List of power stations in Michigan

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Sources of Michigan utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2023 [1]

Contents

  Natural Gas (45.7%)
  Nuclear (22.9%)
  Coal (19.2%)
  Wind (6.9%)
  Biomass (1.7%)
  Other Gases (1.1%)
  Petroleum (1.1%)
  Solar (1.1%)
  Hydroelectric [lower-alpha 1] (0.2%)
  Other (0.1%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Michigan , sorted by type and name. In 2022, Michigan had a total summer capacity of 30,538 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 117,497 GWh. [2] In 2023, the energy mix was 45.7% natural gas, 22.9% nuclear, 19.2% coal, 6.9% wind, 1.7% biomass, 1.1% other gases, 1.1% petroleum, 1.1% solar, 0.2% hydroelectric, and 0.1% other. Coal use has decreased by half over the last decade, replaced by natural gas and renewables. 60% of renewable generation is wind energy. [1]

Michigan imports all coal and nuclear fuel (uranium), and 82% of natural gas. A goal to produce over 10% of electricity from in-state renewable sources was set in 2015. Major electric companies in Michigan include DTE Electric Company (11,000 MW) and Consumers Energy (9,000 MW). [3]

Nuclear power stations

Nuclear power is a significant source of electrical power in Michigan, producing roughly one-quarter of the state's supply. The two active nuclear power plants supply Michigan less than 30% of its electricity.

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Cook Nuclear Power Plant
PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station (Unit 2) Monroe 1098online 1988
Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant Bridgman 2110online 1975

Former nuclear power stations

PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant Charlevoix 671962-1997
Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station (Unit 1) Monroe 941957-1972
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant South Haven 8001971–2022. [4]

See also Midland Cogeneration Venture, a plant abandoned before completion

Coal power stations

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Trenton Power Plant

Coal power is the second leading source of electricity in Michigan. Although Michigan has no active coal mines, coal is easily moved from other states by train and across the Great Lakes by lake freighters. The lower price of natural gas is leading to the closure of most coal plants with Consumer Energy planning to close all of its remaining coal plants by 2025 [5] while DTE plans to retire 2100MW of coal power by 2023. [6]

PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
Belle River Power Plant St. Clair 1395Repowering to natural gas in 2026. [7]
Escanaba Paper Company Escanaba 54Runs on coal and wood waste.
J.H. Campbell Power Plant Port Sheldon Township 1560Units 1, 2 and 3 scheduled for closure in 2025 (1,391 MW). [8]
Monroe Power Plant Monroe3400Scheduled for closure in 2032. [7] [9]
Filer City Station Filer City 70

Former coal plants

Shiras Steam Plant after decommissioning, before demolition Shiras Steam Plant.jpg
Shiras Steam Plant after decommissioning, before demolition
PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
Bayside Power PlantTraverse CityDecommissioned in 2005 after it had only served as an option for power generation during peak consumptions times for several years.
Conners Creek Power Plant Detroit "Seven Sisters", imploded August 10, 1996
Conners Creek Power Plant Detroit 240"Two Brothers", originally coal-fired, later natural gas, closed 1988, demolished 2019
D.E. Karn Generating Plant Hampton Township 544Units 1 and 2 closed in June 2023 (272MW), units 3 and 4 re-powered to fuel oil and natural gas, planned to close by 2031 (272MW) [10]
Delray Power PlantDetroit
Eckert Power Plant Lansing 240Units 4-6 closed n December 2020. Unit 2 closed in 2014, units 1 and 3 closed in 2015. [11]
Erickson Power PlantLansing155Closed in November 2022. [12]
GM Pontiac Power Plant Pontiac 29Closed in 2009.
Ford Rouge Power Plant Dearborn 345Ran on coal with blast furnace gas and natural gas.
J.B. Sims Power Plant Grand Haven 80closed in February 2020. [13] [14]
James De Young Power Plant Holland 63Ceased burning coal in April 2016, being decommissioned in 2018.
Marysville Power Plant Marysville 150"Mighty Marysville" imploded November 7, 2015.
S.D. Warren Power Plant Muskegon 51Closed in 2009.
B.C. Cobb Power Plant Muskegon 320Closed in April 2016.
J.R. Whiting Power Plant Monroe 328Closed in April 2016.
J.C. Weadock Generating Plant Hampton Township 310Closed in April 2016.
Endicott Generating Station Litchfield 55Closed in May 2016.
Escanaba Generating Station Escanaba 23Closed in June 2015.
Harbor Beach Power Plant Harbor Beach 121Closed in November 2013.
Presque Isle Power PlantMarquette431Replaced in March 2019 with two new natural gas plants.
River Rouge Power Plant River Rouge 840One unit retired 2008, one in 2015, the last in 2021. [15] [16]
Shiras Station Marquette 78Closed in 2018. [17]
St. Clair Power Plant St. Clair 1378Closed in May 2022. [18]
Largest power plant in the world in 1969.
Trenton Channel Power Trenton 566Closed in June 2022
White Pine Power Plant White Pine 40Can also run on natural gas. Closed in 2019. [19]

