Beaver Island
Other power plant · Charlevoix County, Michigan
Nameplate capacity
3.3 MW
Rank in Michigan
#223
of 289 plants
In service since
2000
September 2000
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Great Lakes Energy Coop
- County
- Charlevoix County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among other plants in Michigan
- #46 of 55
- EIA plant code
- 7831
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.2 MW | 1.0 MW | 2000 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.2 MW | 1.0 MW | 2000 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.9 MW | 0.8 MW | 2001 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Michigan
| POET Biorefining Caro, LLC | Natural gas | 3.8 MW |
| Hoist | Hydro | 3.4 MW |
| Blue Water Renewables Inc | Other | 3.2 MW |
| Eagle Valley (MI) | Other | 3.2 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 3.3 MW solar plant and a 3.3 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Michigan power plants · What Michigan actually generates