ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CEDAR RAPIDS

How ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CEDAR RAPIDS compares

With 256 MW of capacity, ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CEDAR RAPIDS ranks 14th among the 198 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Iowa and 8th of the 19 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.8% of Iowa's operating Coal capacity and 1.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 199th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1988, it is older than 63% of the 198 operating Iowa plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO, runs 3 operating plants in Iowa totaling 444 MW. It shares Linn County with 8 other operating plants, including PRAIRIE CREEK and ALLIANT SBD 9106 ROCKWELL CR.

EIA-860 lists 7 generators at the site with 295 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly conventional steam coal technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 256 MW). Net generation was 1,016 GWh in 2024 (a 39% capacity factor), up 10% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1988 and 2016.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line owned by MIDAMERICAN ENERGY CO, about 0.9 miles away. Another 12 operating power plants totaling 373 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PRAIRIE CREEK (213 MW, Coal).

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology