Elm Road Generating Station — United States of America

Elm Road Generating Station is a 1,402.6 MW coal power station in Wisconsin, United States of America. It ranks #361 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 16.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0056068.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000104274; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,402.6 MW, Elm Road Generating Station is well above the median coal plant in United States of America (558 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #156 largest coal power plant of 802 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 802 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 621,194 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Elm Road power station · Coal · 1,402.6 MW · Wisconsin
• South Oak Creek Plant · Coal · 1,240 MW · Wisconsin
• South Oak Creek Combustion Turbine Project · Gas · 1,100 MW · Wisconsin
• South Oak Creek · Coal · 1,240 MW · Wisconsin
• MMSD South Shore Wastewater · Biomass · 5.1 MW · Wisconsin
• IKEA Oak Creek Rooftop PV System · Solar · 1.2 MW · Wisconsin

Location

Coordinates 42.8492, -87.8336 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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