Archer Daniels Midland Columbus
Coal power plant · Platte County, Nebraska
Nameplate capacity
71 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#38
of 138 plants
In service since
2010
May 2010
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Archer Daniels Midland Co
- County
- Platte County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.59%
- Rank among coal plants in Nebraska
- #8 of 8
- EIA plant code
- 57046
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 71 MW | 61 MW | 2010 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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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 71 MW solar plant and a 71 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 Nebraska power plants · What Nebraska actually generates