Power Plants Near 62689 — Thayer, IL

47 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62689 (Thayer, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.5394, -89.7621 · County: Sangamon

Coal 38%Solar 28%Wind 24%Natural Gas 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.5 mi	Double Back Diamond Virden, IL	Solar	593 MW	Double Back Diamond Solar Power, Llc
9.4 mi	Lotus Wind Modesto, IL	Wind	—	Lotus Wind, Llc
10.1 mi	Lincoln Land Energy Center Pawnee, IL	Natural Gas	—	Lincoln Land Energy Center Llc
13.2 mi	Uss Solar Brick Standard City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
14.6 mi	Kincaid Generation Llc Kincaid, IL	Coal	1,319 MW	Dynegy Kincaid Generation
15.5 mi	Viking Solar Csg Palmyra, IL	Solar	2 MW	Viking Solar, Llc
17.1 mi	Dallman Springfield, IL	Coal	437 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
17.3 mi	Lakeside Springfield, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
19.6 mi	Reynolds Springfield, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
20.9 mi	Factory Springfield, IL	Oil	27 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
21.1 mi	Five Oaks Gas Recovery Taylorville, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
21.7 mi	Interstate Springfield, IL	Natural Gas	139 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
22.1 mi	Lincoln Land Wind Tbd, IL	Wind	302 MW	Lincoln Land Wind, Llc
23.6 mi	Sae Taylorville Il S1 Taylorville, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
25.0 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Taylorville Taylorville, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
25.0 mi	Morgan Solar 4, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 4, Llc
25.2 mi	Morgan Solar 2, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 2, Llc
26.3 mi	Skyline Taylorville, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
30.7 mi	Prairie Creek Solar Jacksonville, IL	Solar	30 MW	Sol Systems
31.8 mi	Anacott Hillsboro, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
32.6 mi	Ill060-Sangamon-Atchison Illiopolis, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
33.8 mi	Grey Fox Wind Virginia, IL	Wind	—	Grey Fox Wind
36.0 mi	Alsey Alsey, IL	Natural Gas	173 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
36.3 mi	Wolf Run Solar Chapin, IL	Solar	140 MW	Wolf Run Solar Llc
37.8 mi	Pike Creek Wind Elkhart, IL	Wind	—	Repsol Renewables Na
38.0 mi	Coffeen Solar Bess Coffeen, IL	Solar	46 MW	Vistra Corp
38.2 mi	Big Creek Solar (Il) Brighton, IL	Solar	5 MW	Big Creek Solar (Il), Llc
38.4 mi	Coffeen Coffeen, IL	Coal	—	Illinois Power Generating Co
38.7 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
38.9 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
39.5 mi	Hilltopper Wind Project Mt. Pulaski, IL	Wind	185 MW	Hilltopper Wind Project, Llc
40.6 mi	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc Mt.pulaski, IL	Wind	65 MW	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc
42.4 mi	Mulligan Solar, Llc Broadwell, IL	Solar	70 MW	Mulligan Solar
42.8 mi	Hickory Solar Jerseyville, IL	Solar	110 MW	Hickory Solar Llc
44.2 mi	Moraine Sands Wind Power Mason City, IL	Wind	171 MW	Moraine Sands Wind Power, Llc
44.2 mi	Uss Beard Solar Beardstown, IL	Solar	—	Uss Beard Solar Llc
44.5 mi	Salt Creek Township Solar, Llc Mason City, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
44.6 mi	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc Tbd, IL	Wind	202 MW	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc
45.9 mi	Pearl Station Pearl, IL	Oil	24 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
46.0 mi	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc Herrick, IL	Solar	99 MW	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc
46.4 mi	Morgan Solar 1b Csg Meredosia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 1b Llc
46.5 mi	Morgan Solar 1 Csg Meredosia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 1 Llc
47.0 mi	Pittsfield Pittsfield, IL	Oil	—	Prairie Power, Inc
48.3 mi	Cass County Renewable Energy Center Beardstown, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
48.7 mi	Fuyao Glass Illinois Inc. Decatur, IL	Oil	5 MW	Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc
49.1 mi	Primient Decatur Plant Cogen Decatur, IL	Natural Gas	65 MW	Primary Products Ingredients Americas, Llc
50.0 mi	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc Mason City, IL	Wind	185 MW	Glacier Sands Wind Power, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 47 power plants within 50 miles of Thayer, Illinois (ZIP 62689), with a combined 4,636 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 47 nearby plants. The closest plant is Double Back Diamond at 2.5 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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