Power plant · North Carolina, United States
Archer Daniels Midland Southport Power Plant
Archer Daniels Midland Southport Power Plant is an idle gas power plant in North Carolina, United States, with 52.5 MW of capacity, owned by Archer Daniels Midland Co.
Grid connection
It is idle (standby or backup), holding a 53 MW grid connection at 13 kV to the grid of Duke Energy Progress - (NC).
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Carolina | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Idle (standby or backup) | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1992 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Archer Daniels Midland Co | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Archer Daniels Midland Co | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 52.5 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 13 kV | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 33.9397, -77.9905 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
Archer Daniels Midland Southport is the 23rd-largest of 23 power plants in North Carolina and the 1,004th-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 52.5 MW is <0.1% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 23rd of 23 | 29,976 MW | 0.18% |
| United States | 1,004th of 1,009 | 917,512 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,571st of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 1 mine, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 421 Sand | Mine | — | Operating | 49 km |
Owner, operator, grid operator and place
Other power plants in North Carolina
- Roxboro2,558 MW
- Belews Creek2,491 MW
- McGuire2,441 MW
- Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy Complex2,245 MW
- Lincoln Combustion2,156 MW
- Marshall (NC)2,119 MW
- Brunswick Nuclear2,003 MW
- James E. Rogers Energy Complex1,531 MW
Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.