Zeeland Generating Station
Natural gas power plant · Ottawa County, Michigan
Nameplate capacity
968 MW
Rank in Michigan
#13
of 289 plants
In service since
2001
June 2001
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Consumers Energy Co - (MI)
- County
- Ottawa County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 2.71%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Michigan
- #7 of 61
- EIA plant code
- 55087
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2C | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 213 MW | 215 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 1A | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 189 MW | 159 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 1B | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 189 MW | 159 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 2A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 189 MW | 156 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 2B | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 189 MW | 154 MW | 2002 | 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
| Indeck Niles Energy Center | Natural gas | 1,174 MW |
| Greenwood (MI) | Natural gas | 1,071 MW |
| Palisades | Nuclear | 812 MW |
| Renaissance Power Plant | Natural gas | 782 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 968 MW solar plant and a 968 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