Power Plants Near 49816 — Chatham, MI

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49816 (Chatham, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.3477, -86.9290 · County: Alger

Natural Gas 63%Wind 21%Oil 11%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.2 mi	Neenah Paper Munising Mill Munising, MI	Coal	6 MW	Neenah Paper Michigan Inc.
25.4 mi	Shiras Marquette, MI	Coal	—	City Of Marquette - (Mi)
27.3 mi	Presque Isle Marquette, MI	Coal	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
27.5 mi	Plant Four Marquette, MI	Oil	24 MW	City Of Marquette - (Mi)
27.7 mi	James R Smith Marquette, MI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	City Of Marquette - (Mi)
27.9 mi	Cataract (Mi) Gwinn, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Cataract Hydro, Llc
28.5 mi	Marquette Energy Center Marquette, MI	Natural Gas	51 MW	City Of Marquette - (Mi)
30.0 mi	F.d. Kuester Generating Station Negaunee, MI	Natural Gas	132 MW	Upper Michigan Energy Resources Company
30.3 mi	Mcclure Dam Marquette, MI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Upper Peninsula Power Company
33.9 mi	Hoist Negaunee, MI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Upper Peninsula Power Company
34.7 mi	Gladstone Gladstone, MI	Oil	23 MW	Upper Peninsula Power Company
38.3 mi	Escanaba Mill Escanaba, MI	Natural Gas	122 MW	Billerud Escanaba Llc
42.1 mi	Manistique Manistique, MI	Oil	5 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
42.4 mi	Garden 2 Solar Park Garden Township, MI	Solar	1 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
42.5 mi	Garden 1 Solar Park Garden Township, MI	Solar	1 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
42.6 mi	Heritage Garden Wind Farm I Llc Garden, MI	Wind	28 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
47.9 mi	Fairbanks Wind Park Garden, MI	Wind	73 MW	Dte Electric Company

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Chatham, Michigan (ZIP 49816), with a combined 483 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Neenah Paper Munising Mill at 14.2 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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