Power Plants Near 62960 — Metropolis, IL

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62960 (Metropolis, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.1753, -88.7252 · County: Massac

Coal 56%Natural Gas 26%Hydroelectric 13%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.2 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
6.2 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
11.5 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
14.0 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
16.8 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
20.3 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
20.8 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
22.3 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
27.5 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
29.7 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
33.2 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
37.0 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
38.7 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
44.2 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
44.4 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
45.2 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
45.8 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
46.2 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
46.3 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
46.5 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
47.8 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
48.9 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
49.2 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Metropolis, Illinois (ZIP 62960), with a combined 3,249 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Shawnee 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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