Power plant · Illinois, United States
Goose Creek Energy Center
Goose Creek Energy Center is a power plant in Illinois, United States, with 684 MW of capacity, owned by Union Electric Co - (MO).
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 | 2003 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Union Electric Co - (MO) | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Union Electric Co - (MO) | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 684 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 40.1069, -88.5999 | 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
Goose Creek Energy Center is the 20th-largest of 30 power plants in Illinois and the 508th-largest of 800 in the United States by capacity; its 684 MW is <0.1% 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 | 20th of 30 | 33,811 MW | 2% |
| United States | 508th of 800 | 839,036 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 582nd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 1 data center and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCSA Petascale Computing Facility | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| University of Illinois NCSA Delta | AI supercomputer | 212 H100e | Operating | 32 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from Union Electric Co - (MO)
- Labadie2,389 MW
- Callaway1,236 MW
- Sioux1,099 MW
- Audrain Generating Station814 MW
- Castle Bluff Energy Center648 MW · planned
- Venice586 MW
- Raccoon Creek Energy Center456 MW
Other power plants in Illinois
- Braidwood Generation Station2,450 MW
- Byron Generating 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
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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- 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.