16th largest plant in Michigan · 459th nationally
Dearborn Industrial Generation is a natural gas power plant in Michigan with a nameplate capacity of 748 MW. It generates roughly 5.3M MWh per year — enough to power about 500,935 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 80% means it runs nearly around-the-clock as baseload generation. At 1049 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (748 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Dearborn Industrial Generation |
|---|---|
| Operator | Dearborn Industrial Gen Inc |
| City | Dearborn |
| County | Wayne County |
| State | Michigan |
| ZIP | 48121 |
| Coordinates | 42.30260, -83.15400 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST1 | Other Gases | Blast Furnace Gas | 238 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| GTP1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 195 MW | Operating | 1999 |
| GT 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 157 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 157 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| CO₂ | 2.8M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 935 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 459 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1049 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | RFC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.. |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.