Power plant · Michigan, United States
Trenton Channel Energy Center
Trenton Channel Energy Center is a power plant under construction in Michigan, United States, with 220 MW of capacity, owned by DTE Electric Company.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Michigan | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2026 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | DTE Electric Company | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | DTE Electric Company | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 220 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Batteries | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 42.1244, -83.1857 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
Trenton Channel Energy Center is the 5th-largest of 32 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Michigan and the 374th-largest of 835 in the United States by capacity; its 220 MW is <0.1% of the 282,375 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United States. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 5th of 32 | 5,939 MW | 3.7% |
| United States | 374th of 835 | 282,375 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 690th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 6 data centers and 2 mines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwood Plant | Mine | — | Operating | 7.2 km |
| Comcast | Data center | — | — | 10.0 km |
| Detroit Salt Mine | Mine | — | Operating | 18 km |
| Verizon Wireless data center, Detroit | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Quicken Loans data center, Detroit | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from DTE Electric Company
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- Renaissance Power Plant782 MW
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Other power plants in Michigan
- Monroe (MI)3,293 MW
- Donald C Cook2,285 MW
- Ludington1,979 MW
- Midland Cogeneration Venture1,854 MW
- Belle River1,664 MW
- J H Campbell1,561 MW
- Dan E Karn1,402 MW
- Fermi1,281 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.