Power Plants Near 62912 — Buncombe, IL

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62912 (Buncombe, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.4637, -88.9806 · County: Johnson

Natural Gas 46%Coal 46%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.9 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
13.8 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
19.6 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
20.6 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
20.8 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
21.4 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
22.9 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
23.2 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
24.3 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
25.3 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
26.0 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
27.7 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
30.0 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
31.5 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
32.0 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
35.1 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
35.8 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
36.9 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
37.7 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
39.6 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
42.5 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
43.6 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
44.0 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.9 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
47.1 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
49.0 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
49.8 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Buncombe, Illinois (ZIP 62912), with a combined 4,009 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Marion at 10.9 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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