Power Plants Near 48730 — East Tawas, MI

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 48730 (East Tawas, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.3008, -83.4776 · County: Iosco

Coal 60%Wind 37%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.5 mi	Foote Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
12.8 mi	Cooke Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
14.5 mi	Five Channels Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
16.4 mi	Loud Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
24.2 mi	Alcona Glennie, MI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
26.4 mi	National Energy Of Lincoln Lincoln, MI	Biomass	20 MW	National Salvage & Service Corporation
31.9 mi	Mckinley Wind Park Pigeon, MI	Wind	14 MW	Dte Electric Company
32.9 mi	Echo Wind Park Elkton, MI	Wind	162 MW	Dte Electric Company
34.4 mi	Harvest 2 Elkton, MI	Wind	59 MW	Harvest Ii Windfarm, Llc
34.5 mi	Apple Blossom Wind Farm Pigeon, MI	Wind	100 MW	Apple Blossom Wind, Llc
34.9 mi	Oliver Oliver Twp, MI	Oil	14 MW	Dte Electric Company
35.2 mi	Harvest Elkton, MI	Wind	53 MW	Harvest Windfarm, Llc
36.4 mi	Pinconning White Feather Pinconning, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
37.9 mi	Deerfield Wind Energy, Llc Kinde, MI	Wind	149 MW	Deerfield Wind Energy, Llc
38.6 mi	Pheasant Run Wind Llc Pigeon, MI	Wind	75 MW	Pheasant Run Wind Llc
38.6 mi	Brookfield Pigeon, MI	Wind	75 MW	Dte Electric Company
38.7 mi	Msc Sebewaing Sebewaing, MI	Coal	3 MW	Michigan Sugar Company
38.8 mi	Pine Street Sebewaing, MI	Natural Gas	8 MW	Village Of Sebewaing - (Mi)
39.3 mi	Main Street (Mi) Sebewaing, MI	Oil	6 MW	Village Of Sebewaing - (Mi)
39.5 mi	Deerfield Wind Energy 2 Port Hope, MI	Wind	112 MW	Deerfield Wind Energy 2, Llc
40.7 mi	Mio Mio, MI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
41.3 mi	Lightfoot Solar, Llc Luzerne, MI	Solar	10 MW	Lightfoot Solar, Llc
42.9 mi	Big Turtle Wind Farm 2 Harbor Beach, MI	Wind	29 MW	Dte Electric Company
46.4 mi	Sigel Wind Park Harbor Beach, MI	Wind	64 MW	Dte Electric Company
46.4 mi	Big Turtle Wind Farm, Llc Harbor Beach, MI	Wind	20 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
47.7 mi	Cross Winds Energy Park Unionville, MI	Wind	231 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
48.1 mi	Ubly Ubly, MI	Oil	12 MW	Thumb Electric Coop Of Mich
48.2 mi	Michigan Wind 1 Ubly, MI	Wind	69 MW	Michigan Wind 1, Llc
48.8 mi	Dan E Karn Essexville, MI	Coal	1,946 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
48.8 mi	Karn Solar Energy Center Tbd, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
49.2 mi	J C Weadock Essexville, MI	Coal	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of East Tawas, Michigan (ZIP 48730), with a combined 3,275 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Foote at 9.5 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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