Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids
Coal power plant · Linn County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
295 MW
Rank in Iowa
#19
of 305 plants
In service since
1988
November 1988
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Archer Daniels Midland Co
- County
- Linn County
- Generating units
- 7
- Share of state capacity
- 1.18%
- Rank among coal plants in Iowa
- #6 of 8
- EIA plant code
- 10864
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN6 | Conventional Steam Coal | 101 MW | 105 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| GEN7 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 39 MW | 35 MW | 2016 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 31 MW | 31 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 31 MW | 31 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Conventional Steam Coal | 31 MW | 31 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| GEN4 | Conventional Steam Coal | 31 MW | 31 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| GEN5 | Conventional Steam Coal | 31 MW | 31 MW | 1995 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Iowa
| Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm | Wind | 300 MW |
| Upland Prairie | Wind | 299 MW |
| Burlington (IA) | Natural gas | 291 MW |
| Pomeroy Wind Farm | Wind | 286 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 295 MW solar plant and a 295 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Iowa power plants · What Iowa actually generates