Power Plants Near 49878 — Rapid River, MI

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49878 (Rapid River, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.9107, -86.8845 · County: Delta

Natural Gas 45%Wind 37%Oil 12%Hydroelectric 3%Coal 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.2 mi	Gladstone Gladstone, MI	Oil	23 MW	Upper Peninsula Power Company
12.3 mi	Escanaba Mill Escanaba, MI	Natural Gas	122 MW	Billerud Escanaba Llc
18.6 mi	Garden 2 Solar Park Garden Township, MI	Solar	1 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
18.6 mi	Garden 1 Solar Park Garden Township, MI	Solar	1 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
18.7 mi	Heritage Garden Wind Farm I Llc Garden, MI	Wind	28 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
19.5 mi	Fairbanks Wind Park Garden, MI	Wind	73 MW	Dte Electric Company
30.3 mi	Manistique Manistique, MI	Oil	5 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
36.3 mi	Neenah Paper Munising Mill Munising, MI	Coal	6 MW	Neenah Paper Michigan Inc.
37.4 mi	Washington Island Washington Island, WI	Oil	5 MW	Washington Island El Coop, Inc
41.1 mi	Cataract (Mi) Gwinn, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Cataract Hydro, Llc
48.5 mi	Norway (Mi) Norway, MI	Hydroelectric	6 MW	City Of Norway
49.2 mi	Shiras Marquette, MI	Coal	—	City Of Marquette - (Mi)

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Rapid River, Michigan (ZIP 49878), with a combined 272 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gladstone at 7.2 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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