Power Plants Near 62985 — Simpson, IL

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62985 (Simpson, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.4673, -88.7551 · County: Johnson

Coal 45%Natural Gas 36%Hydroelectric 10%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.1 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
17.7 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
18.7 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
21.8 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
25.6 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
26.0 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
26.6 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
27.6 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
27.7 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
27.8 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
28.7 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
29.9 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
30.3 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
30.9 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
31.4 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
31.6 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
36.2 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
36.4 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
40.5 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
41.2 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
42.6 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
43.4 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
43.5 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
44.9 mi	Mcleansboro Mcleansboro, IL	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mcleansboro - (Il)
46.6 mi	Meadow Springs Renewable Energy (Hybrid) Norris City, IL	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
46.7 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
47.4 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
47.5 mi	Big River Solar Norris City, IL	Solar	149 MW	Big River Solar, Llc
48.1 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Simpson, Illinois (ZIP 62985), with a combined 4,100 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Marion at 15.1 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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