M72 West Solar
Solar power plant · Leelanau County, Michigan
Nameplate capacity
1.8 MW
Rank in Michigan
#262
of 289 plants
In service since
2019
December 2019
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Heritage Sustainable Energy. LLC
- County
- Leelanau County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among solar plants in Michigan
- #66 of 76
- EIA plant code
- 63660
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M72W | Solar Photovoltaic | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2019 | 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
| Workman Road Solar Farm, LLC | Solar | 2.0 MW |
| Kleber | Hydro | 1.8 MW |
| Menominee Mill Marinette | Hydro | 1.8 MW |
| Way Dam | Hydro | 1.8 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 1.8 MW solar plant and a 1.8 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