List of power stations in Illinois

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Illinois.

Illinois Electricity Generation Sources [1]
Power generating stations in Illinois by type.

Nuclear power
Name Location Coordinates Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2016 net generation
(MWh)		 Reactor type Owner Opened
Braidwood Nuclear Generating Station Braidwood, Will County 41.244°N 88.229°W / 41.244; -88.229 2,389 2 19,849,269[2] Pressurized water Exelon 1988[3]
Byron Nuclear Generating Station Ogle County 42.074°N 89.282°W / 42.074; -89.282 2,347 2 19,600,248[2] Pressurized water Exelon 1985, 1987[4]
Clinton Nuclear Generating Station Clinton, De Witt County 40.172°N 88.835°W / 40.172; -88.835 1,069 1 8,914,453[2] Boiling water AmerGen
(Exelon subsidiary)		 1987[5]
Dresden Nuclear Power Plant Morris, Grundy County 41.389°N 88.269°W / 41.389; -88.269 1,845 2 15,443,893[2] Boiling water Exelon 1970, 1971[6]
LaSalle County Nuclear Generating Station LaSalle County 41.245°N 88.669°W / 41.245; -88.669 2,320 2 19,144,080[2] Boiling water Exelon 1982, 1984[7]
Quad Cities Nuclear Generating Station Cordova 41.726°N 90.310°W / 41.726; -90.310 1,871 2 15,655,095[2] Boiling water Exelon 1973[8]

Wind
See also: Wind power in Illinois
Name Location Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Turbines 2016 net generation
(MWh)		 Operator Opened
AgriWind Project Tiskilwa 8.4 4 5,891[2] Exelon 2008[9]
Mendota Hills Wind Farm Paw Paw 52 63 82,357[2] Leeward Renewable Energy 2003[10]
Shady Oaks Compton 110 71 323,948[2] Liberty Power 2012[11]
Bishop Hill I Henry County 211 98 601,090[2] Invenergy 2012[12]
Bishop Hill II Henry County 81 50 282,278[2] Invenergy 2012[12]
Bishop Hill III Henry County 132 53 Invenergy 2018[13]
Brown County Wind Turbine Brown County 1.5 1 2,983[2] Adams Electric Cooperative 2014[14]
Minonk Wind Farm Minonk 200 100 636,089[2] Liberty Power 2012[15]
Crescent Ridge Wind Farm Bureau County 54 33 146,775[2] Leeward Renewable Energy 2005[10]
GSG Wind Farm Compton 80 40 198,797[2] Infigen Energy 2007
Camp Grove Wind Farm Camp Grove 150 100 405,676[2] Orion Renewables 2007[16]
California Ridge Champaign County 217 134 732,885[2] Invenergy 2012[12]
Twin Groves Wind Farm McLean County 198 120 EDP Renewables North America 2007[17]
Twin Groves Wind Farm II McLean County 198 120 EDP Renewables North America 2007[17]
Geneseo Geneseo 3 2 6,574[2] City of Geneseo 2009[18]
Grand Ridge Wind Farm I-IV Marseilles 210 140 732,885[2] Invenergy 2009
Pilot Hill Kankakee County, Iroquois County 175 101 573,434[2] EDF Energy 2015[19]
Kelly Creek Kankakee County, Ford County 184 92 82,646[2] EDF Energy 2016[20]
Providence Heights Wind Farm Bureau County 72 36 169,679[2] Iberdrola Renewables 2008[21]
EcoGrove Wind Farm Stephenson County 100 67 250,936[2] Acciona 2009[22]
Heartland Community College Normal 1.65 1 4,741[2] Heartland Community College 2012[23]
Pike County Wind Power Pike County 1.65 1 3,216[2] Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative 2005[24]
Rail Splitter Wind Farm Logan County, Tazewell County 100 67 280,646[2] EDP Renewables North America 2009[25]
Lee-Dekalb Wind Energy Center Lee County, DeKalb County 217 145 NextEra Energy Resources 2009
Radford’s Run Wind Farm Macon County 306 139 E.ON 2018[26]
Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm Livingston County 300 150 752,101[2] Iberdrola Renewables 2010[27]
Top Crop I Grundy County, LaSalle County 102 68 263,021[2] EDP Renewables North America 2009[28]
Top Crop II Grundy County, LaSalle County 198 132 489,941[2] EDP Renewables North America 2009[28]
White Oak Wind Farm McLean County 150 100 423,580[2] NextEra Energy Resources 2011[12]
Big Sky Wind Farm Bureau County, Lee County 240 114 522,333[2] EverPower 2011[29]
Green River Whiteside County, Lee County 140 Geronimo Energy[30]
Pioneer Trail Wind Farm Ford County, Iroquois County 150 94 429,410[2] E.ON 2011[31]
Settlers Trail Wind Farm Iroquois County 150 94 380,904[2] E.ON 2013[32]
Walnut Ridge Bureau County 212 106 Berkshire Hathaway Energy 2018[33][34]

