Power Plants Near 62988 — Tamms, IL

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62988 (Tamms, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2345, -89.2763 · County: Alexander

Coal 68%Natural Gas 29%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.9 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
15.9 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
17.9 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
23.5 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
24.8 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
28.2 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
29.0 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
31.0 mi	Sikeston Power Station Sikeston, MO	Coal	261 MW	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
31.1 mi	Coleman Sikeston, MO	Oil	—	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
32.0 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
32.0 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
33.2 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
35.9 mi	Scopus Solar Scopus, MO	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
37.2 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
38.1 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
38.9 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
40.1 mi	Essex Essex, MO	Natural Gas	121 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
40.2 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
40.6 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
41.3 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
41.7 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
43.5 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
43.6 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
47.4 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
49.1 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Tamms, Illinois (ZIP 62988), with a combined 3,087 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center at 14.9 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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