Power Plants Near 62659 — Lincoln's New Salem, IL

56 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62659 (Lincoln's New Salem, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.0311, -89.7867 · County: Menard

Coal 55%Wind 24%Solar 15%Natural Gas 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.0 mi	Salt Creek Township Solar, Llc Mason City, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
11.2 mi	Moraine Sands Wind Power Mason City, IL	Wind	171 MW	Moraine Sands Wind Power, Llc
13.3 mi	Pike Creek Wind Elkhart, IL	Wind	—	Repsol Renewables Na
16.2 mi	Factory Springfield, IL	Oil	27 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
16.5 mi	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc Mason City, IL	Wind	185 MW	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc
17.0 mi	Lincoln Land Wind Tbd, IL	Wind	302 MW	Lincoln Land Wind, Llc
17.3 mi	Reynolds Springfield, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
17.8 mi	Interstate Springfield, IL	Natural Gas	139 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
19.9 mi	Mulligan Solar, Llc Broadwell, IL	Solar	70 MW	Mulligan Solar
20.8 mi	Grey Fox Wind Virginia, IL	Wind	—	Grey Fox Wind
21.3 mi	Lakeside Springfield, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
21.4 mi	Dallman Springfield, IL	Coal	437 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
21.5 mi	Hilltopper Wind Project Mt. Pulaski, IL	Wind	185 MW	Hilltopper Wind Project, Llc
23.1 mi	Havana Havana, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
26.3 mi	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc Tbd, IL	Wind	202 MW	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc
27.7 mi	Tazewell County Il S1 Delavan, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
27.9 mi	Prairie Creek Solar Jacksonville, IL	Solar	30 MW	Sol Systems
28.5 mi	Sand Prairie Solar Green Valley, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Sand Prairie, Llc
28.7 mi	Ill060-Sangamon-Atchison Illiopolis, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
30.1 mi	Uss Beard Solar Beardstown, IL	Solar	—	Uss Beard Solar Llc
30.9 mi	Rail Splitter Wind Farm Hopedale, IL	Wind	101 MW	Rail Splitter Wind Farm Llc
32.4 mi	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc Mt.pulaski, IL	Wind	65 MW	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc
33.1 mi	Lincoln Land Energy Center Pawnee, IL	Natural Gas	—	Lincoln Land Energy Center Llc
34.1 mi	Kincaid Generation Llc Kincaid, IL	Coal	1,319 MW	Dynegy Kincaid Generation
34.1 mi	Double Back Diamond Virden, IL	Solar	593 MW	Double Back Diamond Solar Power, Llc
34.5 mi	Wolf Run Solar Chapin, IL	Solar	140 MW	Wolf Run Solar Llc
35.7 mi	Powerton Pekin, IL	Coal	1,786 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
36.4 mi	Cass County Renewable Energy Center Beardstown, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
36.9 mi	Morgan Solar 4, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 4, Llc
37.1 mi	Pleasantville Solar Park Ipava, IL	Solar	—	Pleasantville Solar Park Llc
37.5 mi	Morgan Solar 2, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 2, Llc
37.6 mi	Lotus Wind Modesto, IL	Wind	—	Lotus Wind, Llc
37.9 mi	Ced Peoria Solar Mapleton, IL	Solar	2 MW	Bay4 Energy Services, Llc
39.0 mi	Five Oaks Gas Recovery Taylorville, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
39.2 mi	Radfords Run Wind Farm Maroa, IL	Wind	278 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
39.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Taylorville Taylorville, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
39.7 mi	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc Clinton, IL	Wind	201 MW	Alta Farms Ii Wind Project, Llc
41.2 mi	Peoria County Il S2 Peoria, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
42.4 mi	Skyline Taylorville, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
42.7 mi	Sae Taylorville Il S1 Taylorville, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
43.2 mi	Morgan Solar 1b Csg Meredosia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 1b Llc
43.2 mi	Morgan Solar 1 Csg Meredosia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 1 Llc
44.1 mi	Clinton Lfgte Clinton, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
44.6 mi	Viking Solar Csg Palmyra, IL	Solar	2 MW	Viking Solar, Llc
45.7 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Peoria Peoria, IL	Natural Gas	36 MW	Biourja Renewables Llc
46.1 mi	Lowe's - 1193 - East Peoria, Il East Peoria, IL	Solar	—	Riverside Drive Solar Project 2022, Llc
46.9 mi	Alsey Alsey, IL	Natural Gas	173 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
47.0 mi	Primient Decatur Plant Cogen Decatur, IL	Natural Gas	65 MW	Primary Products Ingredients Americas, Llc
47.1 mi	Uss Solar Brick Standard City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
47.1 mi	Illinois Pv Fulton 1 Csg Farmington, IL	Solar	2 MW	Illinois Pv Fulton 1, Llc
47.1 mi	Tazewell Gas Recovery East Peoria, IL	Biomass	2 MW	Wm Illinois Renewable Energy Llc
47.3 mi	Towanda Shirley, IL	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.8 mi	Macon County Il S1 Decatur, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
48.5 mi	Brown County Wind Turbine Mount Sterling, IL	Wind	2 MW	Adams Electric Cooperative
48.7 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Decatur Decatur, IL	Coal	335 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
49.6 mi	Washington Street Solar 1 Llc Bloomington, IL	Solar	—	Washington Street Solar 1 Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 56 power plants within 50 miles of Lincoln's New Salem, Illinois (ZIP 62659), with a combined 7,094 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 56 nearby plants. The closest plant is Salt Creek Township Solar, Llc at 11.0 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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