Power Plants Near 49781 — Saint Ignace, MI

10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49781 (Saint Ignace, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.9985, -84.6978 · County: Mackinac

Hydroelectric 59%Oil 35%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.3 mi	Straits Mackinaw City, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
21.4 mi	Pickford Solar Pickford, MI	Solar	7 MW	Heritage Sustainable Energy. Llc
27.0 mi	Cheboygan Cheboygan, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Great Lakes Tissue Co
29.2 mi	Dafter Dafter, MI	Oil	11 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
37.9 mi	Detour Detour, MI	Oil	6 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
38.6 mi	Edison Sault Sault Ste. Marie, MI	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
38.8 mi	Saint Marys Falls Sault Ste. Marie, MI	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Usace-Detroit District
43.9 mi	Beaver Island Beaver Island, MI	Oil	3 MW	Great Lakes Energy Coop
45.4 mi	Kleber Onaway, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Tower Kleber Ltd Partnership
48.0 mi	Tower Tower, MI	Oil	21 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop

Power generation near this area

There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of Saint Ignace, Michigan (ZIP 49781), 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 16.3 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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