Vermilion County, Illinois
Vermilion County, Illinois has 19 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 14 operating plants totaling 521.1 MW and 5 planned projects totaling 743 MW. No data center record lists the county. Solar leads with 661.1 MW across 12 projects. 1 planned project is past its listed in-service date.
Vermilion County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 4 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 Vermilion County. 5 projects in the queue would add 743 MW to the 521.1 MW operating today, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Technology mix
19 projects, 1.3 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
14 plants operate inside Vermilion County, 521.1 MW. The queue adds 743 MW across 5 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Vermilion County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 8 | 18.1 |
| Solar | Planned | 4 | 643 |
| Wind | Operating | 2 | 315 |
| Wind | Planned | 1 | 100 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 4 | 188 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 100 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 1 | 188 |
| 2028 | 3 | 455 |
Vermilion County against its neighbors
None of the 4 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Ford County has the most operating generation among them, 867.1 MW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford County | 0 | 377 | 0x | ||
| Vermilion County this page | 0 | 743 | 0x | ||
| Iroquois County | 0 | 993 | 0x | ||
| Champaign County | 0 | 1,273 | 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.
5 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
2 projects in Vermilion County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Vermilion County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 2 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 Vermilion County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 19 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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