Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids Power Plant

Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids Power Plant is a 256.1-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station at the corn processing facility owned and operated by Archer Daniels Midland near Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Location

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Plant Data

• Owner: Archer Daniels Midland
• Parent Company: Archer Daniels Midland
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 256.1 MW (Megawatts)
• Units and In-Service Dates: Unit 1: 31.0 MW (1988), Unit 2: 31.0 MW (1988), Unit 3: 31.0 MW (1988), Unit 4: 31.0 MW (1988), Unit 5: 31.0 MW (1995), Unit 6: 101.1 MW (2000)
• Location: 1350 Waconia Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
• GPS Coordinates: 41.927344, -91.689879
• Technology: Subcritical Fluidized Bed Technology
• Coal type: Sub Bituminous and Bituminous
• Coal Consumption:
• Coal Source: Gateway Mine (Peabody), North Antelope Rochelle Mine (Peabody)
• Number of Employees:
• Unit Retirements:

Emissions Data

• CO₂ Emissions: 1,305,527 tons (2006), 2,616,899.1 tons (2008)
• SO₂ Emissions: 3,395.58 tons (2008)
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions: 1743.34 tons (2008)
• 2005 Mercury Emissions:

Articles and Resources

Sources

• Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005, Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.
• Environmental Integrity Project, "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants", July 2007.
• Facility Registry System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.
• Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Feb. 2009.

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Iowa and coal
• Archer Daniels Midland
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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