McDonough County, Illinois
McDonough County, Illinois has 18 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 13 operating plants totaling 170.8 MW and 5 planned projects totaling 225.1 MW. No data center record lists the county. Wind leads with 365.6 MW across 3 projects. 1 planned project is past its listed in-service date.
McDonough County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 1 of its 5 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 McDonough County. 5 projects in the queue would add 225.1 MW to the 170.8 MW operating today, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Technology mix
18 projects, 395.9 MW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
13 plants operate inside McDonough County, 170.8 MW. The queue adds 225.1 MW across 5 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in McDonough County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind | Operating | 1 | 150 |
| Wind | Planned | 2 | 215.6 |
| Solar | Operating | 5 | 10 |
| Solar | Planned | 2 | 7 |
| Oil | Operating | 7 | 10.8 |
| Oil | Planned | 1 | 2.5 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 15.6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 207 |
| 2027 | 1 | 2.5 |
McDonough County against its neighbors
None of the 1 neighboring county with a page lists a data center record. Fulton County has the most operating generation among them, 156.5 MW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonough County this page | 0 | 225 | 0x | ||
| Fulton County | 0 | 1,721 | 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.
2 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
4 projects in McDonough County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in McDonough County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 4 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 McDonough County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 18 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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