Power Plants Near 62896 — West Frankfort, IL

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62896 (West Frankfort, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.8979, -88.9307 · County: Franklin

Coal 55%Natural Gas 28%Solar 17%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.2 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
6.5 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
7.4 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
9.6 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
10.2 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
11.9 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
12.6 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
13.2 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
18.6 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
19.3 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
20.1 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
25.2 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
26.5 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
27.0 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
30.4 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc
32.9 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
35.8 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
36.2 mi	Big River Solar Norris City, IL	Solar	149 MW	Big River Solar, Llc
36.4 mi	Meadow Springs Renewable Energy (Hybrid) Norris City, IL	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
41.3 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc
43.7 mi	Clinton Solar 2b Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
43.7 mi	Clinton Solar 2 Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
43.8 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
44.0 mi	Carmi Carmi, IL	Oil	13 MW	City Of Carmi - (Il)
44.6 mi	Boomtown Renewable Energy Center Carmi, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
45.8 mi	Sv Csg Wagner A Llc Sparta, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
47.9 mi	Prairie State Generating Station Marissa, IL	Coal	1,766 MW	Prairie State Generating Co Llc
49.3 mi	Sandoval Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sandoval Holdco, Llc
49.9 mi	Ruby Solar, Llc Shattuc, IL	Solar	—	Birch Creek Development

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of West Frankfort, Illinois (ZIP 62896), with a combined 3,683 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg at 1.2 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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