Power Plants Near 62901 — Carbondale, IL

30 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62901 (Carbondale, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.7200, -89.2158 · County: Jackson

Coal 77%Natural Gas 16%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.6 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
7.4 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
9.0 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
9.8 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
10.5 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
12.4 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
13.5 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
15.9 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
16.7 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
18.9 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
20.1 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
22.8 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
28.0 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
32.5 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
33.6 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
34.6 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
37.2 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
39.1 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc
40.4 mi	Sv Csg Wagner A Llc Sparta, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
41.8 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
42.9 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
43.8 mi	Scopus Solar Scopus, MO	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
45.0 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
45.8 mi	Prairie State Generating Station Marissa, IL	Coal	1,766 MW	Prairie State Generating Co Llc
46.1 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.0 mi	Sv Csg Wagner B Llc Baldwin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
48.1 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc
48.2 mi	Baldwin Solar Bess Baldwin, IL	Solar	70 MW	Vistra Corp
48.3 mi	Baldwin Energy Complex Baldwin, IL	Coal	1,260 MW	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
49.3 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 30 power plants within 50 miles of Carbondale, Illinois (ZIP 62901), with a combined 6,299 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 30 nearby plants. The closest plant is Siuc at 0.6 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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