Power Plants Near 62974 — Pittsburg, IL

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62974 (Pittsburg, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.8047, -88.8081 · County: Williamson

Coal 51%Natural Gas 32%Solar 14%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.8 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
10.2 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
11.2 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
13.0 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
13.2 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
13.7 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
14.0 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
15.0 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
15.6 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
19.9 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
23.1 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
24.8 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
27.8 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
32.5 mi	Meadow Springs Renewable Energy (Hybrid) Norris City, IL	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
32.7 mi	Big River Solar Norris City, IL	Solar	149 MW	Big River Solar, Llc
35.4 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc
36.2 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
38.1 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
39.7 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
40.5 mi	Carmi Carmi, IL	Oil	13 MW	City Of Carmi - (Il)
41.8 mi	Ashley Solar Llc Pv Ashley, IL	Solar	—	Ashley Solar Llc Pv
42.2 mi	Boomtown Renewable Energy Center Carmi, IL	Solar	150 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
45.2 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.7 mi	Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN	Natural Gas	108 MW	Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc
48.8 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
48.9 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Pittsburg, Illinois (ZIP 62974), with a combined 3,569 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll at 5.8 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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