List of power stations in Michigan
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Michigan, sorted by type and name. In 2010, Michigan had a total summer capacity of 29,831 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.[3] The leading source of renewable energy was wood biomass. Michigan imports all of its coal and nuclear fuel and 82% of its natural gas. A requirement to produce 10% of its electricity from in-state renewables by 2015 has led to the construction of new solar, wind and landfill gas plants. Major electric companies in Michigan are Detroit Edison (11,000 MW) and Consumers Power (9,000 MW). In 2014 Michigan produced 50% of its electricity form coal.
Contents
- 1 Nuclear power stations
- 2 Coal power stations
- 3 Natural gas power stations
- 4 Oil power stations
- 5 Multiple fuel
- 6 Municipal solid waste
- 7 Landfill gas
- 8 Biomass/waste power plants
- 9 Hydropower
- 10 Pumped storage hydropower power stations
- 11 Wind power stations
- 12 Solar power stations
- 13 References
- 14 External links
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 nuclear power plants supply Michigan with about 30% of its electricity.
Plant | Location | Power (MW) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station | Monroe | 1098 | Unit 2 |
Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant | Bridgman | 2110 | |
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant | South Haven | 800 |
Former nuclear power stations
Plant | Location | Power (MW) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant | Charlevoix | 67 | 1962 - 1997 |
Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station | Monroe | 94 | Unit 1, 1957 - 1972 |
See also Midland Cogeneration Venture, a plant abandoned before completion
Coal power stations
Coal power is the leading source of electricity in Michigan. Although Michigan has no coal mines, coal is easily moved from other states by train and across the Great Lakes by lake freighters.
Plant | Location | Power (MW) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
B.C. Cobb Power Plant | Muskegon | 320 | scheduled closure 2015[4] |
Belle River Power Plant | St. Clair | 1260 | Units 1 and 2 |
D.E. Karn/J.C. Weadock Generating Complex | Hampton Township | 857 | Two units (total 515 MW) scheduled closure 2015 |
Eckert Power Plant | Lansing | 350 | |
Endicott Generating Station | Litchfield | 55 | |
Erickson Power Plant | Lansing | 159 | |
Escanaba Paper Company | Escanaba | 54 | coal and wood waste |
GM Pontiac Power Plant | Pontiac | 29 | |
Harbor Beach Power Plant | Harbor Beach | 121 | shut down November 2013 |
James De Young Power Plant | Holland | 63 | scheduled closure 2015 |
J.B. Sims Power Plant | Grand Haven | 80 | |
J.H. Campbell Power Plant | Port Sheldon Township | 1540 | |
J. R. Whiting Power Plant | Monroe | 328 | scheduled closure 2015 |
Monroe Power Plant | Monroe | 3300 | |
Presque Isle Power Plant | Marquette | 431 | |
River Rouge Power Plant | River Rouge | 520 | Units 2 and 3[5] |
St. Clair Power Plant | St. Clair | 1958 | Largest power plant in the world in 1969 |
Shiras Power Plant | Marquette | 78 | |
T. B. Simon Power Plant | East Lansing | 99 | |
Trenton Channel Power Plant | Trenton | 776 | |
White Pine Power Plant | White Pine | 40 | can use natural gas |
Wyandotte Municipal Power Plant | Wyandotte | 73 | coal, natural gas and tire derived fuel |
Former coal plants
Plant | Location | Power (MW) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Conners Creek Power Plant | Detroit | "Seven Sisters" | |
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. | |
Ford Rouge Power Plant | Dearborn | 345 | powdered coal with blast furnace gas and natural gas |
Marysville Power Plant | Marysville | 150 | "Mighty Marysville" imploded November 7, 2015 |
S.D. Warren Power Plant | Muskegon | 51 | closed 2009 |
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[6] while the city of Holland plans to replace its coal plant with a 114 MW natural gas plant by 2016[7]
Plant | Location | Power (MW) | Notes |
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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 |
Conners Creek Power Plant | Detroit | 240 | "Two Brothers", originally coal-fired |
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 |
Hancock | Commerce Township | 141 | |
Kalamazoo River Generating Station | Comstock | 68 | [8] |
Kinder Morgan Power | Jackson | 564 | |
Livingston Generating Station | Gaylord | 156 | |
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 | |
Renaissance Power | Carson City | 660 | |
River Rouge Power Plant | River Rouge | 260 | Unit 1 |
Sumpter Plant | Sumpter | 340 | |
Thetford | Genesee | 222 | |
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.