Natural gas power stations

Michigan has some of its own natural gas production and is a leading state for natural gas transport and storage. Declining prices for natural gas in the early 21st century led to an increase in the number of natural gas power plants. Consumers Energy announced a new 700 MW plant to be built near Flint beginning about 2015 [20] while the city of Holland replaced its coal plant with a 114 MW natural gas plant [21] In April 2018, DTE received permission for a 1,100 MW natural gas plant to replace a coal plant in St. Clair. [22]

PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
A.J. Mihm Generating Station L'Anse 54.9
Alpine Generating Facility Elmira 440General Electric F class
48th Street Generation Station Holland 142two of the three units can use fuel oil
Belle River Power Plant East China Township, Michigan 2563x General Electric 7EA Simple Cycle Gas Turbines
Blue Water Energy Center [23] East China Township, Michigan 1150natural gas-fueled combined-cycle, started operation in 2022
D.E. Karn Generating Plant Hampton Township 272can run on fuel oil and natural gas
Dean Peaking Station East China Township, Michigan 3364x General Electric 7EA Simple Cycle Gas Turbines
Dearborn Industrial Generation Dearborn 710in the Ford River Rouge Complex, natural gas with blast furnace gas
Delray Peaking FacilityDetroit127
Delta Energy Park Delta Township 226Lansing Board of Water and Light
F.D. Kuester Generating Station Negaunee Township 128.1
Hancock Commerce Township 141
Hersey Hersey Township 502 simple-cycle Rolls-Royce RB 211 aero turbines
Holland Energy Park Holland 130
Kalamazoo River Generating Station Comstock 68 [24]
Jackson Generating Station Jackson 564Owned and operated by Consumers Energy
Livingston Generating Station Gaylord 156
Marquette Energy Center Marquette 50
Michigan Power Ludington 123
Midland Cogeneration Venture Midland 1560re-purposed from a never completed nuclear plant
Mistersky Gas Power PlantDetroit154
Indeck Niles Power Plant Niles 1084Built 2022 [25]
New Covert Generating Facility Covert, Michigan 1159
REO Town Cogeneration Plant Lansing, Michigan 110also produces steam
Renaissance Power Carson City 660
River Rouge Power Plant River Rouge 260Unit 1
Sumpter Plant Sumpter 3404x General Electric 7EA Simple Cycle Gas Turbines
Vestaburg Richland Township 20
T. B. Simon Power Plant East Lansing 100switched to natural gas in April 2016 [26]
ThetfordGenesee222
University of Michigan Central Power PlantAnn Arbor60
Wyandotte Municipal Power Plant Wyandotte 73formerly used coal, natural gas and tire derived fuel
Zeeland Generating Station Zeeland 868

Oil power stations

Fuel oils and other liquid fuels are only a minor fuel used in Michigan for power generation. Some units burn liquid fuel only while some multiple fuel units sometimes use liquid fuels as well.

