Power Plants Near 49894 — Wells, MI

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49894 (Wells, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.7849, -87.0734 · County: Delta

Natural Gas 31%Wind 26%Hydroelectric 18%Biomass 14%Oil 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.5 mi	Escanaba Mill Escanaba, MI	Natural Gas	122 MW	Billerud Escanaba Llc
5.5 mi	Gladstone Gladstone, MI	Oil	23 MW	Upper Peninsula Power Company
21.8 mi	Fairbanks Wind Park Garden, MI	Wind	73 MW	Dte Electric Company
26.0 mi	Garden 1 Solar Park Garden Township, MI	Solar	1 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
26.0 mi	Garden 2 Solar Park Garden Township, MI	Solar	1 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
26.0 mi	Heritage Garden Wind Farm I Llc Garden, MI	Wind	28 MW	Dte Sustainable Generation
29.4 mi	Washington Island Washington Island, WI	Oil	5 MW	Washington Island El Coop, Inc
38.2 mi	Norway (Mi) Norway, MI	Hydroelectric	6 MW	City Of Norway
39.8 mi	Chalk Hill Stephenson, MI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
40.7 mi	Grand Rapids Ingalls, MI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
41.0 mi	White Rapids Stephenson, MI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
41.0 mi	Manistique Manistique, MI	Oil	5 MW	Cloverland Electric Co-Op
42.3 mi	Cataract (Mi) Gwinn, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Cataract Hydro, Llc
42.5 mi	Billerud Quinnesec Mill Norway, MI	Biomass	56 MW	Billerud Quinnesec Mill
44.1 mi	Little Quinnesec Falls Hydro Project Niagara, WI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
46.6 mi	Big Quinnesec 92 Iron Mountain, MI	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
46.6 mi	Big Quinnesec 61 Iron Mountain, MI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
47.8 mi	Neenah Paper Munising Mill Munising, MI	Coal	6 MW	Neenah Paper Michigan Inc.
48.3 mi	Twin Falls (Mi) Iron Mountain, MI	Hydroelectric	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
48.4 mi	Twin Falls (Wi) Florence, WI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Wells, Michigan (ZIP 49894), with a combined 390 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Escanaba Mill at 1.5 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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