Power Plants Near 62942 — Grand Tower, IL

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62942 (Grand Tower, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.6322, -89.4999 · County: Jackson

Coal 71%Natural Gas 23%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.9 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
16.5 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
19.2 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
21.6 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
24.1 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
25.7 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
26.1 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
26.5 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
27.1 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
27.5 mi	Scopus Solar Scopus, MO	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
28.7 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
29.9 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
30.0 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
32.9 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
34.1 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
35.1 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
36.2 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
38.2 mi	Sv Csg Wagner A Llc Sparta, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
39.3 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
40.0 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc
41.1 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
42.3 mi	Sv Csg Wagner B Llc Baldwin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
43.9 mi	Baldwin Solar Bess Baldwin, IL	Solar	70 MW	Vistra Corp
44.0 mi	Baldwin Energy Complex Baldwin, IL	Coal	1,260 MW	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
44.9 mi	Fredericktown Energy Center Fredericktown, MO	Natural Gas	28 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
45.6 mi	Prairie State Generating Station Marissa, IL	Coal	1,766 MW	Prairie State Generating Co Llc
48.7 mi	Red Bud Red Bud, IL	Oil	15 MW	City Of Red Bud - (Il)

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Grand Tower, Illinois (ZIP 62942), with a combined 4,605 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Grand Tower Energy Center Llc at 1.9 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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