Power Plants Near 48761 — South Branch, MI

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 48761 (South Branch, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.5014, -83.8686 · County: Ogemaw

Biomass 32%Hydroelectric 25%Oil 24%Solar 15%Natural Gas 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.2 mi	Alcona Glennie, MI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
7.8 mi	Loud Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
10.0 mi	Five Channels Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
14.8 mi	Cooke Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
17.0 mi	Mio Mio, MI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
17.6 mi	Lightfoot Solar, Llc Luzerne, MI	Solar	10 MW	Lightfoot Solar, Llc
21.6 mi	Foote Oscoda, MI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
25.4 mi	National Energy Of Lincoln Lincoln, MI	Biomass	20 MW	National Salvage & Service Corporation
41.1 mi	Grayling Generating Station Grayling, MI	Biomass	39 MW	Northstar Clean Energy
41.9 mi	Pinconning White Feather Pinconning, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
44.5 mi	Decorative Panels Intl Alpena, MI	Natural Gas	8 MW	Decorative Panels International, Inc.
44.7 mi	Four Mile Hydropower Project Alpena, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
44.7 mi	Ninth Street Hydropower Project Alpena, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
44.9 mi	Norway Point Hydropower Project Alpena, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
45.3 mi	Alpena Cement Plant Alpena, MI	Oil	47 MW	Lafarge Corp
48.0 mi	Willford Solar, Llc Gladwin, MI	Solar	20 MW	Willford Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of South Branch, Michigan (ZIP 48761), with a combined 195 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Alcona at 5.2 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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