Power Plants Near 62879 — Sailor Springs, IL

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62879 (Sailor Springs, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.7639, -88.3631 · County: Clay

Coal 59%Natural Gas 30%Solar 10%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.8 mi	Clay Fc Louisville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clay Fc, Llc
8.5 mi	Flora Site A Flora, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
8.6 mi	Imea Flora Flora, IL	Oil	9 MW	Illinois Municipal Elec Agency
9.3 mi	Flora Site B Flora, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
10.0 mi	Maple Flats Louisville, IL	Solar	250 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
10.5 mi	Raccoon Creek Energy Center Flora, IL	Natural Gas	456 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
11.4 mi	Flora Solar Tbd, IL	Solar	—	Flora Solar, Llc
12.7 mi	Newton Newton, IL	Coal	617 MW	Illinois Power Generating Co
12.7 mi	Newton Solar Bess Llc Newton, IL	Solar	—	Vistra Corp
13.1 mi	Olney Solar Ii Csg Olney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Olney Solar Ii, Llc
29.8 mi	Altamont Altamont, IL	Oil	7 MW	City Of Altamont - (Il)
31.0 mi	Conagra Foods At St. Elmo St. Elmo, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
35.0 mi	Kinmundy Patoka, IL	Natural Gas	270 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
35.3 mi	Crooked Creek Pv I Salem, IL	Solar	—	Crooked Creek Pv I, Llc
35.5 mi	Freedom Power Project St. Elmo, IL	Natural Gas	71 MW	Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (Il)
36.1 mi	Shelby Energy County Neoga, IL	Natural Gas	483 MW	Shelby County Energy Center, Llc
37.6 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc
38.2 mi	Holland Energy Facility Beecher City, IL	Natural Gas	702 MW	Naes Corporation - (Wa)
41.3 mi	Marion Solar 2 Sandoval, IL	Solar	1 MW	Pivot Energy
41.6 mi	Marion Solar 4b Llc Sandoval, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
42.1 mi	Gibson Owensville, IN	Coal	3,340 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
42.1 mi	Boomtown Renewable Energy Center Carmi, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
42.7 mi	Casey City Of Casey, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Casey - (Il)
44.1 mi	Sandoval Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sandoval Holdco, Llc
45.0 mi	Ruby Solar, Llc Shattuc, IL	Solar	—	Birch Creek Development
45.9 mi	Clinton Solar 2 Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
46.0 mi	Clinton Solar 2b Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
46.3 mi	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc Herrick, IL	Solar	99 MW	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc
47.2 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
47.4 mi	Carmi Carmi, IL	Oil	13 MW	City Of Carmi - (Il)
49.5 mi	Big River Solar Norris City, IL	Solar	149 MW	Big River Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Sailor Springs, Illinois (ZIP 62879), with a combined 6,657 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Clay Fc at 7.8 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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