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Figures for 2019[1]

  Coal (32%)
  Nuclear (30%)
  Natural gas (30%)
  Renewables (8%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Michigan, sorted by type and name. In 2018, Michigan had a total summer capacity of 29,720 MW through all of its power plants.[2] Michigan's energy mix in 2009 was 66% coal, 22% nuclear, 8% natural gas and 3% renewables; but coal use has decreased (to 32% in 2019) with natural gas and renewables increasing.[3] The leading source of renewable energy was wind power. Michigan imports all of its coal and uranium (nuclear fuel), and 82% of its natural gas. A goal to produce over 10% of Michigan's electricity from in-state renewables was set in 2015. Major electric companies in Michigan include Detroit Edison (11,000 MW) and Consumers Power (9,000 MW).

Nuclear power stations

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

Cook Nuclear Power Plant
Plant Location Power (MW) Notes
Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station (Unit 2) Monroe 1098 Unit 2
Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant Bridgman 2110
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant South Haven 800 Scheduled for closure in 2022.

Former nuclear power stations

Plant Location Power (MW) Notes
Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant Charlevoix 67 1962-1997
Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station (Unit 1) Monroe 94 1957-1972

See also Midland Cogeneration Venture, a plant abandoned before completion

Coal power stations

Trenton Power Plant

Coal power is the 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 2040[4] while DTE plans to retire 2100MW of coal power by 2023.[5]

Plant Location Power (MW) Notes
Belle River Power Plant St. Clair 1395 Scheduled for closure in 2030.
D.E. Karn Generating Plant Hampton Township 544 Units 1 and 2 planned to close by 2023 (272MW), units 3 and 4 planned to close by 2031 (272MW)[6]
Eckert Power Plant Lansing 240 Units 4-6 cheduled for closure in 2020. Unit 2 closed in 2014, units 1 and 3 closed in 2015.
Erickson Power Plant Lansing 155 Scheduled for closure before 2023.[7]
Escanaba Paper Company Escanaba 54 Runs on coal and wood waste.
J.H. Campbell Power Plant Port Sheldon Township 1560 Units 1 and 2 scheduled for closure in 2031 (644MW). Unit 3 planned to close by 2040 (917MW).[6]
Monroe Power Plant Monroe 3280 Scheduled for closure in 2040.
River Rouge Power Plant River Rouge 358 Scheduled for closure before 2023. One unit retired in 2015.[8]
St. Clair Power Plant St. Clair 1378 Units 1-3 scheduled for closure before 2023. Unit 4 and 5 already retired.
Largest power plant in the world in 1969.
Filer City Station Filer City 70
Trenton Channel Power Plant Trenton 536 Scheduled for closure before 2023 (Unit 9), Units 1 - 8 already retired.
White Pine Power Plant White Pine 40 Can also run on natural gas

Former coal plants

Shiras Steam Plant after decommissioning, before demolition
Plant Location Power (MW) Notes
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
Delray Power Plant Detroit
Bayside Power Plant Traverse City Decommissioned in 2005 after it had only served as an option for power generation during peak consumptions times for several years.
GM Pontiac Power Plant Pontiac 29 Closed in 2009.
Ford Rouge Power Plant Dearborn 345 Ran on coal with blast furnace gas and natural gas.
J.B. Sims Power Plant Grand Haven 80 closed in February 2020.[9][10]
James De Young Power Plant Holland 63 Ceased 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 51 Closed in 2009.
B.C. Cobb Power Plant Muskegon 320 Closed in April 2016.
J.R. Whiting Power Plant Monroe 328 Closed in April 2016.
J.C. Weadock Generating Plant Hampton Township 310 Closed in April 2016.
Endicott Generating Station Litchfield 55 Closed in May 2016.
Escanaba Generating Station Escanaba 23 Closed in June 2015.
Harbor Beach Power Plant Harbor Beach 121 Closed in November 2013.
Presque Isle Power Plant Marquette 431 Replaced in March 2019 with two new natural gas plants.
Shiras Station Marquette 78 Closed in 2018.[11]

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 Power announced a new 700 MW plant to be built near Flint beginning about 2015[12] while the city of Holland replaced its coal plant with a 114 MW natural gas plant[13] In April 2018, DTE received permission for a 1,100 MW natural gas plant to replace a coal plant in St. Clair.[14]

