DTE Energy Co. said Wednesday it will stop burning coal in its Belle River Power Plant in St. Clair County's China Township in 2028, two years earlier than originally planned, in response to a U.S ...

The Belle River power plant in China Township was originally set to come offline in 2030 under DTE’s 2019 plan before its goal was internally moved up by two years. But the company is now slated ...

The Belle River plant, operating in St. Clair County's China Township since 1984, has twin ash basins that hold about 5 million gallons of coal-ash containing wastewater. Boron, arsenic, lithium ...

The Belle River Power Plant in St. Clair County, which also uses coal, will be repurposed to operate on natural gas, which will be used to meet peak energy demand, according to DTE.

Monroe Power Plant, Monroe, Michigan The Monroe Power Plant and Belle River Power Plant are expected to be retired in 2035 and 2040 respectively, according to the CleanVision Plan from DTE Energy.

The Monroe Plant, along with the Belle River Power Plant in St. Clair County, are DTE's last remaining coal-fired plants. The two produce 40% of the overall power the utility provides to its 2.3 ...

Federal regulators have rejected DTE Energy's method of storing polluting coal ash at its Monroe and Belle River power plants, saying that the utility's monitoring of potential groundwater ...

The nearly 1,300 MW Belle River Plant is located in St. Clair County within China Township and East China Township, Michigan. Coal-fired Unit 1 was completed in 1984, with Unit 2 following in 1985.

DTE's Belle River Power Plant in St. Clair County, which also burns coal to produce electricity, would be converted to a 1,300-megawatt natural gas "peaking" plant in 2025 and 2026 — running in ...

The outcome may have ramifications for other coal-fired power plants that run under similar joint operating agreements, such as DTE Energy’s Belle River Power Plant, she said.