Power Plants Near 49315 — Byron Center, MI

54 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49315 (Byron Center, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.8016, -85.7136 · County: Kent

Natural Gas 47%Coal 28%Nuclear 14%Solar 6%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.5 mi	Bryon Center Byron Center, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
8.7 mi	Claude Vandyke Dorr, MI	Natural Gas	25 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
10.3 mi	Kent County Waste To Energy Facility Grand Rapids, MI	Biomass	18 MW	Kent County
10.6 mi	Autumn Hills Generating Facility Zeeland, MI	Biomass	4 MW	North American Natural Res
13.2 mi	Cascade Dam (Mi) Grand Rapids, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
13.8 mi	Zeeland Farm Services Zeeland, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Zeeland Farm Services
14.1 mi	Grand Valley Solar Gardens Allendale, MI	Solar	3 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
14.2 mi	Bissell Solar And Battery Generator Grand Rapids, MI	Solar	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
14.4 mi	Zeeland Generating Station Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	968 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
14.9 mi	Riley Generating Station Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	10 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
15.5 mi	Ada Dam Ada, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
15.7 mi	Ada Cogeneration Lp Ada, MI	Natural Gas	33 MW	Ada Cogeneration Llc
16.2 mi	Municipal Power Plant Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
17.4 mi	Zeeland Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
19.1 mi	491 E 48th Street Holland, MI	Natural Gas	162 MW	City Of Holland
19.2 mi	Holland Energy Park Holland, MI	Natural Gas	149 MW	City Of Holland
19.8 mi	Sixth Street Gas Turbine Holland, MI	Oil	24 MW	City Of Holland
20.3 mi	James De Young Holland, MI	Coal	—	City Of Holland
20.5 mi	Allegan Dam Allegan, MI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
20.7 mi	Chatham Lowell, MI	Natural Gas	7 MW	City Of Lowell - (Mi)
20.9 mi	Coopersville Coopersville, MI	Biomass	6 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
21.1 mi	Lowell Lowell, MI	Natural Gas	—	City Of Lowell - (Mi)
23.4 mi	Otsego Mill Power Plant Otsego, MI	Natural Gas	21 MW	Otsego Paper Inc
23.4 mi	Byrne Solar, Llc Lowell, MI	Solar	5 MW	Byrne Solar, Llc
25.8 mi	J H Campbell West Olive, MI	Coal	1,561 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
29.2 mi	Tupper Lake Wind Clarksville, MI	Wind	—	Tupper Lake
30.0 mi	Pullman Solar, Llc Lee Township, MI	Solar	20 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
32.7 mi	Liberty Solar Energy Center Richland, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
33.0 mi	Muskegon Solar Muskegon, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
36.5 mi	Western Michigan University Power Plant Kalamazoo, MI	Natural Gas	17 MW	Western Michigan University
37.6 mi	Parkview Battery Kalamazoo, MI	Other Fossil	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
37.6 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)
38.1 mi	Western Michigan Solar Gardens Kalamazoo, MI	Solar	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
38.2 mi	Central Generating Pierson, MI	Biomass	4 MW	North American Central - Llc
38.2 mi	Lorin Industries Muskegon, MI	Natural Gas	3 MW	Lorin Industries
41.4 mi	B C Cobb Muskegon, MI	Coal	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
41.7 mi	Frank Jenkins Portland, MI	Oil	4 MW	City Of Portland - (Mi)
41.8 mi	Fish Creek Solar Park Greenville, MI	Solar	—	Dte Electric Company
42.1 mi	Battle Creek Mill Battle Creek, MI	Natural Gas	3 MW	Rocktenn-Battle Creek Mill
42.4 mi	Webber Lyons, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
43.5 mi	Hazel Solar, Llc Howard City, MI	Solar	2 MW	Hazel Solar, Llc
44.0 mi	Croton Newaygo, MI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
44.4 mi	New Covert Generating Facility Covert, MI	Natural Gas	1,176 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
45.0 mi	Palisades Covert, MI	Nuclear	812 MW	Holtec Palisades, Llc
46.6 mi	Calhoun Solar Battle Creek, MI	Solar	200 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
47.1 mi	13 Mile Solar, Llc Battle Creek, MI	Solar	2 MW	13 Mile Solar, Llc
47.4 mi	Fremont Community Digester, Llc Newaygo, MI	Biomass	6 MW	Generate Fremont Digester, Llc.
47.4 mi	Grs C&c Marshall, MI	Biomass	6 MW	Gas Recovery Systems Inc
47.5 mi	Hardy Newaygo, MI	Hydroelectric	32 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
48.0 mi	Spring Creek Agri-Energy Center Tbd, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
48.7 mi	Cereal City Solar, Llc Battle Creek, MI	Solar	100 MW	Cereal City Solar, Llc
49.8 mi	Watervliet Pv Watervliet, MI	Solar	5 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
49.8 mi	Gratiot Farms Wind Project Carson City, MI	Wind	150 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)

Power generation near this area

There are 54 power plants within 50 miles of Byron Center, Michigan (ZIP 49315), with a combined 5,667 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 54 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bryon Center at 2.5 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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