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Rio Pinar

Brownfield

Rio Pinar, Orange, Florida · Duke Energy Florida, LLC

Legacy capacity
19
MW

Rio Pinar is a oil plant in Rio Pinar, Orange, Florida, retired 2016-03-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 19 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

Former useoil plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity19 MW
Retirement date2016-03-01
EIA plant ID#637

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
Operator address100 Econlockhatchee Trail, Rio Pinar, FL, 32807
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a oil plant of this scale leaves behind a high-capacity grid interconnection that a new load can re-use, frequently shaving years off the interconnection queue. Retired-plant sites also tend to be already zoned for heavy industrial use with established road, rail, and water infrastructure.

Site conditions & market — Orange 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

Total employment (laborshed)857,018
IT / tech employment2,116
Construction employment45,926
Land value$10,106/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate11.20¢/kWh
Industrial power rate9.41¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.8%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow-Medium
Public water supply221.9 MGD
Industrial water use1.1 MGD
Cooling degree days3,500
Mean annual temp72°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index55.0 · Very High
Fiber providers20 · 71% served

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 Rio Pinar — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Curtis H Stanton Energy Centercoal plant3296.4 mi—
G E Turneroil plant18122.7 mi—
Sanfordoil plant15621.2 mi—
Hanselnatural gas plant7319.8 mi—
Central Energy Plantnatural gas plant7021.4 mi—
DeBaryoil plant6725.5 mi—
St Cloudnatural gas plant3020.6 mi—
Kenneth P. Ksionek Community Solar Farm at the Stanton Energy Center (SEC)former landfill site136.1 micleanup_complete

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 Rio Pinar, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Rio Pinar
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
POINSETTSubstation-AdjacentFLBrevard County500 kV1,000 MW1.0 yrs68.8
UNKNOWN120236Substation-AdjacentFLOrange County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.4
SKY LAKESubstation-AdjacentFLOrange County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.4
CONVENTION CENTERSubstation-AdjacentFLOrange County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.3
RISER143336Substation-AdjacentFLOrange County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.2
ALTAMONTE SPRINGSSubstation-AdjacentFLOrange County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.6
UNKNOWN120225Substation-AdjacentFLOrange County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.6
AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL PARKSubstation-AdjacentFLOrange County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.5

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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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