Power Plants Near 49081 — Portage, MI

69 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49081 (Portage, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.1718, -85.6178 · County: Kalamazoo

Natural Gas 71%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	Parkview Battery Kalamazoo, MI	Other Fossil	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
7.5 mi	Western Michigan University Power Plant Kalamazoo, MI	Natural Gas	17 MW	Western Michigan University
9.8 mi	Kalamazoo River Generating Station Comstock, MI	Natural Gas	77 MW	Cms Generation Mi Power Llc
9.9 mi	B E Morrow Comstock, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
14.5 mi	Hydro Plant Three Rivers, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	City Of Sturgis - (Mi)
15.1 mi	Liberty Solar Energy Center Richland, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
19.6 mi	Spring Creek Agri-Energy Center Tbd, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
20.5 mi	Otsego Mill Power Plant Otsego, MI	Natural Gas	21 MW	Otsego Paper Inc
22.8 mi	Constantine Constantine, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
23.6 mi	Battle Creek Mill Battle Creek, MI	Natural Gas	3 MW	Rocktenn-Battle Creek Mill
26.2 mi	Mottville White Pigeon, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
27.5 mi	Sauk Solar Park Union City, MI	Solar	150 MW	Dte Electric Company
27.6 mi	Sturgis City Diesel Plant Sturgis, MI	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Sturgis - (Mi)
29.2 mi	Gemstone Solar Llc Jefferson Township, MI	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
30.0 mi	Greenstone Solar, Llc Coldwater, MI	Solar	20 MW	Greenstone Solar, Llc
30.4 mi	Electric City Solar Sturgis, MI	Solar	15 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
31.0 mi	13 Mile Solar, Llc Battle Creek, MI	Solar	2 MW	13 Mile Solar, Llc
31.3 mi	Calhoun Solar Battle Creek, MI	Solar	200 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
31.4 mi	Cereal City Solar, Llc Battle Creek, MI	Solar	100 MW	Cereal City Solar, Llc
31.4 mi	Watervliet Pv Watervliet, MI	Solar	5 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
31.8 mi	Sunfish Solar 2 Marshall, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
32.1 mi	Pullman Solar, Llc Lee Township, MI	Solar	20 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
32.1 mi	Allegan Dam Allegan, MI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
33.0 mi	Middlebury Solar Middlebury, IN	Solar	2 MW	Ecos Energy Llc
33.8 mi	Grs C&c Marshall, MI	Biomass	6 MW	Gas Recovery Systems Inc
33.8 mi	Mec North Marshall, MI	Natural Gas	—	Mec North
33.9 mi	Watervliet Watervliet, MI	Biomass	4 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
34.0 mi	Mec South Marshall, MI	Natural Gas	—	Mec South
34.3 mi	Branch Solar Project Coldwater, MI	Solar	—	Branch Solar, Llc
35.1 mi	Coldwater Peaking Plant Coldwater, MI	Natural Gas	13 MW	Coldwater Board Of Public Util
35.3 mi	Marshall (Mi) Marshall, MI	Hydroelectric	10 MW	City Of Marshall - (Mi)
35.7 mi	Coldwater River Solar Coldwater, MI	Solar	—	Coldwater River Solar, Llc
35.8 mi	Dg Amp Solar Coldwater Coldwater, MI	Solar	1 MW	Dg Amp Solar, Llc
35.9 mi	Tibbits Energy Storage Coldwater, MI	Battery Storage	—	Tibbits Energy Storage Llc
36.1 mi	New Covert Generating Facility Covert, MI	Natural Gas	1,176 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
37.1 mi	Palisades Covert, MI	Nuclear	812 MW	Holtec Palisades, Llc
37.6 mi	Elkhart Elkhart, IN	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
37.7 mi	Indeck Niles Energy Center Niles, MI	Natural Gas	1,174 MW	Indeck Niles, Llc
39.0 mi	Angola Solar, Llc Coldwater, MI	Solar	2 MW	Angola Solar, Llc
39.5 mi	St. Joseph Solar Granger, IN	Solar	20 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
39.7 mi	Berrien Springs Berrien Springs, MI	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
40.5 mi	Claude Vandyke Dorr, MI	Natural Gas	25 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
40.9 mi	French Paper Hydro Niles, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	French Paper Co
41.6 mi	Calhoun County Solar Project Sheridan Township, MI	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
42.1 mi	Twin Branch Pv Mishawaka, IN	Solar	3 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
42.1 mi	Earthmovers Lfgte Elkhart, IN	Biomass	5 MW	Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc
42.2 mi	Bryon Center Byron Center, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
42.8 mi	The Andersons Albion Ethanol Llc Albion, MI	Natural Gas	10 MW	The Andersons Albion Ethanol Llc
43.9 mi	Twin Branch Mishawaka, IN	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
44.1 mi	Buchanan (Mi) Buchanan, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
44.1 mi	Southeast Berrien Generating Facility Niles, MI	Biomass	5 MW	North American Natural Res
44.8 mi	River Fork Solar, Llc Albion, MI	Solar	149 MW	River Fork Solar, Llc
44.9 mi	Shipsterns Solar, Llc Albion, MI	Solar	20 MW	Shipsterns Solar, Llc
45.0 mi	Autumn Hills Generating Facility Zeeland, MI	Biomass	4 MW	North American Natural Res
45.1 mi	University Of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Natural Gas	40 MW	University Of Notre Dame
46.7 mi	Green Cow Power Goshen, IN	Biomass	4 MW	Green Cow Power Llc
46.7 mi	Elkhart County Solar Project Benton Township, IN	Solar	—	Elkhart County Solar Project, Llc
46.8 mi	491 E 48th Street Holland, MI	Natural Gas	162 MW	City Of Holland
47.1 mi	Notre Dame Hydro South Bend, IN	Hydroelectric	3 MW	University Of Notre Dame
48.1 mi	Zeeland Farm Services Zeeland, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Zeeland Farm Services
48.2 mi	Heartwood Solar Allen, MI	Solar	—	Heartwood Solar, Llc
48.8 mi	Zeeland Generating Station Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	968 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
49.1 mi	Municipal Power Plant Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
49.2 mi	Zeeland Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
49.2 mi	Holland Energy Park Holland, MI	Natural Gas	149 MW	City Of Holland
49.5 mi	Sixth Street Gas Turbine Holland, MI	Oil	24 MW	City Of Holland
49.8 mi	Riley Generating Station Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	10 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
50.0 mi	James De Young Holland, MI	Coal	—	City Of Holland

Power generation near this area

There are 69 power plants within 50 miles of Portage, Michigan (ZIP 49081), with a combined 5,497 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 69 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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