Power Plants in Illinois

672 plants · 60.8 GW total capacity

Illinois has 672 power plants with 60.8 GW total capacity. The generation mix includes 462 solar, 70 gas, 63 wind plants.

Largest is Byron Generating Station (2450 MW Nuclear); oldest active is Dayton Hydro (1925); newest is IL Chicago 2635 S Western Ave. (West) (2026); top owner is Generate Capital (37 plants).

296 interconnection queue projects in Illinois totaling 60.4 GW of proposed capacity.

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By Fuel Type

Solar
462 plants · 8.5 GW
Gas
70 plants · 20.2 GW
Wind
63 plants · 11 GW
Oil
34 plants · 741 MW
other
14 plants · 183 MW
Hydro
9 plants · 55 MW
Coal
8 plants · 7.3 GW
Nuclear
6 plants · 12.4 GW
Battery
6 plants · 396 MW

All Plants (sorted by capacity)

Queue Projects in Illinois (296 projects)

Showing top 50 of 296 projects by capacity.