Power Plants Near 62940 — Gorham, IL

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62940 (Gorham, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.7406, -89.4440 · County: Jackson

Coal 71%Natural Gas 23%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.8 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
12.7 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
19.6 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
21.2 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
21.3 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
21.9 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
22.9 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
24.4 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
24.8 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
26.2 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
27.3 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
28.1 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
28.9 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
29.4 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
32.3 mi	Sv Csg Wagner A Llc Sparta, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
32.5 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
33.1 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc
34.0 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
34.7 mi	Scopus Solar Scopus, MO	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
37.5 mi	Sv Csg Wagner B Llc Baldwin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
39.0 mi	Baldwin Solar Bess Baldwin, IL	Solar	70 MW	Vistra Corp
39.1 mi	Baldwin Energy Complex Baldwin, IL	Coal	1,260 MW	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
39.1 mi	Prairie State Generating Station Marissa, IL	Coal	1,766 MW	Prairie State Generating Co Llc
42.5 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
42.5 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
44.7 mi	Red Bud Red Bud, IL	Oil	15 MW	City Of Red Bud - (Il)
49.1 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
49.2 mi	Fredericktown Energy Center Fredericktown, MO	Natural Gas	28 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Gorham, Illinois (ZIP 62940), with a combined 4,605 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Grand Tower Energy Center Llc at 6.8 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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