Tazewell Gas Recovery
Other power plant · Tazewell County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
2.4 MW
Rank in Illinois
#289
of 580 plants
In service since
1989
July 1989
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Landfill Gas
- Operator
- WM Illinois Renewable Energy LLC
- County
- Tazewell County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among other plants in Illinois
- #45 of 45
- EIA plant code
- 50721
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1989 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1989 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1999 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 2.4 MW solar plant and a 2.4 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Illinois power plants · What Illinois actually generates