Fernandina Plant
BrownfieldFernandina Beach, Nassau, Florida · Rayonier Advanced Materials
Fernandina Plant is a former biomass site in Fernandina Beach, Nassau, Florida, retired 2012-07-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 13 MW of generation, so the grid hookup, transmission rights, and often cooling-water access are already in place — collapsing the speed-to-power timeline versus a greenfield build.
Former use & capacity
Grid hookup & remediation
Site conditions & market — Nassau County
County-level intelligence for this site's location — the power economics, water, hazard, connectivity, and workforce a developer screens before ever visiting. Assembled from FEMA NRI, BLS QCEW, FCC BDC, USGS water-use, and EIA.
Market & workforce
Power economics & interconnection
Water & cooling
Hazard, flood & connectivity
County-level context — address-level utility offerings and flood zoning vary within the county. Confirm site-specific service with the utility and a Phase I ESA.
Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites
A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Fernandina Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Johns River Power Park | coal plant | 1,358 | 16.6 mi | — |
| Southside Generating Station | oil plant | 232 | 26.0 mi | — |
| J D Kennedy | oil plant | 169 | 22.4 mi | — |
| Jackson Mill | natural gas plant | 44 | 22.5 mi | — |
| Fernandina Beach Mill | coal plant | 9 | 1.8 mi | — |
| Girvin Landfill | natural gas plant | 3 | 22.5 mi | — |
| Baptist Medical Center | natural gas plant | 3 | 26.5 mi | — |
Derived from GridCensus's retired-generator & EPA brownfield dataset. Not a substitute for an ASTM E1527 Phase I environmental radius report.
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Nearby datacenter candidate sites
Scored candidate sites near Fernandina Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN120509 | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Duval County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 69.2 |
| Southside Generating Station | Brownfield | FL | Duval County | — | 232 MW | 3.6 yrs | 68.9 |
| FOREST | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Duval County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 68.1 |
| EC Near J D Kennedy | Greenfield | FL | Duval | — | — | 3.6 yrs | 67.6 |
| OZ Duval | Greenfield | FL | Duval | — | — | 3.6 yrs | 67.4 |
| WEST JAX | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Duval County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.3 |
| NORTHSIDE | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Duval County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.1 |
| WEST LAKE | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Duval County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.0 |
Nearby internet exchanges
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Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
Brownfield attributes are derived from EIA retired-generator and EPA public data. Existing capacity reflects the retired plant's historical nameplate, not deliverable interconnection for a new load. Confirm reusable interconnection rights, remediation status, and site availability with the utility, ISO, and current owner.
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