Coal
Name Location Coordinates Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2016 net generation
(MWh)		 2016 GHG emissions
(metric tons)		 Owner Opened Status
Baldwin Generating Center Baldwin 38.204°N 89.855°W / 38.204; -89.855 1,806 1 9,779,274[2] 9,784,003[35] Vistra Only one of three original units remains in operation as of 2017.[36]
E.D. Edwards Plant Bartonville 40.5957°N 89.6628°W / 40.5957; -89.6628 749 1 2,805,607[2] 2,698,889[37] Vistra Retiring by end of 2022[38]
Joppa Steam Plant Joppa 37.209°N 88.858°W / 37.209; -88.858 1014 coal, 91.8 natural gas 8 Vistra
Kincaid Generation Christian County, Illinois 39°35.44′N 89°29.78′W 1108 2 4,280,475[2] 4,583,762[39] Vistra 1996
Lake Springfield Springfield 39.7551239°N 89.6019277°W / 39.7551239; -89.6019277 724 4 City Water, Light & Power 1968, 1972, 1978, 2009[40] "CWLP planning to close its two oldest coal-fired generators by year's end and the third-oldest by early 2023."[41]
Midwest Electric – Joppa Joppa 37.209°N 88.858°W / 37.209; -88.858 164 3 Electric Energy, Inc / Vistra
Newton Power Plant Jasper County 38.937°N 88.276°W / 38.937; -88.276 1,151 1 3,320,361[2] 3,446,397[42] Vistra Unit 1 remains operational, as Unit 2 has been shuttered since 2016.
Powerton Station Pekin 40.541°N 89.680°W / 40.541; -89.680 1,538 1 4,541,832[2] 5,289,941[43] NRG Energy 1972, 1975[44]
Prairie State Energy Campus Marissa 38°16′40″N 89°40′4″W 1,600 2 10,587,579[2] 10,488,120[45] Prairie State Energy Campus 2012[46]
SIPC – Lake of Egypt Marion 37.625°N 88.937°W / 37.625; -88.937 272[47] 2 Southern Illinois Power Cooperative 1963, 1978
Waukegan Station Waukegan 42.382°N 87.814°W / 42.382; -87.814 689 (coal/petroleum) 2 1,750,590[2] 1,824,644[48] NRG Energy
Will County Station Romeoville 41.633°N 88.062°W / 41.633; -88.062 510 3 2,105,377[2] 2,215,838[49] NRG Energy 1963[50]

Natural gas
Plant Location Coordinates Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 2016 net generation
(MWh)		 2016 GHG emissions
(metric tons)		 Operator Opened
Joliet Station Joliet 41.495°N 88.124°W / 41.495; -88.124 1,326 3 652,682[2] 1,453,899[51] NRG Energy[52]
Grand Tower Power Station Grand Tower, Jackson County 37.658°N 89.511°W / 37.658; -89.511 523 6 413,769[2] 195,267[53] Rockland Capital[54]
Elgin Energy Center Elgin 42.000°N 88.244°W / 42.000; -88.244 484 8 231,282[2] Rockland Capital[55]
Gibson City Power Plant Gibson City 40.470°N 88.398°W / 40.470; -88.398 228 4 113,401[2] 75,005[56] Rockland Capital[57]
Goose Creek Energy Center Piatt County 40.106°N 88.599°W / 40.106; -88.599 432 6 27,657[2] 19,977[58] Ameren Illinois[59]
Rocky Road East Dundee 42.093°N 88.239°W / 42.093; -88.239 364 3 75,128[2] Dynegy
Kendall County Generation Facility Minooka 41.480°N 88.256°W / 41.480; -88.256 1,256 4 7,195,291[2] 2,938,985[60] Dynegy
Cordova Energy Gas Plant Cordova 41.713°N 90.280°W / 41.713; -90.280 690 3 45,910[2] Cordova Energy Co LLC
Southeast Chicago Energy Project Chicago 41.718°N 87.547°W / 41.718; -87.547 352 8 39,778[2] 31,070[61] Exelon 2002[62]
Holland Power Plant Beecher City 39.224°N 88.760°W / 39.224; -88.760 630 2 567,913 Hoosier Energy 2001[63]