St. Clair Power Plant DTE St Clair.jpg
St. Clair Power Plant
PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
Belle River Power Plant St. Clair 14Units IC1, IC2, 3, 4, and 5
Dafter Dafter 7.2built December, 2021
St. Clair Power Plant St. Clair24Units 11 and 12
Superior Peaking Station [27] Superior Township 76Oil-fired (#2) combustion turbines installed 1966. Also has 300 HP black-start diesel engine.

Former plants

PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
6th Street Generating StationHolland22closed June 2023
Grand Haven Diesel Plant Grand Haven 22uses a mix of #2 oil and biofuel, Engine #1 built in 1929, closed June 2020 [28]
Newberry Power Newberry 4.5last used in 2019, closed March 2023 [29]
Vestaburg Richland Township 6petroleum liquids, closed 2017
William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak 4petroleum liquids, closed 2022

Multiple fuel

Multiple fuel units may alter their fuel source depending to balance pricing, availability, and energy content.

PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
Greenwood Energy Center Avoca 785 natural gas, fuel oil, tall oil, biodiesel
T.E.S. Filer City Station Filer City 60coal, wood waste, petroleum coke, tire derived fuel, in 2018 being converted to 225MW natural gas only [30]
Dan E. Karn 3 & 4 Essexville 1000Natural Gas and or Oil Fired

Municipal solid waste

Waste to energy plants which use garbage to produce power are a minor source of Michigan's electricity.

PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
Jackson County Resource Recovery Jackson 3.7with natural gas
Kent County Waste To Energy Kent 18

Former plants:

PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
Detroit waste incinerator Detroit 68shut down in March 2019 [31]

Landfill gas

Landfill gas plants, which use methane collected from garbage dumps to power electrical generators, are in use near a number of Michigan landfills but are only a minor source of power.

Only plants larger than 4 MW [32]

PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
Arbor Hills Landfill Salem 28.7Two plants
Pine Tree Acres Landfill New Haven 21.6Two plants [33]
Riverview Land Preserve Riverview 6.6
Southeast Berrien County Landfill Buchanan 4.8
Carleton Farms Landfill Carleton 4.0
EDL / Ottawa County Farms Landfill Coopersville 5.6Two plants
EDL / Citizens Disposal Landfill Grand Blanc 7.2Two plants
EDL / Brent Run Landfill Montrose 5.6

Former plants:

PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
EDL Wood Road Landfill Lansing 8.0Two plants, closed September 2021

Biomass/waste power plants

Biomass power plants in Michigan often use waste from the lumber industry. Smaller units use food waste, or cow, pig and turkey waste.

PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
Cadillac Renewable Cadillac 38wood, 38 MW Gen1 closed Feb 2020, Gen2 installed August 2020
Fremont Community Digester Fremont 3anaerobic digestion of
baby food, other food waste [34]
Genesee Power Genesee 36wood [35]
Grayling Generating Grayling 36wood
L'Anse Warden L'Anse 20wood
Lincoln Power Lincoln 16wood [36]
McBain Power McBain 16wood [37]
Verso Paper Quinnesec 28wood

Retired

PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
Hillman Power Hillman 18wood, closed May 2022

Hydropower

Michigan has a number of small hydropower plants; however, the generally small, flat rivers provide a limited source of power.

