Power plant · Illinois, United States
Byron Generating Station
Byron Generating Station is a power plant in Illinois, United States, with 2,450 MW of capacity, owned by Constellation Nuclear.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Illinois | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1985 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Constellation Nuclear | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Constellation Nuclear | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2,450 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Nuclear | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 42.0742, -89.2819 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
Byron Generating Station is the largest of 30 power plants in Illinois and the 33rd-largest of 800 in the United States by capacity; its 2,450 MW is 0.29% of the 839,036 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 1st of 30 | 33,811 MW | 7.2% |
| United States | 33rd of 800 | 839,036 MW | 0.29% |
| All power plants in our data | 34th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | 0.21% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 mines (1 operating) and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Plant | Mine | — | Operating | 7.8 km |
| Pieper | Mine | — | Closed | 41 km |
| Meta data center, DeKalb County | Data center | — | — | 50 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from Constellation Nuclear
- Peach Bottom2,876 MW
- South Texas Project2,709 MW
- Braidwood Generation Station2,450 MW
- PSEG Salem Generating Station2,382 MW
- LaSalle Generating Station2,340 MW
- Limerick2,277 MW
- Dresden Generating Station2,019 MW
- Quad Cities Generating Station2,019 MW
Other power plants in Illinois
- Braidwood Generation Station2,450 MW
- LaSalle Generating Station2,340 MW
- Dresden Generating Station2,019 MW
- Quad Cities Generating Station2,019 MW
- Powerton1,786 MW
- Prairie State Generating Station1,766 MW
- Kincaid Generation LLC1,319 MW
- CPV Three Rivers Energy Center1,300 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.