Power Plants Near 49780 — Rudyard, MI

7 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49780 (Rudyard, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.2585, -84.8004 · County: Chippewa

Hydroelectric 74%Oil 19%Solar 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.0 mi	Dafter Dafter, MI	Oil	11 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
22.3 mi	Pickford Solar Pickford, MI	Solar	7 MW	Heritage Sustainable Energy. Llc
27.5 mi	Saint Marys Falls Sault Ste. Marie, MI	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Usace-Detroit District
27.8 mi	Edison Sault Sault Ste. Marie, MI	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
34.0 mi	Straits Mackinaw City, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
45.6 mi	Cheboygan Cheboygan, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Great Lakes Tissue Co
46.8 mi	Detour Detour, MI	Oil	6 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op

Power generation near this area

There are 7 power plants within 50 miles of Rudyard, Michigan (ZIP 49780), with a combined 91 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 7 nearby plants. The closest plant is Dafter at 20.0 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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