Plant Location Power (MW) Notes
A.J. Mihm Generating Station L'Anse 54.9
Alpine Generating Facility Elmira 440 General Electric F class
48th Street Generation Station Holland 142 two of the three units can use fuel oil
Belle River Power Plant East China Township, Michigan 256 3x General Electric 7EA Simple Cycle Gas Turbines
Dearborn Industrial Generation Dearborn 710 in the Ford River Rouge Complex, natural gas with blast furnace gas
Delray Peaking Facility Detroit 127
Dean Peaking Station East China Township, Michigan 336 4x General Electric 7EA Simple Cycle Gas Turbines
F.D. Kuester Generating Station Negaunee Township 128.1
Hancock Commerce Township 141
Hersey Hersey Township 50 2 simple-cycle Rolls Royce RB 211 aero turbines
Holland Energy Park Holland 130
Kalamazoo River Generating Station Comstock 68 [15]
Kinder Morgan Power Jackson 564
Livingston Generating Station Gaylord 156
Marquette Energy Center Marquette 50
Michigan Power Ludington 123
Midland Cogeneration Venture Midland 1560 re-purposed from a never completed nuclear plant
Mistersky Gas Power Plant Detroit 154
New Covert Generating Facility Covert, Michigan 1159
REO Town Cogeneration Plant Lansing, Michigan 110 also produces steam
Renaissance Power Carson City 660
River Rouge Power Plant River Rouge 260 Unit 1
Sumpter Plant Sumpter 340 4x General Electric 7EA Simple Cycle Gas Turbines
Vestaburg Richland Township 20
T. B. Simon Power Plant East Lansing 100 switched to natural gas in April 2016[16]
Thetford Genesee 222
Wyandotte Municipal Power Plant Wyandotte 73 formerly 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
Plant Location Power (MW) Notes
6th Street Generating Station Holland 22
Belle River Power Plant St. Clair 14 Units IC1, IC2, 3, 4, and 5
Grand Haven Diesel Plant Grand Haven 22 uses a mix of #2 oil and biofuel
St. Clair Power Plant St. Clair 24 Units 11 and 12
Superior Peaking Station[17] Superior Township 76 Oil-fired (#2) combustion turbines installed 1966. Also has 300 HP black-start diesel engine.

Former plants

Plant Location Power (MW) Notes
Vestaburg Richland Township 6 petroleum liquids, closed 2017

Multiple fuel

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

Plant Location Power (MW) Notes
Greenwood Energy Center Avoca 785 natural gas, fuel oil, tall oil, biodiesel
T.E.S. Filer City Station Filer City 60 coal, wood waste, petroleum coke, tire derived fuel, in 2018 being converted to 225MW natural gas only[18]
Dan E. Karn 3 & 4 Essexville 1000 Natural 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.

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

Former plants:

Plant Location Power (MW) Notes
Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Detroit 68 shut down in March 2019[19]

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[20]

Plant Location Power (MW) Notes
Arbor Hills Landfill Salem 28.7 Two plants
Pine Tree Acres Landfill New Haven 21.6 Two plants[21]
Riverview Land Preserve Riverview 6.6
Southeast Berrien County Landfill Buchanan 4.8
Carleton Farms Landfill Carleton 4.0
Granger Wood Road Landfill Lansing 8.0 Two plants
Granger / Ottawa County Farms Landfill Coopersville 5.6 Two plants
Granger / Citizens Disposal Landfill Grand Blanc 7.2 Two plants
Granger / Brent Run Landfill Montrose 5.6

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.

Plant Location Power (MW) Notes
Cadillac Renewable Cadillac 38 wood
Fremont Community Digester Fremont 3 anaerobic digestion of
baby food, other food waste[22]
Genesee Power Genesee 36 wood[23]
Grayling Generating Grayling 36 wood
Hillman Power Hillman 18 wood
L'Anse Warden L'Anse 20 wood
Lincoln Power Lincoln 16 wood[24]
McBain Power McBain 16 wood[25]
Verso Paper Quinnesec 28 wood

