Macoupin County, Illinois
Macoupin County, Illinois has 11 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 8 operating plants totaling 226.5 MW and 3 planned projects totaling 902.8 MW. No data center record lists the county. Solar leads with 624.3 MW across 9 projects. 1 planned project is past its listed in-service date.
Macoupin 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 Macoupin County. 3 projects in the queue would add 902.8 MW to the 226.5 MW operating today, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Technology mix
11 projects, 1.1 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
8 plants operate inside Macoupin County, 226.5 MW of solar and wind. The queue adds 902.8 MW across 3 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Macoupin County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 7 | 26.5 |
| Solar | Planned | 2 | 597.8 |
| Wind | Operating | 1 | 200 |
| Wind | Planned | 1 | 305 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 592.8 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 1 | 5 |
| 2028 | 1 | 305 |
Macoupin County against its neighbors
Sangamon County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 636 MW. 4 of the 4 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sangamon County | 4 | 3,429 | 0.48x | ||
| Madison County | 1 | 233 | 0.71x | ||
| Macoupin County this page | 0 | 903 | 0x | ||
| Morgan County | 0 | 534 | 0x | ||
| Montgomery County | 0 | 885 | 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
3 projects in Macoupin County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Macoupin County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 3 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 Macoupin County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 11 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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