Power Plants Near 62638 — Franklin, IL

42 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62638 (Franklin, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.6222, -90.0889 · County: Morgan

Coal 42%Solar 28%Wind 20%Natural Gas 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.0 mi	Morgan Solar 4, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 4, Llc
7.4 mi	Morgan Solar 2, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 2, Llc
12.0 mi	Lotus Wind Modesto, IL	Wind	—	Lotus Wind, Llc
14.6 mi	Prairie Creek Solar Jacksonville, IL	Solar	30 MW	Sol Systems
15.5 mi	Lincoln Land Wind Tbd, IL	Wind	302 MW	Lincoln Land Wind, Llc
15.8 mi	Viking Solar Csg Palmyra, IL	Solar	2 MW	Viking Solar, Llc
16.0 mi	Double Back Diamond Virden, IL	Solar	593 MW	Double Back Diamond Solar Power, Llc
18.6 mi	Wolf Run Solar Chapin, IL	Solar	140 MW	Wolf Run Solar Llc
18.8 mi	Alsey Alsey, IL	Natural Gas	173 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
21.2 mi	Grey Fox Wind Virginia, IL	Wind	—	Grey Fox Wind
24.5 mi	Uss Solar Brick Standard City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
27.0 mi	Reynolds Springfield, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
27.3 mi	Lincoln Land Energy Center Pawnee, IL	Natural Gas	—	Lincoln Land Energy Center Llc
27.4 mi	Dallman Springfield, IL	Coal	437 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
27.6 mi	Lakeside Springfield, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
27.8 mi	Factory Springfield, IL	Oil	27 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
28.3 mi	Morgan Solar 1b Csg Meredosia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 1b Llc
28.4 mi	Morgan Solar 1 Csg Meredosia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 1 Llc
29.0 mi	Uss Beard Solar Beardstown, IL	Solar	—	Uss Beard Solar Llc
29.1 mi	Pittsfield Pittsfield, IL	Oil	—	Prairie Power, Inc
30.0 mi	Interstate Springfield, IL	Natural Gas	139 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
30.4 mi	Pearl Station Pearl, IL	Oil	24 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
31.6 mi	Kincaid Generation Llc Kincaid, IL	Coal	1,319 MW	Dynegy Kincaid Generation
31.9 mi	Cass County Renewable Energy Center Beardstown, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
36.9 mi	Hickory Solar Jerseyville, IL	Solar	110 MW	Hickory Solar Llc
38.2 mi	Big Creek Solar (Il) Brighton, IL	Solar	5 MW	Big Creek Solar (Il), Llc
38.5 mi	Five Oaks Gas Recovery Taylorville, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
39.3 mi	Moraine Sands Wind Power Mason City, IL	Wind	171 MW	Moraine Sands Wind Power, Llc
40.3 mi	Pike County Wind Power Pittsfield, IL	Wind	2 MW	Illinois Rural Electric Coop
40.5 mi	Brown County Wind Turbine Mount Sterling, IL	Wind	2 MW	Adams Electric Cooperative
41.5 mi	Sae Taylorville Il S1 Taylorville, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
41.9 mi	Panther Creek Wind Project Pittsfield, IL	Wind	—	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
42.0 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Taylorville Taylorville, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
42.0 mi	Pike Creek Wind Elkhart, IL	Wind	—	Repsol Renewables Na
43.4 mi	Salt Creek Township Solar, Llc Mason City, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
43.8 mi	Skyline Taylorville, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
44.8 mi	Ill060-Sangamon-Atchison Illiopolis, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
45.4 mi	Havana Havana, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
47.0 mi	Hilltopper Wind Project Mt. Pulaski, IL	Wind	185 MW	Hilltopper Wind Project, Llc
47.3 mi	Anacott Hillsboro, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
48.2 mi	Mulligan Solar, Llc Broadwell, IL	Solar	70 MW	Mulligan Solar
48.7 mi	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc Mason City, IL	Wind	185 MW	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 42 power plants within 50 miles of Franklin, Illinois (ZIP 62638), with a combined 4,156 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 42 nearby plants. The closest plant is Morgan Solar 4, Llc Csg at 7.0 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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