Hydropower

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

Croton dam and powerhouse
Plant Location River Power (MW) Notes
Ada Dam Hydro Power Plant Ada Thornapple River 30
Alcona Dam Alcona County Au Sable River (Michigan) 8 Consumers Energy[26]
Allegan Dam Hydro Power Plant Allegan Kalamazoo River 3 Consumers Energy
Belleville Dam Belleville Huron River (Michigan) 2 French Landing
Berrien Springs Hydro Power Plant Berrien Springs St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) 7 American Electric Power[27]
Big Quinnesec Dam Iron Mountain Menominee River 22 Wisconsin Energy Corporation[28]
Boardman Hydro Power Plant Boardman River 1
Buchanan Hydro Power Plant Buchanan St. Joseph River 4
Cascade Dam Hydro Power Plant Caledonia Thornapple River 2
Cataract Hydro Power Plant Escanaba River 2
Chalk Hill Dam Stephenson Menominee River 7 Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Cheboygan Hydro Power Plant Cheboygan River 1
Constantine Hydro Power Plant Constantine St Joseph River 1
Cooke Dam Oscoda Au Sable River 9 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 5 Hydro Power LLC
Edison Sault Power Plant Sault Ste. Marie St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario) 27 [29]
Five Channels Dam Oscoda Au Sable River 6 Consumers Energy
Foote Dam Oscoda Au Sable River 9 Consumers Energy
Four Mile Hydro Power Plant Alpena Thunder Bay River 2 [30]
French Paper Hydro Power Plant St Joseph River 1
Grand Rapids Hydro Power Plant Menominee River 7
Hardy Dam Newaygo County Muskegon River 30 Consumers Energy
Hemlock Falls Power Plant Crystal Falls Michigamme River 3 Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Hodenpyl Hydro Power Plant Mesick Manistee River 17 Consumers Energy
Hoist Hydro Power Plant Marquette Dead River 4
Loud Dam Oscoda County Au Sable River 4 Consumers Energy
Kingsford Power Plant Kingsford Menominee River 6 Wisconsin Energy Corporation
McClure Hydro Power Plant Dead River 8
Menominee Mill Marinette Hydro Power Plant Menominee River 2
Michigamme Falls Power Plant Crystal Falls Michigamme River 9 Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Mio Dam Mio Au Sable River 5 Consumers Energy
Mottville Hydro Power Plant Mottville St. Joseph River 2
Ninth Street Hydro Power Plant Alpena Thunder Bay River 1 [30]
Norway Hydro Power Plant Menominee River 6
Norway Point Hydro Power Plant Alpena Thunder Bay River 4 [30]
Peavy Falls Power Plant Crystal Falls Michigamme River 15 Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Prickett Hydro Power Plant Sturgeon River (Michigan) 2
Rogers Hydro Power Plant Mecosta County Muskegon River 7 Consumers Energy
St Louis Hydro Power Plant St. Louis Pine River (Chippewa River) 7
Saint Marys Falls Hydropower Plant Sault Ste. Marie St. Marys River 18 United States Army Corps of Engineers
Sanford Hydro Power Plant Sanford Tittabawassee River 4 Hydro Power LLC
Saxon Falls Hydro Power Plant Saxon Montreal River 1
Secord Hydro Power Plant Tittabawassee River 1 Hydro Power LLC
Smallwood Hydro Power Plant Tittabawassee River 1 Hydro Power LLC
Sturgis Hydro Power Plant Centreville St. Joseph River 2 City of Sturgis
Superior Falls Hydro Power Plant Montreal River 1 XcelEnergy
Tippy Dam Manistee Manistee River 20 Consumers Energy
Twin Falls Power Plant Iron Mountain Menominee River 6 Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Victoria Hydro Power Plant Ontanagon Ontonagon River 12
Way Dam and Michigamme Reservoir Crystal Falls Paint River 2 Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Webber Hydro Power Plant Ionia Grand River (Michigan) 4 Consumers Energy
White Rapids Power Plant Stephenson Menonminee River River 7 Wisconsin Energy Corporation

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.

Plant Location Power (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.

