Power Plants Near 49512 — Grand Rapids, MI

58 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49512 (Grand Rapids, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.8802, -85.5352 · County: Kent

Natural Gas 54%Coal 33%Solar 8%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.7 mi	Cascade Dam (Mi) Grand Rapids, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
5.5 mi	Ada Dam Ada, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
6.1 mi	Ada Cogeneration Lp Ada, MI	Natural Gas	33 MW	Ada Cogeneration Llc
9.3 mi	Kent County Waste To Energy Facility Grand Rapids, MI	Biomass	18 MW	Kent County
9.8 mi	Bryon Center Byron Center, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
10.2 mi	Chatham Lowell, MI	Natural Gas	7 MW	City Of Lowell - (Mi)
10.7 mi	Lowell Lowell, MI	Natural Gas	—	City Of Lowell - (Mi)
13.0 mi	Bissell Solar And Battery Generator Grand Rapids, MI	Solar	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
13.5 mi	Byrne Solar, Llc Lowell, MI	Solar	5 MW	Byrne Solar, Llc
19.2 mi	Grand Valley Solar Gardens Allendale, MI	Solar	3 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
19.2 mi	Claude Vandyke Dorr, MI	Natural Gas	25 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
20.4 mi	Tupper Lake Wind Clarksville, MI	Wind	—	Tupper Lake
20.7 mi	Autumn Hills Generating Facility Zeeland, MI	Biomass	4 MW	North American Natural Res
23.3 mi	Zeeland Farm Services Zeeland, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Zeeland Farm Services
23.8 mi	Zeeland Generating Station Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	968 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
24.0 mi	Riley Generating Station Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	10 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
24.2 mi	Coopersville Coopersville, MI	Biomass	6 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
25.7 mi	Municipal Power Plant Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
26.9 mi	Zeeland Zeeland, MI	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Zeeland - (Mi)
28.9 mi	Holland Energy Park Holland, MI	Natural Gas	149 MW	City Of Holland
29.2 mi	491 E 48th Street Holland, MI	Natural Gas	162 MW	City Of Holland
29.4 mi	Sixth Street Gas Turbine Holland, MI	Oil	24 MW	City Of Holland
29.9 mi	James De Young Holland, MI	Coal	—	City Of Holland
30.0 mi	Otsego Mill Power Plant Otsego, MI	Natural Gas	21 MW	Otsego Paper Inc
30.5 mi	Allegan Dam Allegan, MI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
31.3 mi	Fish Creek Solar Park Greenville, MI	Solar	—	Dte Electric Company
31.4 mi	Central Generating Pierson, MI	Biomass	4 MW	North American Central - Llc
32.4 mi	Frank Jenkins Portland, MI	Oil	4 MW	City Of Portland - (Mi)
32.4 mi	Webber Lyons, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
33.6 mi	Muskegon Solar Muskegon, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
33.8 mi	J H Campbell West Olive, MI	Coal	1,561 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
35.9 mi	Liberty Solar Energy Center Richland, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
36.3 mi	Hazel Solar, Llc Howard City, MI	Solar	2 MW	Hazel Solar, Llc
39.0 mi	Croton Newaygo, MI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
39.3 mi	Gratiot Farms Wind Project Carson City, MI	Wind	150 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
40.1 mi	Pullman Solar, Llc Lee Township, MI	Solar	20 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
40.9 mi	Renaissance Power Plant Carson City, MI	Natural Gas	782 MW	Dte Electric Company
41.4 mi	Kalamazoo River Generating Station Comstock, MI	Natural Gas	77 MW	Cms Generation Mi Power Llc
41.4 mi	Lorin Industries Muskegon, MI	Natural Gas	3 MW	Lorin Industries
41.5 mi	B E Morrow Comstock, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
41.6 mi	Western Michigan University Power Plant Kalamazoo, MI	Natural Gas	17 MW	Western Michigan University
42.1 mi	Battle Creek Mill Battle Creek, MI	Natural Gas	3 MW	Rocktenn-Battle Creek Mill
42.2 mi	Hardy Newaygo, MI	Hydroelectric	32 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
43.0 mi	Grand River Grand Ledge, MI	Biomass	3 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
43.2 mi	Parkview Battery Kalamazoo, MI	Other Fossil	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
43.7 mi	Western Michigan Solar Gardens Kalamazoo, MI	Solar	1 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
44.0 mi	Delta Solar Power Ii Grand Ledge, MI	Solar	16 MW	Delta Solar Power Ii, Llc
44.1 mi	Delta Solar Power I Grand Ledge, MI	Solar	8 MW	Delta Solar Power I, Llc
44.2 mi	B C Cobb Muskegon, MI	Coal	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
44.9 mi	Calhoun Solar Battle Creek, MI	Solar	200 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
45.1 mi	Grs C&c Marshall, MI	Biomass	6 MW	Gas Recovery Systems Inc
45.6 mi	13 Mile Solar, Llc Battle Creek, MI	Solar	2 MW	13 Mile Solar, Llc
45.8 mi	Fremont Community Digester, Llc Newaygo, MI	Biomass	6 MW	Generate Fremont Digester, Llc.
46.4 mi	Erickson Station Lansing, MI	Coal	—	Lansing Board Of Water And Light
46.4 mi	Delta Energy Park Lansing, MI	Natural Gas	263 MW	Lansing Board Of Water And Light
47.2 mi	Cereal City Solar, Llc Battle Creek, MI	Solar	100 MW	Cereal City Solar, Llc
47.7 mi	Vestaburg Vestaburg, MI	Natural Gas	24 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
49.2 mi	Spring Creek Agri-Energy Center Tbd, MI	Solar	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)

Power generation near this area

There are 58 power plants within 50 miles of Grand Rapids, Michigan (ZIP 49512), with a combined 4,771 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 58 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cascade Dam (Mi) at 2.7 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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