Power Plants Near 49047 — Dowagiac, MI

45 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49047 (Dowagiac, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.9910, -86.1168 · County: Cass

Natural Gas 46%Nuclear 43%Coal 7%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.4 mi	Gemstone Solar Llc Jefferson Township, MI	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
10.4 mi	Indeck Niles Energy Center Niles, MI	Natural Gas	1,174 MW	Indeck Niles, Llc
11.4 mi	Berrien Springs Berrien Springs, MI	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
13.9 mi	French Paper Hydro Niles, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	French Paper Co
14.9 mi	Watervliet Pv Watervliet, MI	Solar	5 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
15.3 mi	Watervliet Watervliet, MI	Biomass	4 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
16.0 mi	Buchanan (Mi) Buchanan, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
16.5 mi	Southeast Berrien Generating Facility Niles, MI	Biomass	5 MW	North American Natural Res
18.0 mi	St. Joseph Solar Granger, IN	Solar	20 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
20.4 mi	University Of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Natural Gas	40 MW	University Of Notre Dame
20.8 mi	Twin Branch Pv Mishawaka, IN	Solar	3 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
22.0 mi	Elkhart Elkhart, IN	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
22.5 mi	Twin Branch Mishawaka, IN	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
22.7 mi	Notre Dame Hydro South Bend, IN	Hydroelectric	3 MW	University Of Notre Dame
22.8 mi	Mottville White Pigeon, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
23.1 mi	Donald C Cook Bridgman, MI	Nuclear	2,285 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
24.6 mi	New Covert Generating Facility Covert, MI	Natural Gas	1,176 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
25.1 mi	Palisades Covert, MI	Nuclear	812 MW	Holtec Palisades, Llc
25.2 mi	Constantine Constantine, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
25.9 mi	Honeysuckle Solar Farm New Carlisle, IN	Solar	150 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
26.5 mi	Earthmovers Lfgte Elkhart, IN	Biomass	5 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
27.3 mi	Champion Solar I New Carlisle, IN	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
27.5 mi	St Joseph Energy Center New Carlisle, IN	Natural Gas	780 MW	St Joseph Energy Center Llc
27.8 mi	Olivepv New Carlisle, IN	Solar	5 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
29.8 mi	Hydro Plant Three Rivers, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	City Of Sturgis - (Mi)
30.0 mi	Middlebury Solar Middlebury, IN	Solar	2 MW	Ecos Energy Llc
30.3 mi	Western Michigan Solar Gardens Kalamazoo, MI	Solar	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
30.3 mi	Parkview Battery Kalamazoo, MI	Other Fossil	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
32.9 mi	Green Cow Power Goshen, IN	Biomass	4 MW	Green Cow Power Llc
32.9 mi	Western Michigan University Power Plant Kalamazoo, MI	Natural Gas	17 MW	Western Michigan University
33.2 mi	Pullman Solar, Llc Lee Township, MI	Solar	20 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
34.5 mi	Prairie View I & Ii Lfgte Wyatt, IN	Natural Gas	6 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
36.6 mi	Bremen Bremen, IN	Solar	7 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
37.7 mi	Kalamazoo River Generating Station Comstock, MI	Natural Gas	77 MW	Cms Generation Mi Power Llc
37.7 mi	B E Morrow Comstock, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
37.9 mi	Sturgis City Diesel Plant Sturgis, MI	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Sturgis - (Mi)
38.1 mi	Electric City Solar Sturgis, MI	Solar	15 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
39.1 mi	Otsego Mill Power Plant Otsego, MI	Natural Gas	21 MW	Otsego Paper Inc
40.4 mi	Allegan Dam Allegan, MI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
40.6 mi	Elkhart County Solar Project Benton Township, IN	Solar	—	Elkhart County Solar Project, Llc
41.6 mi	Walkerton Walkerton, IN	Solar	1 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
41.8 mi	Liberty Solar Energy Center Richland, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
44.8 mi	Michigan City Michigan City, IN	Coal	540 MW	Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co
46.8 mi	Deercroft I & Ii Lfgte Michigan City, IN	Biomass	6 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
47.4 mi	Spring Creek Agri-Energy Center Tbd, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)

Power generation near this area

There are 45 power plants within 50 miles of Dowagiac, Michigan (ZIP 49047), with a combined 7,219 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 45 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gemstone Solar Llc at 7.4 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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