Power Plants Near 62966 — Murphysboro, IL

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62966 (Murphysboro, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.7655, -89.3317 · County: Jackson

Coal 69%Natural Gas 22%Solar 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.4 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
12.3 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
13.5 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
15.0 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
15.0 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
15.6 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
16.5 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
18.0 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
20.7 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
22.6 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
23.0 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
23.9 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
26.5 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
31.9 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
32.6 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
33.4 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc
34.0 mi	Sv Csg Wagner A Llc Sparta, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
37.4 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
39.3 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
39.9 mi	Prairie State Generating Station Marissa, IL	Coal	1,766 MW	Prairie State Generating Co Llc
40.2 mi	Sv Csg Wagner B Llc Baldwin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
40.4 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
40.4 mi	Scopus Solar Scopus, MO	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
41.5 mi	Baldwin Solar Bess Baldwin, IL	Solar	70 MW	Vistra Corp
41.6 mi	Baldwin Energy Complex Baldwin, IL	Coal	1,260 MW	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
47.9 mi	Red Bud Red Bud, IL	Oil	15 MW	City Of Red Bud - (Il)
48.6 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
48.7 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
49.2 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Murphysboro, Illinois (ZIP 62966), with a combined 4,739 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Siuc at 7.4 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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