Power Plants Near 49792 — Tower, MI

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49792 (Tower, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.3588, -84.2953 · County: Cheboygan

Natural Gas 89%Oil 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.3 mi	Tower Tower, MI	Oil	21 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
2.9 mi	Kleber Onaway, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Tower Kleber Ltd Partnership
21.3 mi	Cheboygan Cheboygan, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Great Lakes Tissue Co
26.5 mi	Little Trout Solar Rogers City, MI	Solar	—	Dte Electric Company
30.2 mi	Gaylord - Consumers Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
31.1 mi	Livingston Generating Station Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	170 MW	Cms Generation Mi Power Llc
32.1 mi	Gaylord - Wolverine Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	70 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
32.9 mi	Alpine Power Plant Elmira, MI	Natural Gas	454 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
36.0 mi	Straits Mackinaw City, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
41.7 mi	Norway Point Hydropower Project Alpena, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
42.7 mi	Four Mile Hydropower Project Alpena, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
46.2 mi	Ninth Street Hydropower Project Alpena, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
47.0 mi	Detour Detour, MI	Oil	6 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
47.1 mi	Decorative Panels Intl Alpena, MI	Natural Gas	8 MW	Decorative Panels International, Inc.
47.6 mi	Alpena Cement Plant Alpena, MI	Oil	47 MW	Lafarge Corp
48.9 mi	Mio Mio, MI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Tower, Michigan (ZIP 49792), with a combined 792 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Tower at 0.3 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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