Solar photovoltaic
Name Location Type Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 2016 net generation
(MWh)		 Acreage Operator Opened
Exelon City Solar Pullman, Chicago Crystalline silicon[64] 9 14,102[2] 41 Exelon 2010[65]
Geneseo Geneseo Crystalline silicon[64] 1.2 1,663[2] 5 City of Geneseo 2015[66]
Grand Ridge Solar Farm LaSalle County CIGS[64] 20 29,350[2] Invenergy 2012[12]
North Ninth Street Rochelle Crystalline silicon[64] 0.312 396[2] Rochelle Municipal Utilities 2014[67]
Rockford Solar Farm Rockford Crystalline silicon[64] 2.6 3,299[2] Rockford Solar Partners 2012[68]

Energy storage
Name Location Type Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 2016 net generation
(MWh)		 Operator Opened
Grand Ridge Energy Storage Marseilles Lithium iron phosphate battery[69] 31.5 -5,076[2] Invenergy 2015[12]
McHenry Storage Project McHenry County Lithium-ion battery[70] 40 149,060[2] EDF Energy 2015[71]
Elwood Energy Storage Center West Chicago Lithium iron phosphate battery[72] 19.8 -3,964[2] Renewable Energy Systems 2015[72]
Jake Energy Storage Center Joliet Lithium iron phosphate battery[72] 19.8 -3,410[2] Renewable Energy Systems 2015[72]

Proposed power stations
Name Location Type Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 Operator Status
Blue Ridge Wind Farm Piatt County, McLean County, Champaign County Wind 200 44–63 Geronimo Energy Under construction[73]
Cardinal Point Wind McDonough County, Warren County Wind 150 Capital Power Corporation Expected operable March 2020[74]
McLean County Wind Energy Center McLean County Wind 250 100 Invenergy Expected to begin construction in 2018 or 2019[75]
Broadlands Douglas County Wind 200 58–75 EDP Renewables Expected operable by late 2019[76]
Bright Stalk Wind Farm McLean County Wind 200 58 EDP Renewables Expected operable by 2022[77]
McLean County Solar PV 6 Cypress Creek Renewables Application submitted[78]
Marshall County Solar PV 4 Trajectory Energy Partners Application submitted[79]
Macomb Solar PV 2 Sunrise Energy Ventures Construction expected to begin within 18 months[80]
Prairie State Solar Project Perry County Solar PV 99 Ranger Power Groundbreaking scheduled for late 2019[81]
Mendota Hills Lee County Wind 76 29 Leeward Renewable Energy Turbine replacement scheduled for completion December 2018[82]
HillTopper Logan County Wind 185 Enel Construction began April 2018[83]
Walnut Ridge Bureau County Wind 212 91–132 Berkshire Hathaway Energy Expected operable 2018[84]
Yorkville Solar PV 2 GRNE Solar Expected operable 2018 or 2019[85]

Closed/Cancelled stations
Name Location Coordinates Type Nameplate
capacity (MW)		 Generating
units		 Owner Links Status
Coffeen Power Station Montgomery County 39°03′33″N 89°24′11″W Coal 900 2 Vistra Closed November 1, 2019[86]
Duck Creek Power Station Canton 40.465°N 89.984°W / 40.465; -89.984 Coal 441 1 Vistra Closed in 2019[86]
FutureGen Morgan County 39°49′23″N 90°33′58″W Coal 229 Cancelled in 2015
Havana Havana 40.281°N 90.078°W / 40.281; -90.078 Coal 690 2 Vistra Closed in 2019[86]
Hennepin Hennepin 41.303°N 89.315°W / 41.303; -89.315 Coal 301 Vistra Closed in 2019[86]
Hutsonville Power Station Crawford County 39°8′2.4″N 87°39′36″W Coal 151 2 Ameren Closed in 2011
Meredosia Power Station Morgan County 39.823°N 90.567°W / 39.823; -90.567 Coal/petroleum 513 4 Ameren Closed in 2011
Wood River Alton 38.864°N 90.134°W / 38.864; -90.134 Coal/natural gas 594 Dynegy Closed in 2016
Zion Zion 42.4460578°N 87.8027112°W / 42.4460578; -87.8027112 Nuclear 2080 2 Exelon Closed 1998[87]

Notes
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  6. "Dresden Generating Station". Exelon. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  7. "LaSalle County Generating Station". Exelon. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  8. "Quad Cities Generating Station". Exelon. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
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