Power Plants Near 62837 — Fairfield, IL

35 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62837 (Fairfield, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.3782, -88.3593 · County: Wayne

Coal 75%Natural Gas 13%Solar 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.2 mi	Boomtown Renewable Energy Center Carmi, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
20.5 mi	Flora Solar Tbd, IL	Solar	—	Flora Solar, Llc
20.6 mi	Imea Flora Flora, IL	Oil	9 MW	Illinois Municipal Elec Agency
20.9 mi	Flora Site A Flora, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
21.4 mi	Flora Site B Flora, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
21.9 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
22.0 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc
22.2 mi	Carmi Carmi, IL	Oil	13 MW	City Of Carmi - (Il)
22.9 mi	Big River Solar Norris City, IL	Solar	149 MW	Big River Solar, Llc
24.2 mi	Raccoon Creek Energy Center Flora, IL	Natural Gas	456 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
24.5 mi	Meadow Springs Renewable Energy (Hybrid) Norris City, IL	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
26.8 mi	Olney Solar Ii Csg Olney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Olney Solar Ii, Llc
26.9 mi	Clay Fc Louisville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clay Fc, Llc
27.5 mi	Maple Flats Louisville, IL	Solar	250 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
32.1 mi	Gibson Owensville, IN	Coal	3,340 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
35.7 mi	Patoka Solar Poseyville, IN	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
36.6 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
38.8 mi	Newton Newton, IL	Coal	617 MW	Illinois Power Generating Co
38.8 mi	Newton Solar Bess Llc Newton, IL	Solar	—	Vistra Corp
39.2 mi	Crooked Creek Pv I Salem, IL	Solar	—	Crooked Creek Pv I, Llc
40.0 mi	Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN	Natural Gas	108 MW	Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc
43.6 mi	Clinton Solar 2b Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
43.6 mi	Clinton Solar 2 Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
44.1 mi	Kinmundy Patoka, IL	Natural Gas	270 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
44.2 mi	Marion Solar 4b Llc Sandoval, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
44.4 mi	Marion Solar 2 Sandoval, IL	Solar	1 MW	Pivot Energy
45.1 mi	Gibson Solar Princeton, IN	Solar	—	Gibson Solar, Llc
45.2 mi	Sandoval Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sandoval Holdco, Llc
45.6 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
46.3 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
46.3 mi	Posey Solar Mount Vernon, IN	Solar	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
46.3 mi	Ruby Solar, Llc Shattuc, IL	Solar	—	Birch Creek Development
46.8 mi	Volkman Road Solar Array Hybrid Evansville, IN	Solar	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
47.9 mi	A B Brown Mount Vernon, IN	Coal	707 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
49.8 mi	Broadway (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co

Power generation near this area

There are 35 power plants within 50 miles of Fairfield, Illinois (ZIP 62837), with a combined 6,257 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 22 of the 35 nearby plants. The closest plant is Boomtown Renewable Energy Center at 17.2 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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