Power Plants Near 48470 — Ruth, MI

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 48470 (Ruth, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.7404, -82.7414 · County: Huron

Wind 60%Natural Gas 38%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.9 mi	Minden Wind Park Minden City, MI	Wind	32 MW	Dte Electric Company
5.4 mi	Michigan Wind 2 Minden City, MI	Wind	90 MW	Michigan Wind 2, Llc
7.9 mi	Big Turtle Wind Farm, Llc Harbor Beach, MI	Wind	20 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
7.9 mi	Sigel Wind Park Harbor Beach, MI	Wind	64 MW	Dte Electric Company
9.1 mi	Harbor Beach Harbor Beach, MI	Coal	—	Dte Electric Company
9.9 mi	Ubly Ubly, MI	Oil	12 MW	Thumb Electric Coop Of Mich
11.3 mi	Michigan Wind 1 Ubly, MI	Wind	69 MW	Michigan Wind 1, Llc
12.7 mi	Big Turtle Wind Farm 2 Harbor Beach, MI	Wind	29 MW	Dte Electric Company
14.6 mi	Deerfield Wind Energy 2 Port Hope, MI	Wind	112 MW	Deerfield Wind Energy 2, Llc
16.0 mi	Deerfield Wind Energy, Llc Kinde, MI	Wind	149 MW	Deerfield Wind Energy, Llc
22.7 mi	Harvest 2 Elkton, MI	Wind	59 MW	Harvest Ii Windfarm, Llc
23.1 mi	Echo Wind Park Elkton, MI	Wind	162 MW	Dte Electric Company
24.0 mi	Harvest Elkton, MI	Wind	53 MW	Harvest Windfarm, Llc
25.5 mi	Oliver Oliver Twp, MI	Oil	14 MW	Dte Electric Company
26.5 mi	Mckinley Wind Park Pigeon, MI	Wind	14 MW	Dte Electric Company
27.8 mi	Pheasant Run Wind Llc Pigeon, MI	Wind	75 MW	Pheasant Run Wind Llc
27.8 mi	Brookfield Pigeon, MI	Wind	75 MW	Dte Electric Company
29.1 mi	Apple Blossom Wind Farm Pigeon, MI	Wind	100 MW	Apple Blossom Wind, Llc
29.8 mi	Wilmot Kingston Twp, MI	Oil	14 MW	Dte Electric Company
33.0 mi	Croswell Croswell, MI	Oil	5 MW	City Of Croswell - (Mi)
33.3 mi	Msc Croswell Croswell, MI	Natural Gas	1 MW	Michigan Sugar Company
34.9 mi	Caro Caro, MI	Oil	9 MW	Thumb Electric Coop Of Mich
35.2 mi	Msc Sebewaing Sebewaing, MI	Coal	3 MW	Michigan Sugar Company
35.4 mi	Pine Street Sebewaing, MI	Natural Gas	8 MW	Village Of Sebewaing - (Mi)
35.5 mi	Main Street (Mi) Sebewaing, MI	Oil	6 MW	Village Of Sebewaing - (Mi)
38.3 mi	Cross Winds Energy Park Unionville, MI	Wind	231 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
38.3 mi	Poet Biorefining Caro, Llc Caro, MI	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining Caro, Llc
43.2 mi	Pegasus Wind Reese, MI	Wind	178 MW	Pegasus Wind, Llc
43.8 mi	Tuscola Wind Ii Llc Reese, MI	Wind	100 MW	Tuscola Wind Ii Llc
43.9 mi	Greenwood (Mi) Avoca, MI	Natural Gas	1,071 MW	Dte Electric Company
43.9 mi	Greenwood Solar Farm Avoca, MI	Solar	1 MW	Dte Electric Company
45.4 mi	Lake Iris Solar Project Avoca, MI	Solar	—	Lake Iris Solar, Llc
47.8 mi	Tuscola Bay Wind Reese, MI	Wind	120 MW	Tuscola Bay Wind Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of Ruth, Michigan (ZIP 48470), with a combined 2,881 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Minden Wind Park at 4.9 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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