Power Plants Near 62998 — Wolf Lake, IL

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62998 (Wolf Lake, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.5120, -89.4408 · County: Union

Coal 61%Natural Gas 34%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.8 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
14.1 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
14.9 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
18.5 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
18.9 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
25.5 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
26.5 mi	Scopus Solar Scopus, MO	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
27.0 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
27.7 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
28.4 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
29.0 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
31.2 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
31.8 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
32.1 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
34.1 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
35.6 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
37.7 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
39.2 mi	Kimmel Road Solar, Llc Du Quoin, IL	Solar	50 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
41.7 mi	Pinckneyville Pinckneyville, IL	Natural Gas	380 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
44.2 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.8 mi	Sikeston Power Station Sikeston, MO	Coal	261 MW	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
44.9 mi	Coleman Sikeston, MO	Oil	—	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
46.3 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
47.1 mi	Sv Csg Wagner A Llc Sparta, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
48.2 mi	Fredericktown Energy Center Fredericktown, MO	Natural Gas	28 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
48.7 mi	Prairie State Solar Project Swanwick Township, IL	Solar	99 MW	Prairie State Solar, Llc
49.6 mi	Essex Essex, MO	Natural Gas	121 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Wolf Lake, Illinois (ZIP 62998), with a combined 3,450 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Grand Tower Energy Center Llc at 10.8 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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