 mi	Uss Solar Brick Standard City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
26.5 mi	Ill060-Sangamon-Atchison Illiopolis, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
26.8 mi	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc Herrick, IL	Solar	99 MW	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc
27.0 mi	Interstate Springfield, IL	Natural Gas	139 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
27.3 mi	Reynolds Springfield, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
27.7 mi	Coffeen Solar Bess Coffeen, IL	Solar	46 MW	Vistra Corp
28.3 mi	Factory Springfield, IL	Oil	27 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
28.5 mi	Coffeen Coffeen, IL	Coal	—	Illinois Power Generating Co
29.8 mi	Lotus Wind Modesto, IL	Wind	—	Lotus Wind, Llc
33.0 mi	Fuyao Glass Illinois Inc. Decatur, IL	Oil	5 MW	Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc
33.2 mi	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc Mt.pulaski, IL	Wind	65 MW	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc
33.5 mi	Viking Solar Csg Palmyra, IL	Solar	2 MW	Viking Solar, Llc
35.2 mi	Primient Decatur Plant Cogen Decatur, IL	Natural Gas	65 MW	Primary Products Ingredients Americas, Llc
37.0 mi	Holland Energy Facility Beecher City, IL	Natural Gas	702 MW	Naes Corporation - (Wa)
37.4 mi	Freedom Power Project St. Elmo, IL	Natural Gas	71 MW	Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (Il)
37.7 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Decatur Decatur, IL	Coal	335 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
38.7 mi	Hilltopper Wind Project Mt. Pulaski, IL	Wind	185 MW	Hilltopper Wind Project, Llc
39.4 mi	Lincoln Land Wind Tbd, IL	Wind	302 MW	Lincoln Land Wind, Llc
40.0 mi	Macon County Il S1 Decatur, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
41.2 mi	Radfords Run Wind Farm Maroa, IL	Wind	278 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
41.5 mi	Sullivan (Il) Sullivan, IL	Oil	25 MW	City Of Sullivan - (Il)
41.6 mi	Pike Creek Wind Elkhart, IL	Wind	—	Repsol Renewables Na
42.0 mi	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc Tbd, IL	Wind	202 MW	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc
42.5 mi	Conagra Foods At St. Elmo St. Elmo, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
43.1 mi	Altamont Altamont, IL	Oil	7 MW	City Of Altamont - (Il)
43.2 mi	Mulligan Solar, Llc Broadwell, IL	Solar	70 MW	Mulligan Solar
46.2 mi	Morgan Solar 4, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 4, Llc
46.5 mi	Morgan Solar 2, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 2, Llc
49.4 mi	Big Creek Solar (Il) Brighton, IL	Solar	5 MW	Big Creek Solar (Il), Llc
49.6 mi	Shelby Energy County Neoga, IL	Natural Gas	483 MW	Shelby County Energy Center, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 42 power plants within 50 miles of Palmer, Illinois (ZIP 62556), with a combined 5,502 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 42 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sae Taylorville Il S1 at 4.9 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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