Power Plants Near 49817 — Cooks, MI
10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49817 (Cooks, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.
Centroid: 45.8997, -86.5307 · County: Schoolcraft
| Distance | Plant | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 mi | Garden 2 Solar Park Garden Township, MI | Solar | 1 MW | Dte Sustainable Generation |
| 7.2 mi | Garden 1 Solar Park Garden Township, MI | Solar | 1 MW | Dte Sustainable Generation |
| 7.2 mi | Heritage Garden Wind Farm I Llc Garden, MI | Wind | 28 MW | Dte Sustainable Generation |
| 13.7 mi | Manistique Manistique, MI | Oil | 5 MW | Cloverland Electric Co-Op |
| 15.9 mi | Fairbanks Wind Park Garden, MI | Wind | 73 MW | Dte Electric Company |
| 23.0 mi | Gladstone Gladstone, MI | Oil | 23 MW | Upper Peninsula Power Company |
| 27.7 mi | Escanaba Mill Escanaba, MI | Natural Gas | 122 MW | Billerud Escanaba Llc |
| 35.6 mi | Neenah Paper Munising Mill Munising, MI | Coal | 6 MW | Neenah Paper Michigan Inc. |
| 41.3 mi | Washington Island Washington Island, WI | Oil | 5 MW | Washington Island El Coop, Inc |
| 49.9 mi | Beaver Island Beaver Island, MI | Oil | 3 MW | Great Lakes Energy Coop |
Power generation near this area
There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of Cooks, Michigan (ZIP 49817), with a combined 267 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is Garden 2 Solar Park at 7.0 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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