Power Plants Near 49040 — Colon, MI

57 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49040 (Colon, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.9576, -85.3306 · County: St. Joseph

Natural Gas 60%Solar 31%Wind 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.7 mi	Hydro Plant Three Rivers, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	City Of Sturgis - (Mi)
10.8 mi	Greenstone Solar, Llc Coldwater, MI	Solar	20 MW	Greenstone Solar, Llc
12.0 mi	Sturgis City Diesel Plant Sturgis, MI	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Sturgis - (Mi)
13.7 mi	Sauk Solar Park Union City, MI	Solar	150 MW	Dte Electric Company
14.2 mi	Branch Solar Project Coldwater, MI	Solar	—	Branch Solar, Llc
15.6 mi	Electric City Solar Sturgis, MI	Solar	15 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
16.0 mi	Coldwater Peaking Plant Coldwater, MI	Natural Gas	13 MW	Coldwater Board Of Public Util
16.0 mi	Coldwater River Solar Coldwater, MI	Solar	—	Coldwater River Solar, Llc
17.2 mi	Dg Amp Solar Coldwater Coldwater, MI	Solar	1 MW	Dg Amp Solar, Llc
17.6 mi	Spring Creek Agri-Energy Center Tbd, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
18.1 mi	Tibbits Energy Storage Coldwater, MI	Battery Storage	—	Tibbits Energy Storage Llc
18.7 mi	Angola Solar, Llc Coldwater, MI	Solar	2 MW	Angola Solar, Llc
19.1 mi	Constantine Constantine, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
23.8 mi	B E Morrow Comstock, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
23.9 mi	Kalamazoo River Generating Station Comstock, MI	Natural Gas	77 MW	Cms Generation Mi Power Llc
24.0 mi	Mottville White Pigeon, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
25.7 mi	Middlebury Solar Middlebury, IN	Solar	2 MW	Ecos Energy Llc
25.9 mi	Western Michigan Solar Gardens Kalamazoo, MI	Solar	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
26.0 mi	Sunfish Solar 2 Marshall, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
26.0 mi	Battle Creek Mill Battle Creek, MI	Natural Gas	3 MW	Rocktenn-Battle Creek Mill
26.4 mi	Western Michigan University Power Plant Kalamazoo, MI	Natural Gas	17 MW	Western Michigan University
26.5 mi	Parkview Battery Kalamazoo, MI	Other Fossil	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
26.8 mi	Mec North Marshall, MI	Natural Gas	—	Mec North
27.1 mi	Mec South Marshall, MI	Natural Gas	—	Mec South
28.5 mi	Cereal City Solar, Llc Battle Creek, MI	Solar	100 MW	Cereal City Solar, Llc
29.0 mi	Liberty Solar Energy Center Richland, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
29.3 mi	13 Mile Solar, Llc Battle Creek, MI	Solar	2 MW	13 Mile Solar, Llc
29.5 mi	Marshall (Mi) Marshall, MI	Hydroelectric	10 MW	City Of Marshall - (Mi)
30.0 mi	Calhoun Solar Battle Creek, MI	Solar	200 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
30.7 mi	Heartwood Solar Allen, MI	Solar	—	Heartwood Solar, Llc
32.2 mi	Grs C&c Marshall, MI	Biomass	6 MW	Gas Recovery Systems Inc
33.5 mi	Calhoun County Solar Project Sheridan Township, MI	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
33.7 mi	Bullhead Solar, Llc Fayette, MI	Solar	2 MW	Bullhead Solar, Llc
34.6 mi	The Andersons Albion Ethanol Llc Albion, MI	Natural Gas	10 MW	The Andersons Albion Ethanol Llc
36.1 mi	Hillsdale Hillsdale, MI	Natural Gas	12 MW	Hillsdale Board Of Public Wks
36.8 mi	Elkhart County Solar Project Benton Township, IN	Solar	—	Elkhart County Solar Project, Llc
37.0 mi	River Fork Solar, Llc Albion, MI	Solar	149 MW	River Fork Solar, Llc
37.2 mi	Gemstone Solar Llc Jefferson Township, MI	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
37.4 mi	Elkhart Elkhart, IN	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
37.7 mi	Shipsterns Solar, Llc Albion, MI	Solar	20 MW	Shipsterns Solar, Llc
39.1 mi	Waterloo Solar, Llc Waterloo, IN	Solar	1 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
39.6 mi	Otsego Mill Power Plant Otsego, MI	Natural Gas	21 MW	Otsego Paper Inc
40.5 mi	Earthmovers Lfgte Elkhart, IN	Biomass	5 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
42.3 mi	Green Cow Power Goshen, IN	Biomass	4 MW	Green Cow Power Llc
43.0 mi	St. Joseph Solar Granger, IN	Solar	20 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
43.9 mi	Crescent Wind Park Hillsdale, MI	Wind	150 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
44.2 mi	Auburn Renewables Llc Garrett, IN	Solar	11 MW	Auburn Renewables, Llc
44.7 mi	Twin Branch Pv Mishawaka, IN	Solar	3 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
45.5 mi	Edgerton Edgerton, OH	Oil	4 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
46.0 mi	Twin Branch Mishawaka, IN	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
46.3 mi	Indeck Niles Energy Center Niles, MI	Natural Gas	1,174 MW	Indeck Niles, Llc
46.5 mi	Montpelier Montpelier, OH	Oil	11 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
47.1 mi	Montpelier Solar Project Montpelier, OH	Solar	—	Montpelier Solar, Llc
48.1 mi	Sculpin Solar Butler, IN	Solar	—	Sculpin Solar Llc
48.7 mi	French Paper Hydro Niles, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	French Paper Co
48.8 mi	Watervliet Pv Watervliet, MI	Solar	5 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
49.7 mi	University Of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Natural Gas	40 MW	University Of Notre Dame

Power generation near this area

There are 57 power plants within 50 miles of Colon, Michigan (ZIP 49040), with a combined 2,281 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 29 of the 57 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hydro Plant at 10.7 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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