Power Plants Near 62939 — Goreville, IL

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62939 (Goreville, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.5750, -88.9655 · County: Johnson

Natural Gas 45%Coal 44%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.2 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
12.3 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
13.6 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
13.8 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
15.7 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
15.8 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
16.6 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
17.7 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
18.5 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
21.4 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
22.3 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
30.4 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
31.1 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
34.1 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
34.6 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
35.4 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
35.5 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
39.5 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
40.3 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
41.0 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
42.0 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
42.5 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
42.7 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
48.7 mi	Meadow Springs Renewable Energy (Hybrid) Norris City, IL	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
49.0 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.1 mi	Big River Solar Norris City, IL	Solar	149 MW	Big River Solar, Llc
49.5 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Goreville, Illinois (ZIP 62939), with a combined 4,158 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Marion at 3.2 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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