Orchard Hills Renewable Energy Station
BrownfieldDavis Junction, Ogle, Illinois · Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
Orchard Hills Renewable Energy Station is a natural gas plant in Davis Junction, Ogle, Illinois, retired 2022-03-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 16 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 — Ogle 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 Orchard Hills Renewable Energy Station — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabrooke | oil plant | 150 | 5.3 mi | — |
| Blackhawk | natural gas plant | 50 | 25.3 mi | — |
| South Main Street | natural gas plant | 12 | 16.2 mi | — |
| 1515 S Caron Road | natural gas plant | 4 | 16.3 mi | — |
| Rockford Community Solar | former landfill site | 3 | 8.1 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Beloit Coal Ash Landfill | former landfill site | 2 | 26.5 mi | cleanup_complete |
| North Ninth Street | natural gas plant | 1 | 16.2 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 Orchard Hills Renewable Energy Station, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYRON | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Ogle County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 66.2 |
| CHERRY VALLEY | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Boone County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.5 |
| EASY ROAD | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Lee County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.5 |
| TAP137909 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Winnebago County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.4 |
| UNKNOWN124165 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Winnebago County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.2 |
| TAP136942 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Winnebago County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.0 |
| TAP137873 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Boone County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.8 |
| Rockford Community Solar | Brownfield | IL | Winnebago | — | 3 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.7 |
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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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