CF Industries Donaldsonville Nitrogen Complex
Large load · 39018 HIGHWAY 3089, Donaldsonville, LA
CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC operates the Donaldsonville Nitrogen Complex, a nitrogen fertilizer site on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Entergy Louisiana serves the plant, with 130 MW of total plant load under contract as of a March 2015 announcement.
Overview
- Contracted demand
- 130 MW
- operating · Mar 5, 2015
- Contracted demand
- 60 MW
- operating · Mar 5, 2015
The complex sits on 1,400 acres along the west bank of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. CF says it produces nearly 8 million tons of nitrogen products annually, depending on product mix. In March 2026 CF delayed a multi-week turnaround at its largest ammonia plant at Donaldsonville.
Profile
- Electricity and grid
- Entergy Louisiana signed a five-year agreement to supply an additional 60 megawatts, effective March 1, 2015, bringing total plant load under contract to 130 megawatts. Entergy's transmission facilities are under the functional control of MISO.
- Carbon capture and recent changes
- A CO2 dehydration and compression facility at Donaldsonville was announced as started up on July 14, 2025, and CF says it enables transportation and permanent storage of up to 2 million metric tons of CO2 annually. The company expects about 1.9 million tons of low-carbon ammonia annually from the project.
Facility
- Activity
- Ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) and diesel exhaust fluid
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Reported Mar 27, 2026
Permits and agreements
- Agreement
- five-year agreement for additional 60 megawatts
Grid connections
- Utility
- Entergy Louisiana, LLCReported
- Market
- MISOSite location
- Nearest substations
- Unnamed substation230 kV6.7 km
- Unnamed substation230 kV9.3 km
Related records
Timeline
- Mar 5, 2015
- Entergy Louisiana five-year agreement for an additional 60 MW takes plant load under contract to 130 MW
Entergy Louisiana to Power Expanded CF Industries Facility - Entergy
- Jul 14, 2025
- CO2 dehydration and compression facility start-up announced
CF Industries Announces Start-up of Donaldsonville Complex CO2 Dehydration and Compression Unit, Permanent CO2 Sequestration | CF Industries
- Oct 2, 2025
- Certified low-carbon ammonia shipment from Donaldsonville
CF Industries, Trafigura and Envalior Announce Shipment of Certified Low-Carbon Ammonia | CF Industries