Power Plants Near 49872 — Perkins, MI

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49872 (Perkins, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.9925, -87.0792 · County: Delta

Natural Gas 51%Wind 17%Hydroelectric 13%Oil 9%Biomass 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.7 mi	Gladstone Gladstone, MI	Oil	23 MW	Upper Peninsula Power Company
13.0 mi	Escanaba Mill Escanaba, MI	Natural Gas	122 MW	Billerud Escanaba Llc
29.4 mi	Garden 2 Solar Park Garden Township, MI	Solar	1 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
29.5 mi	Garden 1 Solar Park Garden Township, MI	Solar	1 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
29.5 mi	Heritage Garden Wind Farm I Llc Garden, MI	Wind	28 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
29.8 mi	Fairbanks Wind Park Garden, MI	Wind	73 MW	Dte Electric Company
30.5 mi	Cataract (Mi) Gwinn, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Cataract Hydro, Llc
35.5 mi	Neenah Paper Munising Mill Munising, MI	Coal	6 MW	Neenah Paper Michigan Inc.
39.6 mi	Manistique Manistique, MI	Oil	5 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
40.1 mi	Shiras Marquette, MI	Coal	—	City Of Marquette - (Mi)
41.4 mi	F.d. Kuester Generating Station Negaunee, MI	Natural Gas	132 MW	Upper Michigan Energy Resources Company
41.5 mi	Norway (Mi) Norway, MI	Hydroelectric	6 MW	City Of Norway
43.0 mi	James R Smith Marquette, MI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	City Of Marquette - (Mi)
43.2 mi	Marquette Energy Center Marquette, MI	Natural Gas	51 MW	City Of Marquette - (Mi)
43.2 mi	Plant Four Marquette, MI	Oil	24 MW	City Of Marquette - (Mi)
43.2 mi	Presque Isle Marquette, MI	Coal	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
43.5 mi	Washington Island Washington Island, WI	Oil	5 MW	Washington Island El Coop, Inc
44.3 mi	Billerud Quinnesec Mill Norway, MI	Biomass	56 MW	Billerud Quinnesec Mill
44.3 mi	Mcclure Dam Marquette, MI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Upper Peninsula Power Company
45.8 mi	Hoist Negaunee, MI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Upper Peninsula Power Company
46.3 mi	Little Quinnesec Falls Hydro Project Niagara, WI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
48.0 mi	Chalk Hill Stephenson, MI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
48.3 mi	Twin Falls (Mi) Iron Mountain, MI	Hydroelectric	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
48.4 mi	Big Quinnesec 92 Iron Mountain, MI	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
48.4 mi	Twin Falls (Wi) Florence, WI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
48.4 mi	Big Quinnesec 61 Iron Mountain, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
49.6 mi	White Rapids Stephenson, MI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Perkins, Michigan (ZIP 49872), with a combined 604 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gladstone at 10.7 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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