Power Plants Near 49701 — Mackinaw City, MI

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49701 (Mackinaw City, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.7777, -84.7298 · County: Cheboygan

Natural Gas 90%Oil 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.5 mi	Straits Mackinaw City, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
15.4 mi	Cheboygan Cheboygan, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Great Lakes Tissue Co
32.8 mi	Kleber Onaway, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Tower Kleber Ltd Partnership
33.9 mi	Pickford Solar Pickford, MI	Solar	7 MW	Heritage Sustainable Energy. Llc
35.6 mi	Tower Tower, MI	Oil	21 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
38.5 mi	Beaver Island Beaver Island, MI	Oil	3 MW	Great Lakes Energy Coop
42.0 mi	Detour Detour, MI	Oil	6 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
43.9 mi	Dafter Dafter, MI	Oil	11 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
49.5 mi	Alpine Power Plant Elmira, MI	Natural Gas	454 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Mackinaw City, Michigan (ZIP 49701), with a combined 506 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is Straits at 1.5 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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