Power Plants Near 48074 — Smiths Creek, MI

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 48074 (Smiths Creek, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9051, -82.5679 · County: St. Clair

Natural Gas 62%Coal 36%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.5 mi	Blue Water Renewables Inc Kimball Township, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Blue Water Renewables Inc
5.6 mi	Marysville Marysville, MI	Coal	—	Dte Electric Company
7.3 mi	Cargill Salt St. Clair, MI	Natural Gas	4 MW	Cargill Inc
8.8 mi	E.b. Eddy Paper Inc Port Huron, MI	Natural Gas	5 MW	Port Huron Multimodal Hub, Llc
9.7 mi	Belle River China Twp, MI	Coal	1,664 MW	Dte Electric Company
10.0 mi	Dean East China, MI	Natural Gas	358 MW	Dte Electric Company
10.1 mi	Blue Water Energy Center East China, MI	Natural Gas	1,267 MW	Dte Electric Company
10.9 mi	St Clair East China Twp, MI	Natural Gas	24 MW	Dte Electric Company
13.2 mi	Pine Tree Acres Wm Lfgte Lenox, MI	Biomass	13 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
13.3 mi	Pine Tree Acres Lenox Twp, MI	Biomass	9 MW	Nextera Renewable Fuels, Llc
13.8 mi	Lake Iris Solar Project Avoca, MI	Solar	—	Lake Iris Solar, Llc
15.3 mi	Greenwood (Mi) Avoca, MI	Natural Gas	1,071 MW	Dte Electric Company
15.3 mi	Greenwood Solar Farm Avoca, MI	Solar	1 MW	Dte Electric Company
25.1 mi	Msc Croswell Croswell, MI	Natural Gas	1 MW	Michigan Sugar Company
25.5 mi	Croswell Croswell, MI	Oil	5 MW	City Of Croswell - (Mi)
37.4 mi	Eagle Valley (Mi) Orion, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
38.5 mi	Turrill Solar Farm Lapeer, MI	Solar	20 MW	Dte Electric Company
39.5 mi	Northeast (Mi) Warren, MI	Natural Gas	130 MW	Dte Electric Company
39.8 mi	Demille Solar Farm Lapeer, MI	Solar	28 MW	Dte Electric Company
42.7 mi	Conners Creek Detroit, MI	Natural Gas	—	Dte Electric Company
47.0 mi	Putnam (Mi) Mayville, MI	Oil	14 MW	Dte Electric Company
47.0 mi	Placid 12 Clarkston, MI	Oil	14 MW	Dte Electric Company
48.6 mi	O'shea Solar Farm Detroit, MI	Solar	2 MW	Dte Electric Company
49.3 mi	Wilmot Kingston Twp, MI	Oil	14 MW	Dte Electric Company

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Smiths Creek, Michigan (ZIP 48074), with a combined 4,650 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Blue Water Renewables Inc at 1.5 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Michigan, visit the Michigan state page.

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