Power Plants Near 62890 — Thompsonville, IL

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62890 (Thompsonville, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.8804, -88.7684 · County: Franklin

Natural Gas 56%Solar 30%Coal 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.1 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
11.5 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
13.7 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
15.3 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
16.4 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
17.0 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
17.5 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
17.9 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
19.3 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
19.5 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
20.6 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
26.9 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
27.0 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
28.3 mi	Big River Solar Norris City, IL	Solar	149 MW	Big River Solar, Llc
28.3 mi	Meadow Springs Renewable Energy (Hybrid) Norris City, IL	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
30.1 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc
35.3 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
36.2 mi	Carmi Carmi, IL	Oil	13 MW	City Of Carmi - (Il)
37.4 mi	Boomtown Renewable Energy Center Carmi, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
38.6 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
43.4 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
43.7 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
46.0 mi	Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN	Natural Gas	108 MW	Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc
47.9 mi	Clinton Solar 2b Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
48.0 mi	Clinton Solar 2 Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
49.6 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Thompsonville, Illinois (ZIP 62890), with a combined 2,021 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg at 10.1 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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