Power Plants Near 49757 — Mackinac Island, MI

10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49757 (Mackinac Island, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.8578, -84.6245 · County: Mackinac

Hydroelectric 59%Oil 35%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.9 mi	Straits Mackinaw City, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
16.7 mi	Cheboygan Cheboygan, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Great Lakes Tissue Co
26.5 mi	Pickford Solar Pickford, MI	Solar	7 MW	Heritage Sustainable Energy. Llc
35.1 mi	Kleber Onaway, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Tower Kleber Ltd Partnership
35.5 mi	Detour Detour, MI	Oil	6 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
37.0 mi	Dafter Dafter, MI	Oil	11 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
37.7 mi	Tower Tower, MI	Oil	21 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
44.3 mi	Beaver Island Beaver Island, MI	Oil	3 MW	Great Lakes Energy Coop
46.4 mi	Edison Sault Sault Ste. Marie, MI	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
46.7 mi	Saint Marys Falls Sault Ste. Marie, MI	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Usace-Detroit District

Power generation near this area

There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of Mackinac Island, Michigan (ZIP 49757), with a combined 117 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is Straits at 8.9 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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