Power Plants Near 62690 — Virden, IL

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62690 (Virden, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.5064, -89.7783 · County: Macoupin

Coal 52%Solar 24%Wind 17%Natural Gas 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.7 mi	Double Back Diamond Virden, IL	Solar	593 MW	Double Back Diamond Solar Power, Llc
8.1 mi	Lotus Wind Modesto, IL	Wind	—	Lotus Wind, Llc
10.8 mi	Uss Solar Brick Standard City, IL	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
11.7 mi	Lincoln Land Energy Center Pawnee, IL	Natural Gas	—	Lincoln Land Energy Center Llc
13.5 mi	Viking Solar Csg Palmyra, IL	Solar	2 MW	Viking Solar, Llc
16.1 mi	Kincaid Generation Llc Kincaid, IL	Coal	1,319 MW	Dynegy Kincaid Generation
19.6 mi	Dallman Springfield, IL	Coal	437 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
19.8 mi	Lakeside Springfield, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
22.0 mi	Reynolds Springfield, IL	Oil	18 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
22.3 mi	Five Oaks Gas Recovery Taylorville, IL	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
23.3 mi	Factory Springfield, IL	Oil	27 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
23.8 mi	Lincoln Land Wind Tbd, IL	Wind	302 MW	Lincoln Land Wind, Llc
24.1 mi	Interstate Springfield, IL	Natural Gas	139 MW	City Of Springfield - (Il)
24.5 mi	Sae Taylorville Il S1 Taylorville, IL	Solar	—	Solamerica Energy, Llc
24.7 mi	Morgan Solar 4, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 4, Llc
24.9 mi	Morgan Solar 2, Llc Csg Murrayville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 2, Llc
26.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Taylorville Taylorville, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
27.4 mi	Skyline Taylorville, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
30.4 mi	Anacott Hillsboro, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
31.5 mi	Prairie Creek Solar Jacksonville, IL	Solar	30 MW	Sol Systems
34.8 mi	Ill060-Sangamon-Atchison Illiopolis, IL	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
35.2 mi	Grey Fox Wind Virginia, IL	Wind	—	Grey Fox Wind
35.3 mi	Alsey Alsey, IL	Natural Gas	173 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
35.8 mi	Big Creek Solar (Il) Brighton, IL	Solar	5 MW	Big Creek Solar (Il), Llc
36.6 mi	Coffeen Solar Bess Coffeen, IL	Solar	46 MW	Vistra Corp
36.7 mi	Wolf Run Solar Chapin, IL	Solar	140 MW	Wolf Run Solar Llc
36.9 mi	Coffeen Coffeen, IL	Coal	—	Illinois Power Generating Co
39.5 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
39.9 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
40.3 mi	Pike Creek Wind Elkhart, IL	Wind	—	Repsol Renewables Na
40.6 mi	Hickory Solar Jerseyville, IL	Solar	110 MW	Hickory Solar Llc
41.9 mi	Hilltopper Wind Project Mt. Pulaski, IL	Wind	185 MW	Hilltopper Wind Project, Llc
42.8 mi	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc Mt.pulaski, IL	Wind	65 MW	Whitney Hill Wind Power Llc
44.8 mi	Pearl Station Pearl, IL	Oil	24 MW	Prairie Power, Inc
44.8 mi	Mulligan Solar, Llc Broadwell, IL	Solar	70 MW	Mulligan Solar
45.3 mi	Uss Beard Solar Beardstown, IL	Solar	—	Uss Beard Solar Llc
45.6 mi	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc Herrick, IL	Solar	99 MW	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc
46.3 mi	Moraine Sands Wind Power Mason City, IL	Wind	171 MW	Moraine Sands Wind Power, Llc
46.6 mi	Pittsfield Pittsfield, IL	Oil	—	Prairie Power, Inc
46.7 mi	Morgan Solar 1b Csg Meredosia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 1b Llc
46.7 mi	Morgan Solar 1 Csg Meredosia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Morgan Solar 1 Llc
46.8 mi	Salt Creek Township Solar, Llc Mason City, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
47.0 mi	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc Tbd, IL	Wind	202 MW	Sugar Creek Wind One Llc
48.3 mi	Wood River Alton, IL	Coal	—	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
48.3 mi	Sv Csg Roxana 1 Roxana, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Roxana 1 Llc
49.1 mi	Cass County Renewable Energy Center Beardstown, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
49.2 mi	Sioux West Alton, MO	Coal	1,099 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
49.2 mi	Edwardsville Solar Ii Edwardsville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Edwardsville Solar Ii, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Virden, Illinois (ZIP 62690), with a combined 5,483 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Double Back Diamond at 2.7 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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