Power Plants Near 49002 — Portage, MI

70 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49002 (Portage, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.1938, -85.5639 · County: Kalamazoo

Natural Gas 70%Nuclear 15%Solar 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.7 mi	Western Michigan Solar Gardens Kalamazoo, MI	Solar	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
6.3 mi	Western Michigan University Power Plant Kalamazoo, MI	Natural Gas	17 MW	Western Michigan University
6.3 mi	Parkview Battery Kalamazoo, MI	Other Fossil	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
7.0 mi	B E Morrow Comstock, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
7.0 mi	Kalamazoo River Generating Station Comstock, MI	Natural Gas	77 MW	Cms Generation Mi Power Llc
12.6 mi	Liberty Solar Energy Center Richland, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
15.4 mi	Hydro Plant Three Rivers, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	City Of Sturgis - (Mi)
16.7 mi	Spring Creek Agri-Energy Center Tbd, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
19.8 mi	Otsego Mill Power Plant Otsego, MI	Natural Gas	21 MW	Otsego Paper Inc
20.4 mi	Battle Creek Mill Battle Creek, MI	Natural Gas	3 MW	Rocktenn-Battle Creek Mill
24.8 mi	Constantine Constantine, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
25.3 mi	Sauk Solar Park Union City, MI	Solar	150 MW	Dte Electric Company
27.9 mi	13 Mile Solar, Llc Battle Creek, MI	Solar	2 MW	13 Mile Solar, Llc
28.2 mi	Calhoun Solar Battle Creek, MI	Solar	200 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
28.2 mi	Sturgis City Diesel Plant Sturgis, MI	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Sturgis - (Mi)
28.3 mi	Cereal City Solar, Llc Battle Creek, MI	Solar	100 MW	Cereal City Solar, Llc
28.5 mi	Mottville White Pigeon, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
28.6 mi	Greenstone Solar, Llc Coldwater, MI	Solar	20 MW	Greenstone Solar, Llc
28.8 mi	Sunfish Solar 2 Marshall, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
30.7 mi	Grs C&c Marshall, MI	Biomass	6 MW	Gas Recovery Systems Inc
30.9 mi	Mec North Marshall, MI	Natural Gas	—	Mec North
31.1 mi	Mec South Marshall, MI	Natural Gas	—	Mec South
31.2 mi	Electric City Solar Sturgis, MI	Solar	15 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
32.3 mi	Gemstone Solar Llc Jefferson Township, MI	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
32.3 mi	Marshall (Mi) Marshall, MI	Hydroelectric	10 MW	City Of Marshall - (Mi)
32.4 mi	Allegan Dam Allegan, MI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
33.1 mi	Branch Solar Project Coldwater, MI	Solar	—	Branch Solar, Llc
33.3 mi	Pullman Solar, Llc Lee Township, MI	Solar	20 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
33.6 mi	Coldwater Peaking Plant Coldwater, MI	Natural Gas	13 MW	Coldwater Board Of Public Util
34.1 mi	Tibbits Energy Storage Coldwater, MI	Battery Storage	—	Tibbits Energy Storage Llc
34.1 mi	Watervliet Pv Watervliet, MI	Solar	5 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
34.2 mi	Dg Amp Solar Coldwater Coldwater, MI	Solar	1 MW	Dg Amp Solar, Llc
34.3 mi	Coldwater River Solar Coldwater, MI	Solar	—	Coldwater River Solar, Llc
34.9 mi	Middlebury Solar Middlebury, IN	Solar	2 MW	Ecos Energy Llc
36.7 mi	Watervliet Watervliet, MI	Biomass	4 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
37.8 mi	Angola Solar, Llc Coldwater, MI	Solar	2 MW	Angola Solar, Llc
38.4 mi	New Covert Generating Facility Covert, MI	Natural Gas	1,176 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
38.6 mi	Calhoun County Solar Project Sheridan Township, MI	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
39.4 mi	Palisades Covert, MI	Nuclear	812 MW	Holtec Palisades, Llc
39.9 mi	The Andersons Albion Ethanol Llc Albion, MI	Natural Gas	10 MW	The Andersons Albion Ethanol Llc
40.0 mi	Claude Vandyke Dorr, MI	Natural Gas	25 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
40.3 mi	Elkhart Elkhart, IN	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
40.8 mi	Indeck Niles Energy Center Niles, MI	Natural Gas	1,174 MW	Indeck Niles, Llc
41.0 mi	Bryon Center Byron Center, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
41.8 mi	River Fork Solar, Llc Albion, MI	Solar	149 MW	River Fork Solar, Llc
41.9 mi	Shipsterns Solar, Llc Albion, MI	Solar	20 MW	Shipsterns Solar, Llc
42.5 mi	St. Joseph Solar Granger, IN	Solar	20 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
42.9 mi	Berrien Springs Berrien Springs, MI	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
44.0 mi	French Paper Hydro Niles, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	French Paper Co
44.6 mi	Autumn Hills Generating Facility Zeeland, MI	Biomass	4 MW	North American Natural Res
44.8 mi	Earthmovers Lfgte Elkhart, IN	Biomass	5 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
45.0 mi	Twin Branch Pv Mishawaka, IN	Solar	3 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
46.2 mi	Heartwood Solar Allen, MI	Solar	—	Heartwood Solar, Llc
46.8 mi	Twin Branch Mishawaka, IN	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
47.0 mi	491 E 48th Street Holland, MI	Natural Gas	162 MW	City Of Holland
47.2 mi	Southeast Berrien Generating Facility Niles, MI	Biomass	5 MW	North American Natural Res
47.2 mi	Buchanan (Mi) Buchanan, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
47.9 mi	Zeeland Farm Services Zeeland, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Zeeland Farm Services
48.1 mi	University Of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Natural Gas	40 MW	University Of Notre Dame
48.4 mi	Bullhead Solar, Llc Fayette, MI	Solar	2 MW	Bullhead Solar, Llc
48.5 mi	Elkhart County Solar Project Benton Township, IN	Solar	—	Elkhart County Solar Project, Llc
48.6 mi	Zeeland Generating Station Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	968 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
49.0 mi	Tupper Lake Wind Clarksville, MI	Wind	—	Tupper Lake
49.0 mi	Municipal Power Plant Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
49.1 mi	Green Cow Power Goshen, IN	Biomass	4 MW	Green Cow Power Llc
49.2 mi	Zeeland Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
49.4 mi	Holland Energy Park Holland, MI	Natural Gas	149 MW	City Of Holland
49.6 mi	Cascade Dam (Mi) Grand Rapids, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
49.6 mi	Riley Generating Station Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	10 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
49.7 mi	Sixth Street Gas Turbine Holland, MI	Oil	24 MW	City Of Holland

Power generation near this area

There are 70 power plants within 50 miles of Portage, Michigan (ZIP 49002), with a combined 5,498 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 70 nearby plants. The closest plant is Western Michigan Solar Gardens at 5.7 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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