Power Plants Near 49730 — Elmira, MI

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49730 (Elmira, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.0645, -84.8562 · County: Otsego

Natural Gas 90%Biomass 5%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.5 mi	Alpine Power Plant Elmira, MI	Natural Gas	454 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
6.6 mi	Livingston Generating Station Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	170 MW	Cms Generation Mi Power Llc
7.8 mi	Gaylord - Wolverine Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	70 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
7.8 mi	Gaylord - Consumers Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
31.0 mi	Kalkaska Ct #1 Kalkaska, MI	Natural Gas	61 MW	Michigan Public Power Agency
32.8 mi	Grayling Generating Station Grayling, MI	Biomass	39 MW	Northstar Clean Energy
34.1 mi	Kleber Onaway, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Tower Kleber Ltd Partnership
34.2 mi	Tower Tower, MI	Oil	21 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
43.6 mi	Cheboygan Cheboygan, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Great Lakes Tissue Co
44.7 mi	Lightfoot Solar, Llc Luzerne, MI	Solar	10 MW	Lightfoot Solar, Llc
45.1 mi	Mio Mio, MI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
45.5 mi	Green Lake Solar Interlochen, MI	Solar	1 MW	Heritage Sustainable Energy. Llc
45.5 mi	Tclp Solar Phase 1 Traverse City, MI	Solar	1 MW	Heritage Sustainable Energy. Llc
45.9 mi	M72 West Solar Traverse City, MI	Solar	2 MW	Heritage Sustainable Energy. Llc
48.8 mi	Straits Mackinaw City, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Elmira, Michigan (ZIP 49730), with a combined 837 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is Alpine Power Plant 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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