Midland Cogeneration Venture

🔥 Natural GasIPP CHP1,853 MW capacity

5th largest plant in Michigan · 91st nationally

Midland Cogeneration Venture is a natural gas power plant in Michigan with a nameplate capacity of 1,854 MW. It generates roughly 9.8M MWh per year — enough to power about 929,112 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 60% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%60%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 886.2k MWh (64% of capacity)JFeb: 851.6k MWh (68% of capacity)FMar: 864.8k MWh (63% of capacity)MApr: 913.5k MWh (68% of capacity)AMay: 980.0k MWh (71% of capacity)MJun: 897.2k MWh (67% of capacity)JJul: 991.3k MWh (72% of capacity)JAug: 966.6k MWh (70% of capacity)ASep: 868.6k MWh (65% of capacity)SOct: 888.6k MWh (64% of capacity)ONov: 884.6k MWh (66% of capacity)NDec: 773.1k MWh (56% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (1,854 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.

Capacity1,854 MWnameplate
Annual Generation9.8M MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor60%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂—metric tons

Location

Plant NameMidland Cogeneration Venture
OperatorMidland Cogeneration Venture
CityMidland
CountyMidland County
StateMichigan
ZIP48640
Coordinates43.58610, -84.22420

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

Natural GasCoalOilHydroelectricWindSolar

Generators (16)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
ST1Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas410 MWOperating1990
ST2Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas380 MWStandby1990
GT10Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas87.1 MWOperating1990
GT11Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas87.1 MWOperating1990
GT12Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas87.1 MWOperating1990
GT13Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas87.1 MWOperating1990
GT14Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas87.1 MWOperating1990
GT3Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas87.1 MWOperating1989
GT4Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas87.1 MWOperating1989
GT5Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas87.1 MWOperating1989
GT6Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas87.1 MWOperating1989
GT7Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas87.1 MWOperating1989
GT8Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas87.1 MWOperating1989
GT9Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas87.1 MWOperating1990
BP15Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas13.4 MWOperating1998
1G12Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil5.2 MWStandby1990

Emissions (annual)

SO₂20 metric tons
NOₓ2.8k metric tons

Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.

Grid context

NERC RegionRFC
Balancing AuthorityMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

About Natural Gas plants

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.

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