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 |
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 |
Dan E. Karn | 1701 | some units oil only, some natural gas only, some natural gas and oil |
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Greater Detroit Resource Recovery | Detroit | 68 | "Detroit Incinerator" |
Kent County Waste To Energy | Kent | 18 | |
Jackson County Resource Recovery | Jackson | 3.7 | with natural gas |
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[9]
Plant | Location | Power (MW) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Arbor Hills Landfill | Salem | 28.7 | Two plants |
Pine Tree Acres Landfill | New Haven | 21.6 | Two plants[10] |
Riverview Land Preserve | Riverview | 6.6 | |
Granger Wood Road Landfill | Lansing | 4.8 | |
Ottawa County Farms Landfill | Coopersville | 4.8 | |
Southeast Berrien County Landfill | Buchanan | 4.8 | |
Carleton Farms Landfill | Carleton | 4.0 |
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[11] |
Genesee Power | Genesee | 36 | wood[12] |
Grayling Generating | Grayling | 36 | wood |
Hillman Power | Hillman | 18 | wood |
L'Anse Warden | L'Anse | 20 | wood |
Lincoln Power | Lincoln | 16 | wood[13] |
McBain Power | McBain | 16 | wood[14] |
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.
Plant | Location | River | Power (MW) | Notes |
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Ada Dam Hydro Power Plant | Ada | Thornapple River | 30 | |
Alcona Dam | Alcona County | Au Sable River (Michigan) | 8 | Consumers Energy[15] |
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[16] |
Big Quinnesec Dam | Iron Mountain | Menominee River | 22 | Wisconsin Energy Corporation[17] |
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 | Tittabawasee River | 5 | Hydro Power LLC | |
Edison Sault Power Plant | Sault St. Marie | St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario) | 27 | [18] |
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 | [19] |
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 Hydro Power Plant | 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 Hydro Power Plant | Au Sable River | 5 | Consumers Energy | |
Mottville Hydro Power Plant | Mottville | St. Joseph River | 2 | |
Ninth Street Hydro Power Plant | Alpena | Au Sable River | 1 | [20] |
Norway Hydro Power Plant | Menominee River | 6 | ||
Norway Point Hydro Power Plant | Alpena | Thunder Bay River | 4 | [21] |
Peavy Falls Power Plant | Crystal Falls | Michigamme River | 15 | Wisconsin Energy Corporation |
Prickett Hydro Power Plant | Sturgeon River (Michigan) | 2 | ||
Rogers Hydro Power Plant | Muskegon River | 7 | Consumers Energy | |
St Louis Hydro Power Plant | St. Louis | Pine River (Chippewa River) | 7 | |
Saint Marys Falls Hydropower Plant | Sault St. 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 | Tittabawasee River | 1 | Hydro Power LLC | |
Smallwood Hydro Power Plant | Tittabawasee River | 1 | Hydro Power LLC | |
Sturgis Hydro Power Plant | Centerville | 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 | 1872 |
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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Name | Size (MW) | Location[22] |
---|---|---|
Beebe Wind Farm | 81.6 | Gratiot County[23] |
Beebe 1B Wind Farm | 50.4 | Gratiot County |
Big Turtle Wind Farm | 20 | Huron County[24] |
Brookfield Wind Farm | 75 | Huron County[25] |
Cross Winds | 111 | Tuscola County[26] |
Echo Wind Park | 120 | Huron County[27] |
Garden Wind Farm | 28 | Garden Township, Delta County[28] |
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[29][30] |
Mackinaw City | 1.8 | Mackinaw City |
McKinley | 14 | Huron County |
Michigan Wind 1 | 69 | Ubly |
Michigan Wind 2 | 90 | Minden City[31] |
Minden | 32 | Sanilac |
Pheasant Run Wind I | 75 | Huron County |
Sigel | 64 | Huron County |
Stoney Corners | 60 | McBain, Michigan[32] |
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.
