Power Plants Near 62956 — Karnak, IL

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62956 (Karnak, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2911, -88.9739 · County: Pulaski

Coal 50%Natural Gas 35%Hydroelectric 10%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.2 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
14.6 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
17.2 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
22.7 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
26.5 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
30.4 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
30.9 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
31.6 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
31.9 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
32.3 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
32.5 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
32.6 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
32.9 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
34.7 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
35.0 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
36.6 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.2 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
37.8 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
38.0 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
38.3 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
38.9 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
41.4 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
41.9 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
43.3 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.4 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
45.6 mi	Sikeston Power Station Sikeston, MO	Coal	261 MW	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
45.7 mi	Coleman Sikeston, MO	Oil	—	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
48.3 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Karnak, Illinois (ZIP 62956), with a combined 4,179 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pulaski Solar at 2.2 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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