Power Plants Near 62902 — Carbondale, IL

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62902 (Carbondale, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.6636, -89.1173 · County: Jackson

Coal 57%Natural Gas 32%Solar 10%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.3 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
6.3 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
7.3 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
9.3 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
9.5 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
9.8 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
12.6 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
12.8 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
15.3 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
18.5 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
21.5 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
27.2 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
29.0 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
32.7 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
33.4 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
35.5 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
37.3 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
38.8 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
40.0 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.3 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
43.3 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
45.3 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc
45.9 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
46.8 mi	Scopus Solar Scopus, MO	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
46.9 mi	Sv Csg Wagner A Llc Sparta, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
49.1 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Carbondale, Illinois (ZIP 62902), with a combined 3,201 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is John A Logan College Solar at 6.3 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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