Power Plants Near 49718 — Carp Lake, MI

11 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49718 (Carp Lake, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.7424, -84.7735 · County: Emmet

Natural Gas 92%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.9 mi	Straits Mackinaw City, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
15.9 mi	Cheboygan Cheboygan, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Great Lakes Tissue Co
32.2 mi	Kleber Onaway, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Tower Kleber Ltd Partnership
35.0 mi	Tower Tower, MI	Oil	21 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
36.2 mi	Beaver Island Beaver Island, MI	Oil	3 MW	Great Lakes Energy Coop
37.1 mi	Pickford Solar Pickford, MI	Solar	7 MW	Heritage Sustainable Energy. Llc
44.9 mi	Detour Detour, MI	Oil	6 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
46.9 mi	Dafter Dafter, MI	Oil	11 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
47.0 mi	Alpine Power Plant Elmira, MI	Natural Gas	454 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
49.2 mi	Livingston Generating Station Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	170 MW	Cms Generation Mi Power Llc
49.3 mi	Gaylord - Consumers Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)

Power generation near this area

There are 11 power plants within 50 miles of Carp Lake, Michigan (ZIP 49718), with a combined 676 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 11 nearby plants. The closest plant is Straits at 1.9 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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