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Croton dam and powerhouse
PlantLocationRiverPower (MW)Notes
Ada Dam Hydro Power Plant Ada Thornapple River 30
Alcona Dam Alcona County Au Sable River (Michigan) 8 Consumers Energy [38]
Allegan Dam Hydro Power Plant Allegan Kalamazoo River 3 Consumers Energy
Berrien Springs Hydro Power Plant Berrien Springs St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) 7 American Electric Power [39]
Big Quinnesec Dam Iron Mountain Menominee River 22 Wisconsin Energy Corporation [40]
Boardman Hydro Power Plant Boardman River 1
Buchanan Hydro Power Plant Buchanan St. Joseph River 4
Cascade Dam Hydro Power Plant Caledonia Thornapple River2
Cataract Hydro Power Plant Escanaba River 2
Chalk Hill Dam Stephenson Menominee River7 Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Cheboygan Hydro Power Plant Cheboygan River 1
Constantine Hydro Power Plant Constantine St Joseph River1
Cooke Dam Oscoda Au Sable River9 Consumers Energy
Croton Dam Newaygo County Muskegon River 9 Consumers Energy
Crystal Falls Dam and Power Plant Crystal Falls Paint River 1
Edenville Hydro Power Plant Tittabawassee River 5Hydro Power LLC
Five Channels Dam Oscoda Au Sable River6 Consumers Energy
Foote Dam Oscoda Au Sable River9 Consumers Energy
Four Mile Hydro Power Plant Alpena Thunder Bay River 2 [41]
French Landing Dam and Powerhouse Van Buren Township Huron River (Michigan) 2French Landing Dam
French Paper Hydro Power PlantSt Joseph River1
Grand Rapids Hydro Power PlantMenominee River7
Hardy Dam Newaygo County Muskegon River30 Consumers Energy
Hemlock Falls Power PlantCrystal Falls Michigamme River 3 Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Hodenpyl Hydro Power Plant Mesick Manistee River 17 Consumers Energy
Hoist Hydro Power PlantMarquetteDead River4
Loud Dam Oscoda County Au Sable River4 Consumers Energy
Kingsford Power Plant Kingsford Menominee River6 Wisconsin Energy Corporation
McClure Hydro Power PlantDead River8
Menominee Mill Marinette Hydro Power PlantMenominee River2
Michigamme Falls Power PlantCrystal FallsMichigamme River9 Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Mio Dam Mio Au Sable River5 Consumers Energy
Mottville Hydro Power Plant Mottville St. Joseph River2
Ninth Street Hydro Power Plant Alpena Thunder Bay River1 [41]
Norway Hydro Power PlantMenominee River6
Norway Point Hydro Power Plant Alpena Thunder Bay River4 [41]
Peavy Falls Power PlantCrystal FallsMichigamme River15 Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Prickett Hydro Power Plant Prickett Lake Sturgeon River (Michigan) 2
Rogers Hydro Power Plant Mecosta County Muskegon River7 Consumers Energy
St Louis Hydro Power PlantSt. Louis Pine River (Chippewa River) 7
Saint Marys Falls Hydropower Plant Sault Ste. Marie St. Marys River18 United States Army Corps of Engineers
Saxon Falls Hydro Power PlantSaxonMontreal River1
Sturgis Hydro Power Plant Centreville St. Joseph River2City of Sturgis
Superior Falls Hydro Power PlantMontreal River1XcelEnergy, closing 2024
Tippy Dam Manistee Manistee River20 Consumers Energy
Twin Falls Power PlantIron MountainMenominee River6 Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Victoria Hydro Power PlantOntonagonOntonagon River12
Way Dam and Michigamme ReservoirCrystal FallsPaint River2 Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Webber Hydro Power PlantIonia Grand River (Michigan) 4 Consumers Energy
White Rapids Power PlantStephensonMenonminee River River7 Wisconsin Energy Corporation

Retired

PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
Sanford Hydro Power PlantSanfordTittabawassee River4Hydro Power LLC, closed May 2020
Secord Hydro Power PlantTittabawassee River1Hydro Power LLC, closed May 2020
Smallwood Hydro Power PlantTittabawassee River1Hydro Power LLC, closed May 2020

Pumped storage hydropower power stations

Michigan has one pumped-storage hydroelectricity station, on the shore of Lake Michigan, used for power balancing. It is the fifth largest such plant in the world.

