Power Plants Near 62920 — Cobden, IL

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62920 (Cobden, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.5424, -89.2457 · County: Union

Coal 55%Natural Gas 34%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.8 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
16.6 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
16.8 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
16.9 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
18.1 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
19.9 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
20.5 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
21.8 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
23.1 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
23.6 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
25.0 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
25.2 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
25.2 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
26.3 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
29.3 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
35.1 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
37.3 mi	Scopus Solar Scopus, MO	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
37.4 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.7 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
40.1 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
41.0 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
48.5 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
49.3 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
49.5 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc
49.5 mi	Sv Csg Wagner A Llc Sparta, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Cobden, Illinois (ZIP 62920), with a combined 3,310 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Siuc at 11.8 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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