Power Plants Near 62930 — Eldorado, IL

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62930 (Eldorado, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.8139, -88.4434 · County: Saline

Coal 78%Solar 16%Natural Gas 3%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.7 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
17.2 mi	Meadow Springs Renewable Energy (Hybrid) Norris City, IL	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
18.2 mi	Big River Solar Norris City, IL	Solar	149 MW	Big River Solar, Llc
20.1 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
22.9 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
24.8 mi	Carmi Carmi, IL	Oil	13 MW	City Of Carmi - (Il)
28.3 mi	Boomtown Renewable Energy Center Carmi, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
28.4 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
29.0 mi	Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN	Natural Gas	108 MW	Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc
30.9 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
31.0 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
32.7 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
33.1 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
33.6 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
33.8 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
35.3 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
38.6 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc
39.7 mi	Posey Solar Mount Vernon, IN	Solar	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
40.2 mi	A B Brown Mount Vernon, IN	Coal	707 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
42.7 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
42.8 mi	Patoka Solar Poseyville, IN	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
44.5 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
45.0 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
47.0 mi	Broadway (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
47.1 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
49.2 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.6 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
49.6 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
50.0 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Eldorado, Illinois (ZIP 62930), with a combined 3,255 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Eldorado Solar I at 2.7 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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