Power Plants in Michigan

Michigan operates 332 power plants totaling 34,772 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas dominates the mix at 39%, followed by Coal (25%) and Nuclear (13%). The largest plant is Monroe (Mi) at 3,293 MW.

Plants332operating sites

Capacity34,772 MWnameplate

Generation121.4M MWhannual

CO₂47.8Mmetric tons/year

Natural Gas 39%Coal 25%Nuclear 13%Wind 11%Hydroelectric 7%Solar 4%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Michigan operates another 212 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in Michigan

Plant	City	Fuel	Capacity
Monroe (Mi)	Monroe	Coal	3,293 MW
Donald C Cook	Bridgman	Nuclear	2,285 MW
Ludington	Ludington	Hydroelectric	1,979 MW
Dan E Karn	Essexville	Coal	1,946 MW
Midland Cogeneration Venture	Midland	Natural Gas	1,854 MW
Belle River	China Twp	Coal	1,664 MW
J H Campbell	West Olive	Coal	1,561 MW
Fermi	Frenchtown Twp	Nuclear	1,281 MW
Blue Water Energy Center	East China	Natural Gas	1,267 MW
New Covert Generating Facility	Covert	Natural Gas	1,176 MW
Indeck Niles Energy Center	Niles	Natural Gas	1,174 MW
Greenwood (Mi)	Avoca	Natural Gas	1,071 MW
Zeeland Generating Station	Zeeland	Natural Gas	968 MW
Palisades	Covert	Nuclear	812 MW
Renaissance Power Plant	Carson City	Natural Gas	782 MW
Dearborn Industrial Generation	Dearborn	Natural Gas	748 MW
Jackson Generating Station	Jackson	Natural Gas	649 MW
Alpine Power Plant	Elmira	Natural Gas	454 MW
Isabella Wind Park	Rosebush	Wind	384 MW
Dean	East China	Natural Gas	358 MW
Sumpter	Belleville	Natural Gas	340 MW
Delta Energy Park	Lansing	Natural Gas	263 MW
Cross Winds Energy Park	Unionville	Wind	231 MW
Meridian Wind Park	Merrill	Wind	225 MW
Calhoun Solar	Battle Creek	Solar	200 MW
Heartland Farms	Middleton	Wind	200 MW
Pegasus Wind	Reese	Wind	178 MW
Livingston Generating Station	Gaylord	Natural Gas	170 MW
Polaris Wind Park	North Star Township	Wind	169 MW
Echo Wind Park	Elkton	Wind	162 MW
491 E 48th Street	Holland	Natural Gas	162 MW
Pine River Wind Park	Shepherd	Wind	161 MW
Crescent Wind Park	Hillsdale	Wind	150 MW
Gratiot Farms Wind Project	Carson City	Wind	150 MW
Sauk Solar Park	Union City	Solar	150 MW
Holland Energy Park	Holland	Natural Gas	149 MW
Deerfield Wind Energy, Llc	Kinde	Wind	149 MW
River Fork Solar, Llc	Albion	Solar	149 MW
Delray	Detroit	Natural Gas	142 MW
Michigan Power Lp	Ludington	Natural Gas	138 MW
F.d. Kuester Generating Station	Negaunee	Natural Gas	132 MW
Northeast (Mi)	Warren	Natural Gas	130 MW
T B Simon Power Plant	East Lansing	Natural Gas	128 MW
Escanaba Mill	Escanaba	Natural Gas	122 MW
Hancock	Commerce Twp	Natural Gas	122 MW
Tuscola Bay Wind	Reese	Wind	120 MW
Deerfield Wind Energy 2	Port Hope	Wind	112 MW
Gratiot County Wind Llc	Breckenridge	Wind	110 MW
Assembly Solar Ii Llc	Lennon	Solar	110 MW
Gratiot Wind Park	Breckenridge	Wind	102 MW

By county

Monroe County4 plants · 4,594 MW St Clair County11 plants · 4,398 MW Ottawa County12 plants · 2,753 MW Berrien County7 plants · 2,311 MW Mason County4 plants · 2,217 MW Van Buren County2 plants · 1,987 MW Bay County5 plants · 1,974 MW Midland County1 plants · 1,853 MW Wayne County18 plants · 1,379 MW Cass County2 plants · 1,174 MW Gratiot County11 plants · 1,125 MW Huron County19 plants · 1,023 MW Montcalm County6 plants · 961 MW Otsego County4 plants · 694 MW Jackson County3 plants · 674 MW Tuscola County7 plants · 655 MW Isabella County4 plants · 549 MW Calhoun County14 plants · 499 MW Shiawassee County7 plants · 290 MW Eaton County4 plants · 287 MW Ingham County6 plants · 276 MW Delta County6 plants · 248 MW Allegan County5 plants · 230 MW Marquette County9 plants · 223 MW Branch County8 plants · 186 MW Washtenaw County10 plants · 175 MW Hillsdale County4 plants · 163 MW Oakland County4 plants · 151 MW Macomb County3 plants · 151 MW Sanilac County4 plants · 128 MW Manistee County3 plants · 109 MW Kalamazoo County6 plants · 96 MW Dickinson County6 plants · 89 MW Chippewa County5 plants · 89 MW Missaukee County5 plants · 86 MW Baraga County3 plants · 80 MW Genesee County11 plants · 76 MW Kent County8 plants · 67 MW Alpena County5 plants · 61 MW Wexford County2 plants · 61 MW Kalkaska County1 plants · 60 MW Osceola County2 plants · 53 MW Lapeer County2 plants · 48 MW Newaygo County3 plants · 46 MW Lenawee County5 plants · 44 MW Crawford County1 plants · 38 MW Alcona County2 plants · 28 MW Iosco County4 plants · 28 MW Iron County5 plants · 27 MW St Joseph County5 plants · 26 MW Menominee County4 plants · 25 MW Cheboygan County3 plants · 24 MW Clinton County3 plants · 23 MW Muskegon County4 plants · 23 MW Gladwin County1 plants · 20 MW Oscoda County2 plants · 15 MW Livingston County1 plants · 13 MW Ontonagon County1 plants · 12 MW Saginaw County5 plants · 9 MW Ionia County3 plants · 8 MW Mecosta County1 plants · 6 MW Alger County1 plants · 6 MW Oceana County2 plants · 5 MW Schoolcraft County1 plants · 4 MW Charlevoix County1 plants · 3 MW Bay County1 plants · 3 MW Kent County1 plants · 3 MW Leelanau County2 plants · 2 MW Clare County2 plants · 1 MW Gogebic County1 plants · 1 MW Grand Traverse County1 plants · 1 MW Emmet County1 plants · 0 MW Houghton County1 plants · 0 MW Presque Isle County1 plants · 0 MW