Power Plants Near 48659 — Sterling, MI

43 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 48659 (Sterling, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.0669, -84.0505 · County: Arenac

Wind 33%Coal 33%Natural Gas 31%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.7 mi	Pinconning White Feather Pinconning, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
24.1 mi	Willford Solar, Llc Gladwin, MI	Solar	20 MW	Willford Solar, Llc
31.0 mi	Dan E Karn Essexville, MI	Coal	1,946 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
31.0 mi	Karn Solar Energy Center Tbd, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
31.2 mi	J C Weadock Essexville, MI	Coal	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
31.9 mi	Loud Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
32.6 mi	Five Channels Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
33.5 mi	Henry Station Bay City, MI	Oil	15 MW	City Of Bay City - (Mi)
34.3 mi	Water Street Station Bay City, MI	Oil	13 MW	City Of Bay City - (Mi)
34.3 mi	Midland Cogeneration Venture Midland, MI	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Midland Cogeneration Venture
36.3 mi	Alcona Glennie, MI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
36.7 mi	Cooke Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
37.5 mi	Pine Street Sebewaing, MI	Natural Gas	8 MW	Village Of Sebewaing - (Mi)
37.5 mi	Msc Sebewaing Sebewaing, MI	Coal	3 MW	Michigan Sugar Company
37.6 mi	Surrey Road Clare, MI	Solar	—	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
37.6 mi	Waste Management Northern Oaks Lfgte Harrison, MI	Biomass	2 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
37.7 mi	Main Street (Mi) Sebewaing, MI	Oil	6 MW	Village Of Sebewaing - (Mi)
38.8 mi	Stoneheart Solar, Llc Saginaw, MI	Solar	2 MW	Stoneheart Solar, Llc
39.5 mi	Foote Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
39.8 mi	Lightfoot Solar, Llc Luzerne, MI	Solar	10 MW	Lightfoot Solar, Llc
40.5 mi	Apple Blossom Wind Farm Pigeon, MI	Wind	100 MW	Apple Blossom Wind, Llc
41.3 mi	Mio Mio, MI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
42.3 mi	Cross Winds Energy Park Unionville, MI	Wind	231 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
42.4 mi	Tuscola Bay Wind Reese, MI	Wind	120 MW	Tuscola Bay Wind Llc
42.4 mi	Mckinley Wind Park Pigeon, MI	Wind	14 MW	Dte Electric Company
43.1 mi	Pheasant Run Wind Llc Pigeon, MI	Wind	75 MW	Pheasant Run Wind Llc
43.1 mi	Brookfield Pigeon, MI	Wind	75 MW	Dte Electric Company
43.7 mi	Oliver Oliver Twp, MI	Oil	14 MW	Dte Electric Company
43.9 mi	Geddes 1 Solar, Llc Saginaw, MI	Solar	2 MW	Geddes 1 Solar, Llc
44.2 mi	Meridian Wind Park Merrill, MI	Wind	225 MW	Dte Electric Company
44.3 mi	Geddes 2 Solar, Llc Saginaw, MI	Solar	2 MW	Geddes 2 Solar, Llc
44.4 mi	Tuscola Wind Ii Llc Reese, MI	Wind	100 MW	Tuscola Wind Ii Llc
45.1 mi	Harvest Elkton, MI	Wind	53 MW	Harvest Windfarm, Llc
45.2 mi	Mission Road Solar Park Rosebush, MI	Solar	—	Dte Electric Company
45.3 mi	Isabella Wind Park Rosebush, MI	Wind	384 MW	Dte Electric Company
46.0 mi	Echo Wind Park Elkton, MI	Wind	162 MW	Dte Electric Company
46.3 mi	Harvest 2 Elkton, MI	Wind	59 MW	Harvest Ii Windfarm, Llc
48.8 mi	Grayling Generating Station Grayling, MI	Biomass	39 MW	Northstar Clean Energy
48.9 mi	Gratiot Solar Park Breckenridge, MI	Solar	—	Dte Electric Company
49.0 mi	Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, MI	Natural Gas	5 MW	Central Michigan University
49.1 mi	Gratiot Wind Park Breckenridge, MI	Wind	102 MW	Dte Electric Company
49.4 mi	Pine River Wind Park Shepherd, MI	Wind	161 MW	Dte Electric Company
49.9 mi	Gratiot County Wind Llc Breckenridge, MI	Wind	110 MW	Invenergy Services Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 43 power plants within 50 miles of Sterling, Michigan (ZIP 48659), with a combined 5,955 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 43 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pinconning White Feather at 12.7 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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