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Systems of 0.5 MW and larger
Name | Location | Size (MW) | Notes |
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Solar Garden 1 | Grand Valley State University | 3.00 | Consumers Power, community solar[33] |
Greenwood Energy Center | Avoca | 1.95 | DTE Energy[34] |
Canton Ikea | Canton | 1.22 | |
Domino's Farms | Ann Arbor | 1.08 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents |
Ford World Headquarters | Dearborn | 1.04 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents |
University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | 0.81 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents, 2 locations[37] |
McPhail | Wixom | 0.81 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents[38] |
Romulus Solar | Romulus | 0.75 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents |
Thumb Solar | Caro | 0.66 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents |
Heliotek | Holland | 0.525 | [39] |
GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly | Hamtramck | 0.5 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents[40] |
Ford Michigan Assembly | Wayne | 0.5 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents |
Hartland Schools | Hartland | 0.5 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents |
Liepprandt Orchard | Pigeon | 0.5 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents[41] |
Monroe County Community College | Monroe | 0.5 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents |
Indian Springs Metropark | White Lake | 0.5 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents |
Riopelle Farms | Harbor Beach | 0.5 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents |
St. Clair RESA | Marysville | 0.5 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents |
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary | Monroe | 0.5 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents |
Brownstown Solar | Taylor | 0.5 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents |
Wil Le Farms | Bad Axe | 0.5 | DTE Energy SolarCurrents |
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- ↑ Michigan Energy Overview, Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, State of Michigan, Oct 31, 2011
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- ↑ Consumers Energy announces plans to build a major new natural gas power plant in Genesee county; project investment estimated at $750 million with about 600 jobs created, Consumers Energy, December 14, 2012
- ↑ Holland approves $182 million natural gas power plant, electric generation could start in 2016, Greg Chandler, The Grand Rapids Press, December 05, 2012
- ↑ CMS Enterprises, 2012
- ↑ [michigan.gov/documents/energy/lmopdatami_411718_7.xls], State of Michigan
- ↑ Waste Management to Open 12.8 MW Landfill Energy Plant in Michigan, Waste Management, June 15, 2012
- ↑ Food waste is turned into kilowatts at Novi Energy's digester plant, Detroit Free Press', January 27, 2013
- ↑ Biomass Power Production, Michigan Biomass, 2011
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- ↑ [2] Thunder Bay Power Company
- ↑ [3] Thunder Bay Power Company
- ↑ [4] Thunder Bay Power Company
- ↑ U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Michigan, AWEA, 2011
- ↑ Michigan Wind, Exelon Corporation
- ↑ Big Turtle, Heritage Wind
- ↑ DTE Energy buys Brookfield Township wind park, DTE, Jun 2, 2014
- ↑ Consumers Energy Opens 111 MW Michigan Wind Farm
- ↑ Turbines begin operation at DTE Energy's Echo Wind Park
- ↑ Garden Wind Farm, Heritage Sustainable Energy
- ↑ Lake Winds construction complete; Ludington-area wind farm praised for boosting Mason County, mlive.com, Dave Alexander, September 21, 2012
- ↑ Wind turbines in motion: Lake Winds Energy Park up and running in Mason County, mlive.com, November 26, 2012
- ↑ Exelon's Michigan Wind 2 Project Now Operational, PRNewswire-FirstCal, Jan. 5, 2012
- ↑ Stoney Corners Wind Farm, Barton Marlow
- ↑ Consumers Energy Starts Operating First Community Solar Power Plant at Grand Valley State University, Consumers Energy, April 18, 2016
- ↑ DTE Energy opens solar energy facilities in three Michigan communities, PRNewswire, Feb. 4, 2016
- ↑ IKEA to increase size of Michigan’s largest rooftop solar array by approximately 25% atop Detroit-area store in Canton, MI, Ikea Corporate News, December 3, 2014
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