Power Plants Near 62843 — Golden Gate, IL

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62843 (Golden Gate, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.3645, -88.2075 · County: Wayne

Coal 78%Solar 12%Natural Gas 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.5 mi	Boomtown Renewable Energy Center Carmi, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
18.7 mi	Carmi Carmi, IL	Oil	13 MW	City Of Carmi - (Il)
22.2 mi	Big River Solar Norris City, IL	Solar	149 MW	Big River Solar, Llc
23.6 mi	Meadow Springs Renewable Energy (Hybrid) Norris City, IL	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
23.9 mi	Gibson Owensville, IN	Coal	3,340 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
25.0 mi	Imea Flora Flora, IL	Oil	9 MW	Illinois Municipal Elec Agency
25.1 mi	Olney Solar Ii Csg Olney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Olney Solar Ii, Llc
25.2 mi	Flora Site A Flora, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
25.7 mi	Flora Solar Tbd, IL	Solar	—	Flora Solar, Llc
26.0 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
26.1 mi	Flora Site B Flora, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
28.1 mi	Patoka Solar Poseyville, IN	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
29.3 mi	Raccoon Creek Energy Center Flora, IL	Natural Gas	456 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
29.9 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc
31.2 mi	Clay Fc Louisville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clay Fc, Llc
32.2 mi	Maple Flats Louisville, IL	Solar	250 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
34.9 mi	Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN	Natural Gas	108 MW	Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc
36.8 mi	Gibson Solar Princeton, IN	Solar	—	Gibson Solar, Llc
37.7 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
38.7 mi	Volkman Road Solar Array Hybrid Evansville, IN	Solar	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
39.7 mi	Newton Newton, IL	Coal	617 MW	Illinois Power Generating Co
39.7 mi	Newton Solar Bess Llc Newton, IL	Solar	—	Vistra Corp
39.9 mi	Posey Solar Mount Vernon, IN	Solar	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
41.5 mi	A B Brown Mount Vernon, IN	Coal	707 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
42.4 mi	Elliot Solar Llc Francisco, IN	Solar	—	Elliot Solar Llc
42.6 mi	Broadway (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
44.4 mi	Northeast (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
45.0 mi	Oak Hill Solar Array Evansville, IN	Solar	2 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
47.0 mi	Crooked Creek Pv I Salem, IL	Solar	—	Crooked Creek Pv I, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Golden Gate, Illinois (ZIP 62843), with a combined 5,978 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Boomtown Renewable Energy Center at 13.5 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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