Power Plants Near 62886 — Sims, IL

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62886 (Sims, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.3923, -88.5306 · County: Wayne

Coal 66%Natural Gas 20%Solar 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.3 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc
17.7 mi	Flora Solar Tbd, IL	Solar	—	Flora Solar, Llc
19.3 mi	Imea Flora Flora, IL	Oil	9 MW	Illinois Municipal Elec Agency
19.4 mi	Flora Site B Flora, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
19.5 mi	Flora Site A Flora, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
20.6 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
21.2 mi	Raccoon Creek Energy Center Flora, IL	Natural Gas	456 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
24.2 mi	Boomtown Renewable Energy Center Carmi, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
24.6 mi	Maple Flats Louisville, IL	Solar	250 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
24.8 mi	Clay Fc Louisville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clay Fc, Llc
26.9 mi	Big River Solar Norris City, IL	Solar	149 MW	Big River Solar, Llc
28.4 mi	Meadow Springs Renewable Energy (Hybrid) Norris City, IL	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
28.5 mi	Carmi Carmi, IL	Oil	13 MW	City Of Carmi - (Il)
30.8 mi	Crooked Creek Pv I Salem, IL	Solar	—	Crooked Creek Pv I, Llc
31.5 mi	Olney Solar Ii Csg Olney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Olney Solar Ii, Llc
34.3 mi	Clinton Solar 2b Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
34.3 mi	Clinton Solar 2 Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
35.4 mi	Marion Solar 4b Llc Sandoval, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
35.7 mi	Marion Solar 2 Sandoval, IL	Solar	1 MW	Pivot Energy
36.1 mi	Sandoval Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sandoval Holdco, Llc
36.5 mi	Kinmundy Patoka, IL	Natural Gas	270 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
36.5 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
37.3 mi	Ruby Solar, Llc Shattuc, IL	Solar	—	Birch Creek Development
37.6 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
40.0 mi	Newton Newton, IL	Coal	617 MW	Illinois Power Generating Co
40.0 mi	Newton Solar Bess Llc Newton, IL	Solar	—	Vistra Corp
41.2 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
41.4 mi	Gibson Owensville, IN	Coal	3,340 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
42.5 mi	Clinton Solar 4b Carlyle, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
42.6 mi	Clinton Solar 4 Llc Csg Carlyle, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clinton Solar 4 Llc
43.9 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
44.5 mi	Patoka Solar Poseyville, IN	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
45.9 mi	Conagra Foods At St. Elmo St. Elmo, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
46.8 mi	Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN	Natural Gas	108 MW	Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc
46.9 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
47.2 mi	Carlyle Carlyle, IL	Oil	12 MW	City Of Carlyle - (Il)
47.4 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
48.3 mi	Altamont Altamont, IL	Oil	7 MW	City Of Altamont - (Il)
48.3 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
49.1 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of Sims, Illinois (ZIP 62886), with a combined 6,009 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Marlow Solar, Llc Csg at 13.3 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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