Power Plants Near 49506 — Grand Rapids, MI

52 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49506 (Grand Rapids, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9440, -85.6213 · County: Kent

Natural Gas 55%Coal 37%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.7 mi	Kent County Waste To Energy Facility Grand Rapids, MI	Biomass	18 MW	Kent County
6.6 mi	Ada Cogeneration Lp Ada, MI	Natural Gas	33 MW	Ada Cogeneration Llc
6.6 mi	Cascade Dam (Mi) Grand Rapids, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
6.8 mi	Bissell Solar And Battery Generator Grand Rapids, MI	Solar	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
6.9 mi	Ada Dam Ada, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
11.5 mi	Bryon Center Byron Center, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
13.6 mi	Byrne Solar, Llc Lowell, MI	Solar	5 MW	Byrne Solar, Llc
13.9 mi	Chatham Lowell, MI	Natural Gas	7 MW	City Of Lowell - (Mi)
14.2 mi	Grand Valley Solar Gardens Allendale, MI	Solar	3 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
14.4 mi	Lowell Lowell, MI	Natural Gas	—	City Of Lowell - (Mi)
18.4 mi	Coopersville Coopersville, MI	Biomass	6 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
18.9 mi	Autumn Hills Generating Facility Zeeland, MI	Biomass	4 MW	North American Natural Res
18.9 mi	Claude Vandyke Dorr, MI	Natural Gas	25 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
20.6 mi	Zeeland Farm Services Zeeland, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Zeeland Farm Services
20.9 mi	Zeeland Generating Station Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	968 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
20.9 mi	Riley Generating Station Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	10 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
22.8 mi	Municipal Power Plant Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
24.0 mi	Zeeland Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
25.7 mi	Tupper Lake Wind Clarksville, MI	Wind	—	Tupper Lake
26.0 mi	Holland Energy Park Holland, MI	Natural Gas	149 MW	City Of Holland
26.6 mi	Sixth Street Gas Turbine Holland, MI	Oil	24 MW	City Of Holland
26.9 mi	491 E 48th Street Holland, MI	Natural Gas	162 MW	City Of Holland
26.9 mi	James De Young Holland, MI	Coal	—	City Of Holland
27.4 mi	Muskegon Solar Muskegon, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
27.5 mi	Central Generating Pierson, MI	Biomass	4 MW	North American Central - Llc
29.4 mi	J H Campbell West Olive, MI	Coal	1,561 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
31.2 mi	Allegan Dam Allegan, MI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
32.8 mi	Hazel Solar, Llc Howard City, MI	Solar	2 MW	Hazel Solar, Llc
33.1 mi	Fish Creek Solar Park Greenville, MI	Solar	—	Dte Electric Company
33.5 mi	Otsego Mill Power Plant Otsego, MI	Natural Gas	21 MW	Otsego Paper Inc
34.2 mi	Croton Newaygo, MI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
35.4 mi	Lorin Industries Muskegon, MI	Natural Gas	3 MW	Lorin Industries
36.4 mi	Webber Lyons, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
37.1 mi	Frank Jenkins Portland, MI	Oil	4 MW	City Of Portland - (Mi)
37.5 mi	Hardy Newaygo, MI	Hydroelectric	32 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
38.1 mi	B C Cobb Muskegon, MI	Coal	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
39.9 mi	Fremont Community Digester, Llc Newaygo, MI	Biomass	6 MW	Generate Fremont Digester, Llc.
40.6 mi	Pullman Solar, Llc Lee Township, MI	Solar	20 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
40.8 mi	Liberty Solar Energy Center Richland, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
41.2 mi	Gratiot Farms Wind Project Carson City, MI	Wind	150 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
42.7 mi	Renaissance Power Plant Carson City, MI	Natural Gas	782 MW	Dte Electric Company
45.9 mi	Western Michigan University Power Plant Kalamazoo, MI	Natural Gas	17 MW	Western Michigan University
46.2 mi	Kalamazoo River Generating Station Comstock, MI	Natural Gas	77 MW	Cms Generation Mi Power Llc
46.3 mi	B E Morrow Comstock, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
46.8 mi	Rogers Big Rapids, MI	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
47.3 mi	Parkview Battery Kalamazoo, MI	Other Fossil	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
47.6 mi	Vestaburg Vestaburg, MI	Natural Gas	24 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
47.8 mi	Western Michigan Solar Gardens Kalamazoo, MI	Solar	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
47.9 mi	Battle Creek Mill Battle Creek, MI	Natural Gas	3 MW	Rocktenn-Battle Creek Mill
48.1 mi	Grand River Grand Ledge, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
49.5 mi	Delta Solar Power Ii Grand Ledge, MI	Solar	16 MW	Delta Solar Power Ii, Llc
49.6 mi	Delta Solar Power I Grand Ledge, MI	Solar	8 MW	Delta Solar Power I, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 52 power plants within 50 miles of Grand Rapids, Michigan (ZIP 49506), with a combined 4,207 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 52 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kent County Waste To Energy Facility at 3.7 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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