Power Plants Near 49786 — Kincheloe, MI

6 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49786 (Kincheloe, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.4108, -84.3365 · County: Chippewa

Hydroelectric 73%Oil 19%Solar 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.6 mi	Dafter Dafter, MI	Oil	11 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
6.0 mi	Edison Sault Sault Ste. Marie, MI	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
6.6 mi	Saint Marys Falls Sault Ste. Marie, MI	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Usace-Detroit District
15.3 mi	Pickford Solar Pickford, MI	Solar	7 MW	Heritage Sustainable Energy. Llc
35.9 mi	Detour Detour, MI	Oil	6 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
48.8 mi	Straits Mackinaw City, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)

Power generation near this area

There are 6 power plants within 50 miles of Kincheloe, Michigan (ZIP 49786), with a combined 89 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 2 of the 6 nearby plants. The closest plant is Dafter at 4.6 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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