Kent County Waste to Energy Facility
Other power plant · Kent County, Michigan
Nameplate capacity
18 MW
Rank in Michigan
#136
of 289 plants
In service since
1989
October 1989
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Municipal Solid Waste
- Operator
- Kent County
- County
- Kent County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among other plants in Michigan
- #15 of 55
- EIA plant code
- 50860
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Municipal Solid Waste | 18 MW | 16 MW | 1989 | Operating |
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
| PCA, Filer City Mill | Natural gas | 20 MW |
| St Clair | Natural gas | 19 MW |
| Hodenpyl | Hydro | 17 MW |
| Western Michigan University Power Plant | Natural gas | 17 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 18 MW solar plant and a 18 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