PlantLocationPower (MW)Notes
Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant Ludington 2172

Wind power stations

Wind power in Michigan grew rapidly due to national price supports and a Michigan mandate to produce 10% renewable energy by 2015. The largest concentration of wind power is in the Thumb region.

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Michigan Wind 1 wind farm near Ubly

As of February 2024

NameSize (MW)Location [42]
Apple Blossom Wind Farm100 Huron County [43]
Beebe Wind Farm81.6 Gratiot County [44]
Beebe 1B Wind Farm50.4 Gratiot County
Big Turtle Wind Farm50 Huron County [45]
Brookfield Wind Farm75 Huron County [46]
Crescent Wind166 Hillsdale County [47]
Cross Winds111 Tuscola County [48]
Cross Winds II44 Tuscola County [49]
Cross Winds III76 Tuscola County [50]
Deerfield Wind Farm261 Huron County [43]
Echo Wind Park120 Huron County [51]
Fairbanks Wind Farm72 Delta County [52]
Garden Wind Farm28 Garden Township, Delta County [53]
DTE/Invenergy Gratiot County Wind Project213 Gratiot County
Gratiot Farms Wind150 Gratiot County
Harvest Wind Farm I53 Huron County
Harvest Wind Farm II59 Huron County
Heartland Wind200 Gratiot County
Isabella Wind385 Isabella County
Lake Winds Energy Park 100.8 Mason County [54] [55]
Mackinaw City1.8 Mackinaw City
McKinley14 Huron County
Meridian225 Saginaw and Midland Counties [56]
Michigan Wind 169 Ubly
Michigan Wind 290 Minden City [57]
Minden32 Sanilac
Pine River161 Gratiot, Isabella Counties [58]
Pinnebog Wind Park50 Huron County [59]
Pheasant Run Wind I75 Huron County
Pegasus130 Tuscola
Polaris Wind Park168 Gratiot County [60]
Sigel64 Huron County
Stoney Corners60 McBain, Michigan [61]
Tuscola Bay 120 Tuscola, Bay, Saginaw counties
Tuscola II100 Tuscola, Bay counties

Solar power stations

Solar power is a very minor source of electricity in Michigan.

Systems of over 5.0 MW, as of April 2024

Solar farms in Michigan with over 5 MW of capacity
NameLocationSize (MW)Notes
Assembly Solar Farm Shiwassee County 346.9239 MW(AC), completed March 2022 [62]
Calhoun Solar Calhoun County 260.0200 MWac, 2023 [63]
Cereal City Solar Battle Creek 100.0
DeMille Solar Farm Lapeer County 28.4DTE
Delta Solar I and II Eaton County 24.0Lansing Board of Water & Light
Bingham Solar Clinton County 20.0
Blue Elk III Solar Eaton Rapids 20.0 [64] [65]
Blue Elk IV Solar Adrian 20.0
Blue Elk III Solar Genesee 20.0 [64] [65]
Cement City Solar Cement City 20.0
Greenstone Solar Coldwater 20.0
Lyons Road Solar Shiawassee County 26.820.0 MW (AC) [66]
MacBeth Solar Muskegon County 26.820.0 MW (AC) [67] [68]
Midcontinent Solar Owosso 20.0 [64] [65]
Pullman Solar Allegan County 20.0 [64] [65]
Temperance Solar Monroe County 20.0 [69]
Turrill Solar Farm Lapeer County 19.6DTE
Electric City Solar Sturgis 15.0
Letts Creek Solar Grass Lake 15.0 [65]
Spartan PV 1 East Lansing 10.5Michigan State University carports
Pickford SolarPickford6.9Cloverland Electric Coop / Heritage Sustainable Energy
Byrne Solar Farm Detroit 5.0 [64]

Notes

  1. Includes conventional hydroelectric and hydroelectric pumped storage.

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