Coles County, Illinois
Coles County, Illinois has 10 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 3 operating plants totaling 301 MW and 7 planned projects totaling 1.3 GW. No data center record lists the county. Solar leads with 600 MW across 5 projects. 2 planned projects are past their listed in-service date.
Coles County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 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 Coles County. 7 projects in the queue would add 1.3 GW to the 301 MW operating today, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Technology mix
10 projects, 1.6 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
3 plants operate inside Coles County, 301 MW of solar. The queue adds 1.3 GW across 7 projects, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Coles County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 3 | 301 |
| Solar | Planned | 2 | 299 |
| Wind | Planned | 2 | 500.3 |
| Wind + Storage (Hybrid) | Planned | 1 | 300 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 100 |
| Transmission | Planned | 1 | 99 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 200 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 99 |
| 2026 | 1 | 300 |
| 2027 | 2 | 500.3 |
| 2028 | 1 | 100 |
| 2029 | 0 | 0 |
| 2030 | 1 | 99 |
Coles County against its neighbors
None of the 5 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Shelby County has the most operating generation among them, 1.2 GW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby County | 0 | 1,025 | 0x | ||
| Coles County this page | 0 | 1,298 | 0x | ||
| Cumberland County | 0 | 760 | 0x | ||
| Clark County | 0 | 1,059 | 0x | ||
| Moultrie County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Edgar County | 0 | 916 | 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.
6 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
5 projects in Coles County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Coles County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 5 changes.
| 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 Coles County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 10 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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