Power Plants Near 62903 — Carbondale, IL

30 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62903 (Carbondale, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.6704, -89.2778 · County: Jackson

Coal 77%Natural Gas 16%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.5 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
11.9 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
12.8 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
13.5 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
14.5 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
15.2 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
17.2 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
18.1 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
18.2 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
23.7 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
23.8 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
26.5 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
27.8 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
28.8 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
30.7 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
32.6 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
33.2 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
39.1 mi	Scopus Solar Scopus, MO	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
40.6 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc
41.1 mi	Sv Csg Wagner A Llc Sparta, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
45.2 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.5 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
47.0 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
47.0 mi	Sv Csg Wagner B Llc Baldwin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
47.1 mi	Prairie State Generating Station Marissa, IL	Coal	1,766 MW	Prairie State Generating Co Llc
47.7 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
48.2 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
48.4 mi	Baldwin Solar Bess Baldwin, IL	Solar	70 MW	Vistra Corp
48.5 mi	Baldwin Energy Complex Baldwin, IL	Coal	1,260 MW	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
49.7 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)

Power generation near this area

There are 30 power plants within 50 miles of Carbondale, Illinois (ZIP 62903), with a combined 6,297 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 4.5 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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