Michigan Wind 1 wind farm near Ubly
See also: Wind power in Michigan

As of April 2019

Name Size (MW) Location[31]
Apple Blossom Wind Farm 100 Huron County[32]
Beebe Wind Farm 81.6 Gratiot County[33]
Beebe 1B Wind Farm 50.4 Gratiot County
Big Turtle Wind Farm 20 Huron County[34]
Brookfield Wind Farm 75 Huron County[35]
Cross Winds 111 Tuscola County[36]
Cross Winds II 44 Tuscola County[37]
Deerfield Wind Farm 149 Huron County[32]
Echo Wind Park 120 Huron County[38]
Garden Wind Farm 28 Garden Township, Delta County[39]
DTE/Invenergy Gratiot County Wind Project 213 Gratiot County
Harvest Wind Farm I 53 Huron County
Harvest Wind Farm II 59 Huron County
Lake Winds Energy Park 100.8 Mason County[40][41]
Mackinaw City 1.8 Mackinaw City
McKinley 14 Huron County
Michigan Wind 1 69 Ubly
Michigan Wind 2 90 Minden City[42]
Minden 32 Sanilac
Pine River 161 Gratiot, Isabella Counties[43]
Pinnebog Wind Park 50 Huron County[44]
Pheasant Run Wind I 75 Huron County
Sigel 64 Huron County
Stoney Corners 60 McBain, Michigan[45]
Traverse City 0.6 Traverse City
Tuscola Bay 120 Tuscola, Bay, Saginaw counties
Tuscola II 100 Tuscola, Bay counties

Solar power stations

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

See also: Solar power in Michigan

Systems of 1.0 MW and larger, as of September 2018

Name Location Size (MW) Notes
DeMille Solar Farm Lapeer County 28.4 DTE
Delta Solar I and II Eaton County 24 Lansing Board of Water & Light
Turrill Solar Farm Lapeer County 19.6 DTE
Spartan PV 1 East Lansing 10.5 Michigan State University carports
Watervliet Watervliet 4.6 Indiana Michigan Power
Solar Garden 1 Grand Valley State University 3.00 Consumers Energy, community solar[46]
O'Shea Solar Farm Detroit 2.0 DTE Energy
Greenwood Energy Center Avoca 1.95 DTE Energy[47]
Canton IKEA Canton 1.22

[48] [49]

Coldwater Solar Coldwater 1.20 American Municipal Power[50]
Spartan Solar Cadillac 1.20 Wolverine Power, community solar[51]
Domino's Farms Ann Arbor 1.08 DTE Energy SolarCurrents
Ford World Headquarters Dearborn 1.04 DTE Energy SolarCurrents
M-72 Solar Project Traverse City 1.0 Traverse City Light & Power [52]
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo 1.0 Consumer Energy Solar Gardens program

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  5. ^ DTE Electric plans to keep Belle River, Monroe coal plants running: official, Platts, 27 April 2018
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  7. ^ BWL to build $500 million natural gas power plant in Delta Twp., Sarah Lehr, Lansing State Journal, December 18, 2017
  8. ^ River Rouge looks at plans beyond power plant, Joshua J. Paladino, The Detroit News, January 15, 2017
  9. ^ June 2020 shutdown recommended for Sims plant, Grand Haven Tribune, Alex Doty, February 16, 2018
  10. ^ Sims Generating Station in Grand Haven ceases operations, Grand Haven Tribune, February 15,2020
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  13. ^ Holland approves $182 million natural gas power plant, electric generation could start in 2016, Greg Chandler, The Grand Rapids Press, December 05, 2012
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  28. ^ We Energies
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  34. ^ Big Turtle, Heritage Wind
  35. ^ DTE Energy buys Brookfield Township wind park, DTE, Jun 2, 2014
  36. ^ Consumers Energy Opens 111 MW Michigan Wind Farm
  37. ^ Second Phase Of Cross Winds Energy Park Begins Operating In Michigan
  38. ^ Turbines begin operation at DTE Energy's Echo Wind Park
  39. ^ Garden Wind Farm, Heritage Sustainable Energy
  40. ^ Lake Winds construction complete; Ludington-area wind farm praised for boosting Mason County, mlive.com, Dave Alexander, September 21, 2012
  41. ^ Wind turbines in motion: Lake Winds Energy Park up and running in Mason County, mlive.com, November 26, 2012
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  44. ^ DTE Energy’s Pinnebog Wind Park begins commercial operation in Michigan, Wind Power Engineering and Development, Michelle Froese, December 28, 2016
  45. ^ Stoney Corners Wind Farm, Barton Marlow
  46. ^ Consumers Energy Starts Operating First Community Solar Power Plant at Grand Valley State University, Consumers Energy, April 18, 2016
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