Power Plants Near 62971 — Oraville, IL

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62971 (Oraville, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.8651, -89.3834 · County: Jackson

Coal 71%Natural Gas 22%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.0 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
15.8 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
15.9 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
17.1 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
18.1 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
18.5 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
18.7 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
18.9 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
19.3 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
20.4 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
23.6 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
26.0 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc
26.9 mi	Sv Csg Wagner A Llc Sparta, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
29.0 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
30.7 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
32.5 mi	Prairie State Generating Station Marissa, IL	Coal	1,766 MW	Prairie State Generating Co Llc
33.3 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
33.5 mi	Sv Csg Wagner B Llc Baldwin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
34.7 mi	Baldwin Solar Bess Baldwin, IL	Solar	70 MW	Vistra Corp
34.8 mi	Baldwin Energy Complex Baldwin, IL	Coal	1,260 MW	Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
36.5 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
38.5 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
41.4 mi	Red Bud Red Bud, IL	Oil	15 MW	City Of Red Bud - (Il)
43.2 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
43.2 mi	Scopus Solar Scopus, MO	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
46.1 mi	Clinton Solar 2b Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
46.1 mi	Clinton Solar 2 Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
46.2 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc
47.7 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
48.3 mi	Freeburg Freeburg, IL	Oil	16 MW	Village Of Freeburg - (Il)
48.5 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Oraville, Illinois (ZIP 62971), with a combined 4,609 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Siuc at 14.0 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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