Michigan Nuclear Profile 2010 Michigan profile
Primary energy source | Summer capacity (mw) |
Share of State total (percent) |
Net generation (thousand mwh) |
Share of State total (percent) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nuclear | 3,947 | 13.2 | 29,625 | 26.6 |
Coal | 11,531 | 38.7 | 65,604 | 58.8 |
Hydro and Pumped Storage | 2,109 | 7.1 | 228 | 0.2 |
Natural Gas | 11,033 | 37.0 | 12,249 | 11.0 |
Other 1 | - | - | 631 | 0.6 |
Other Renewable1 | 571 | 1.9 | 2,832 | 2.5 |
Petroleum | 640 | 2.1 | 382 | 0.3 |
Total | 29,831 | 100.0 | 111,551 | 100.0 |
1Municipal Solid Waste net generation is allocated according to the biogenic and non-biogenic components of the fuel; however, all Municipal Solid Waste summer capacity is classified as Renewable. - = No data reported. Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Other: Blast furnace gas, propane gas, other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels, non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuel, and miscellaneous technologies. Other Renewable: Wood, black liquor, other wood waste, biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind. Sources: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report." |
Plants in State
Operator: Indiana Michigan Power Company
Location and Service Territory: The Cook facility is located in Bridgman, 11 miles south of St. Joseph, Michigan.
Construction Cost: $3.352 billion (2007 USD)2
Staffing: Approximately 900 employees
Reactor Descriptions: Both units at Cook are Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactors.
Cooling System: Located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, the Cook plant relies on a once-through system for cooling.
Operator: Detroit Edison Company
Location and Service Territory: Named for the first physicist to initiate a controlled nuclear chain reaction, the Enrico Fermi plant is located on Lake Erie, near Detroit.
Construction Cost: $6.110 billion (2007 USD)2
Reactor Descriptions: The only licensed reactor at the plant is Fermi 2, a General Electric Type 4 boiling water reactor.
Cooling System: Fermi relies on natural draft cooling towers that draw water from Lake Erie.
Operator: Entergy Nuclear Generation Company.
Location and Service Territory: The Palisades nuclear plant is located on a site of about 432 acres near South Haven, Michigan. The topography of the site and surrounding area consists mainly of sand dunes, mostly forested.
Construction Cost: $630 million (2007 USD).2
Reactor Descriptions: Palisades has a single Combustion Engineering two-loop pressurized water reactor.
Cooling System: Cooling water is supplied by Lake Michigan for its mechanical draft cooling towers.
2Nuclear Power Plant Construction Activity, DOE/EIA-0473(86), Energy Information Administration, 1986, pp 16-17, Table 5. Adjusted to 2007 Dollars using Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index.