Power Plants Near 48416 — Brown City, MI

62 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 48416 (Brown City, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.2171, -82.9978 · County: Sanilac

Natural Gas 42%Coal 26%Wind 24%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.0 mi	Greenwood (Mi) Avoca, MI	Natural Gas	1,071 MW	Dte Electric Company
17.0 mi	Greenwood Solar Farm Avoca, MI	Solar	1 MW	Dte Electric Company
18.1 mi	Lake Iris Solar Project Avoca, MI	Solar	—	Lake Iris Solar, Llc
19.1 mi	Wilmot Kingston Twp, MI	Oil	14 MW	Dte Electric Company
19.4 mi	Msc Croswell Croswell, MI	Natural Gas	1 MW	Michigan Sugar Company
19.7 mi	Croswell Croswell, MI	Oil	5 MW	City Of Croswell - (Mi)
20.1 mi	Turrill Solar Farm Lapeer, MI	Solar	20 MW	Dte Electric Company
20.9 mi	Demille Solar Farm Lapeer, MI	Solar	28 MW	Dte Electric Company
23.9 mi	Caro Caro, MI	Oil	9 MW	Thumb Electric Coop Of Mich
27.3 mi	Poet Biorefining Caro, Llc Caro, MI	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining Caro, Llc
29.1 mi	Blue Water Renewables Inc Kimball Township, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Blue Water Renewables Inc
30.1 mi	Blue Elk Vii Solar, Llc Flint, MI	Solar	13 MW	Blue Elk Vii Solar, Llc
30.3 mi	Pegasus Wind Reese, MI	Wind	178 MW	Pegasus Wind, Llc
32.1 mi	Thetford Mount Morris, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
32.3 mi	E.b. Eddy Paper Inc Port Huron, MI	Natural Gas	5 MW	Port Huron Multimodal Hub, Llc
33.3 mi	Michigan Wind 2 Minden City, MI	Wind	90 MW	Michigan Wind 2, Llc
33.5 mi	Minden Wind Park Minden City, MI	Wind	32 MW	Dte Electric Company
33.7 mi	Pine Tree Acres Wm Lfgte Lenox, MI	Biomass	13 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
33.7 mi	Pine Tree Acres Lenox Twp, MI	Biomass	9 MW	Nextera Renewable Fuels, Llc
33.8 mi	Marysville Marysville, MI	Coal	—	Dte Electric Company
34.0 mi	Michigan Wind 1 Ubly, MI	Wind	69 MW	Michigan Wind 1, Llc
34.6 mi	Jack Francis Solar, Llc Clio, MI	Solar	2 MW	Jack Francis Solar, Llc
34.8 mi	Genesee Solar Project Flint, MI	Solar	—	Genesee Solar Energy, Llc
35.0 mi	Ubly Ubly, MI	Oil	12 MW	Thumb Electric Coop Of Mich
35.1 mi	Genesee Power Station Lp Flint, MI	Biomass	40 MW	Northstar Clean Energy
35.2 mi	May Shannon Solar, Llc Clio, MI	Solar	2 MW	May Shannon Solar, Llc
35.7 mi	Tuscola Wind Ii Llc Reese, MI	Wind	100 MW	Tuscola Wind Ii Llc
36.6 mi	Cross Winds Energy Park Unionville, MI	Wind	231 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
36.7 mi	Eagle Valley (Mi) Orion, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
37.8 mi	Cargill Salt St. Clair, MI	Natural Gas	4 MW	Cargill Inc
39.1 mi	Tuscola Bay Wind Reese, MI	Wind	120 MW	Tuscola Bay Wind Llc
39.7 mi	Belle River China Twp, MI	Coal	1,664 MW	Dte Electric Company
39.8 mi	Interchange Solar, Llc Mt. Morris, MI	Solar	2 MW	Interchange Solar, Llc
40.2 mi	Coldwater Solar, Llc Flint, MI	Solar	2 MW	Coldwater Solar, Llc
40.2 mi	Dean East China, MI	Natural Gas	358 MW	Dte Electric Company
40.3 mi	Pheasant Run Wind Llc Pigeon, MI	Wind	75 MW	Pheasant Run Wind Llc
40.3 mi	Brookfield Pigeon, MI	Wind	75 MW	Dte Electric Company
40.3 mi	Blue Water Energy Center East China, MI	Natural Gas	1,267 MW	Dte Electric Company
40.3 mi	Captain Solar, Llc Mt. Morris, MI	Solar	2 MW	Captain Solar, Llc
41.1 mi	St Clair East China Twp, MI	Natural Gas	24 MW	Dte Electric Company
42.0 mi	Putnam (Mi) Mayville, MI	Oil	14 MW	Dte Electric Company
42.0 mi	Placid 12 Clarkston, MI	Oil	14 MW	Dte Electric Company
42.3 mi	Main Street (Mi) Sebewaing, MI	Oil	6 MW	Village Of Sebewaing - (Mi)
42.4 mi	Grand Blanc Generating Station Grand Blanc, MI	Biomass	7 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
42.6 mi	Msc Sebewaing Sebewaing, MI	Coal	3 MW	Michigan Sugar Company
42.7 mi	Pine Street Sebewaing, MI	Natural Gas	8 MW	Village Of Sebewaing - (Mi)
42.9 mi	Brent Run Generating Station Montrose, MI	Biomass	7 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
43.6 mi	Harvest Elkton, MI	Wind	53 MW	Harvest Windfarm, Llc
43.8 mi	Oliver Oliver Twp, MI	Oil	14 MW	Dte Electric Company
43.9 mi	Peoples Generating Station Ann Arbor, MI	Biomass	3 MW	North American Natural Res
44.3 mi	Apple Blossom Wind Farm Pigeon, MI	Wind	100 MW	Apple Blossom Wind, Llc
44.9 mi	Harvest 2 Elkton, MI	Wind	59 MW	Harvest Ii Windfarm, Llc
45.1 mi	Sigel Wind Park Harbor Beach, MI	Wind	64 MW	Dte Electric Company
45.1 mi	Big Turtle Wind Farm, Llc Harbor Beach, MI	Wind	20 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
46.7 mi	Echo Wind Park Elkton, MI	Wind	162 MW	Dte Electric Company
46.9 mi	Mckinley Wind Park Pigeon, MI	Wind	14 MW	Dte Electric Company
47.3 mi	Harbor Beach Harbor Beach, MI	Coal	—	Dte Electric Company
49.5 mi	Assembly Solar Iii Lennon, MI	Solar	79 MW	Assembly Solar Iii, Llc
49.6 mi	Deerfield Wind Energy 2 Port Hope, MI	Wind	112 MW	Deerfield Wind Energy 2, Llc
49.6 mi	Big Turtle Wind Farm 2 Harbor Beach, MI	Wind	29 MW	Dte Electric Company
49.6 mi	Assembly Solar Project Venice Township, MI	Solar	50 MW	Assembly Solar I, Llc
50.0 mi	Assembly Solar Ii Llc Lennon, MI	Solar	110 MW	Assembly Solar Ii Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 62 power plants within 50 miles of Brown City, Michigan (ZIP 48416), with a combined 6,476 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 62 nearby plants. The closest plant is Greenwood (Mi) at 17.0 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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