In August 2018 DTE Energy broke ground on a new state-of-the-art natural gas-fired power plant in St. Clair County, Michigan (see DTE Energy’s Michigan Gas-Fired Plant Breaks Ground Today). The gas-fired Blue Water Energy Center will produce 1,150 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 850,000 homes, helping to offset three coal-fired plants set to retire by 2023. Construction on the project was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic, but restarted in May 2020 (see DTE Energy Restarts Construction at Michigan Gas-Fired Plant May 4). We have fantastic news! The plant is now done, online, and producing 1,150 MW of electricity–using natural gas to do it.
