Power Plants Near 62993 — Unity, IL

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62993 (Unity, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.1528, -89.3256 · County: Alexander

Coal 77%Natural Gas 20%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.0 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
16.0 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
19.9 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
21.9 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
24.4 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
25.0 mi	Sikeston Power Station Sikeston, MO	Coal	261 MW	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
25.0 mi	Coleman Sikeston, MO	Oil	—	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
30.3 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
30.4 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
34.5 mi	Essex Essex, MO	Natural Gas	121 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
35.6 mi	Scopus Solar Scopus, MO	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
36.3 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
38.2 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
39.1 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
40.0 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
41.1 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
43.4 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
44.3 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
46.0 mi	New Madrid New Madrid, MO	Coal	1,300 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
46.4 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
46.9 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
47.5 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
49.7 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
49.8 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
49.9 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Unity, Illinois (ZIP 62993), with a combined 4,385 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Viaduct at 15.0 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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