Rockford Community Solar
BrownfieldRockford, Illinois
Rockford Community Solar is a former landfill site in Rockford, Illinois. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 3 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
Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites
A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Rockford Community Solar — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock River | natural gas plant | 319 | 22.4 mi | — |
| Sabrooke | oil plant | 150 | 3.0 mi | — |
| Blackhawk | natural gas plant | 50 | 17.2 mi | — |
| Orchard Hills Renewable Energy Station | natural gas plant | 16 | 8.1 mi | — |
| South Main Street | natural gas plant | 12 | 24.2 mi | — |
| 1515 S Caron Road | natural gas plant | 4 | 24.3 mi | — |
| Beloit Coal Ash Landfill | former landfill site | 2 | 18.4 mi | cleanup_complete |
| North Ninth Street | natural gas plant | 1 | 24.2 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 Rockford Community Solar, 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 |
| 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 |
| UNKNOWN122295 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Boone County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.7 |
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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