Power Plants Near 62947 — Herod, IL

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62947 (Herod, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.5634, -88.4400 · County: Pope

Coal 58%Natural Gas 21%Solar 10%Hydroelectric 10%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.0 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
25.1 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
27.2 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
28.4 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
33.3 mi	Meadow Springs Renewable Energy (Hybrid) Norris City, IL	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
33.9 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
34.5 mi	Big River Solar Norris City, IL	Solar	149 MW	Big River Solar, Llc
34.9 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
35.9 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
36.2 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
36.3 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
36.4 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
36.9 mi	Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN	Natural Gas	108 MW	Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc
36.9 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
37.0 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.1 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
37.2 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
37.3 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
37.6 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
37.8 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
37.9 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
39.2 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.3 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
39.8 mi	Carmi Carmi, IL	Oil	13 MW	City Of Carmi - (Il)
42.2 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
43.6 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
44.1 mi	Boomtown Renewable Energy Center Carmi, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
46.1 mi	A B Brown Mount Vernon, IN	Coal	707 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
46.3 mi	Posey Solar Mount Vernon, IN	Solar	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
48.3 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
49.0 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
49.6 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
49.6 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of Herod, Illinois (ZIP 62947), with a combined 4,386 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Eldorado Solar I at 20.0 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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