Clay County, Illinois
Clay County, Illinois has 24 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 16 operating plants totaling 726 MW and 8 planned projects totaling 1.2 GW. No data center record lists the county. Solar leads with 1.2 GW across 8 projects. 3 planned projects are past their listed in-service date.
Clay County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more planned than operating generation in Clay County. 8 projects in the queue would add 1.2 GW to the 726 MW operating today, and 3 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Technology mix
24 projects, 2 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
16 plants operate inside Clay County, 726 MW. The queue adds 1.2 GW across 8 projects, and 3 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Clay County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 2 | 252 |
| Solar | Planned | 6 | 927 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 4 | 456 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 2 | 300 |
| Oil | Operating | 10 | 18 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 275 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 300 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 327 |
| 2027 | 1 | 125 |
| 2028 | 1 | 200 |
Clay County against its neighbors
None of the 4 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Jasper County has the most operating generation among them, 671.2 MW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County this page | 0 | 1,227 | 0x | ||
| Jasper County | 0 | 874 | 0x | ||
| Marion County | 0 | 648 | 0x | ||
| Fayette County | 0 | 1,198 | 0x | ||
| Effingham County | 1 | 0 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
5 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
1 project in Clay County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Clay County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Clay County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 24 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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