Power Plants Near 48728 — Curran, MI

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 48728 (Curran, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.7336, -83.8320 · County: Alcona

Natural Gas 57%Oil 16%Biomass 14%Hydroelectric 11%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.9 mi	Alcona Glennie, MI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
15.5 mi	Mio Mio, MI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
18.0 mi	Lightfoot Solar, Llc Luzerne, MI	Solar	10 MW	Lightfoot Solar, Llc
19.5 mi	Loud Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
20.7 mi	Five Channels Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
20.7 mi	National Energy Of Lincoln Lincoln, MI	Biomass	20 MW	National Salvage & Service Corporation
22.1 mi	Cooke Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
28.2 mi	Foote Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
29.6 mi	Four Mile Hydropower Project Alpena, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
29.7 mi	Norway Point Hydropower Project Alpena, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
30.3 mi	Ninth Street Hydropower Project Alpena, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
30.3 mi	Decorative Panels Intl Alpena, MI	Natural Gas	8 MW	Decorative Panels International, Inc.
31.1 mi	Alpena Cement Plant Alpena, MI	Oil	47 MW	Lafarge Corp
41.7 mi	Little Trout Solar Rogers City, MI	Solar	—	Dte Electric Company
43.1 mi	Grayling Generating Station Grayling, MI	Biomass	39 MW	Northstar Clean Energy
47.4 mi	Gaylord - Consumers Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
47.4 mi	Gaylord - Wolverine Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	70 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
48.5 mi	Livingston Generating Station Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	170 MW	Cms Generation Mi Power Llc
49.0 mi	Tower Tower, MI	Oil	21 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Curran, Michigan (ZIP 48728), with a combined 433 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Alcona at 11.9 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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