- Combustion
- Wind & solar
- In development
- Operating
- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
Map
- Combustion
- Wind & solar
- In development
- Operating
Geneseo: location and 1 exact-grade project within 15 mi. Basemap: Protomaps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Geneseo
Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engineran 3% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1957
- Net generation, 2025
- 7,863 MWh
- Grid
- 69 kV to City of Geneseo - (IL) (MISO)
- Location
- Henry County, Illinois
- Operated by
- City of Geneseo - (IL)SourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Gas
- Oil
Details
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- Technology
- Gas, reciprocating engine source: “Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine”
- Age
- 69 years since 1957
- Unused energy
- 286 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 28,177 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.027 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 7,863 |
| Balancing authority code | MISO |
Data notes (1)
- Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 not shown: computed 3583.5 outside 5000-30000 Btu/kWh
Wind turbines
Wind turbines
USGS maps these turbines around a center 1.8 mi from the point this page maps the plant at; the nearest turbine is 1.8 mi from that point.
- Turbines
- 2
- Turbine capacity (MW)
- 3
- Turbine models
- 2 Vensys 1.5-77
- Hub height (m)
- 65
- Rotor diameter (m)
- 77
- Year online
- 2009
Source U.S. Wind Turbine Database
Source
- U.S. Wind Turbine DatabaseMap services and data are available from U.S. Wind Turbine Database, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, American Clean Power Association, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via https://energy.usgs.gov/uswtdb
Solar array
Solar array
The array area counts panels and inverters only, not buildings, fences or the whole site.
USGS maps the center of this array 1.7 mi from the point this page maps the plant at.
- Array area (acres)
- 5.2
- AC capacity (MW)
- 1
- DC capacity (MW)
- 1.2
- Mounting
- Fixed tilt
- Site type
- Greenfield
- Began operating
- 2015
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
6 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · U.S. Wind Turbine Database · USPVDB · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M
- GEMGlobal Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- U.S. Wind Turbine DatabaseMap services and data are available from U.S. Wind Turbine Database, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, American Clean Power Association, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via https://energy.usgs.gov/uswtdb
- USPVDBMap services and data are available from Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via https://energy.usgs.gov/uspvdb
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Around this plant
Nearby
within 15 mi| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| E 1300 Street Solar LLC Filed | Solar | 9.9 mi | 5 |
Sources EIA-860M