Great Bend - Midwest Energy
BrownfieldGreat Bend, Barton, Kansas · Midwest Energy Inc - (KS)
Great Bend - Midwest Energy is a natural gas plant in Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, retired 2013-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 10 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 — Barton 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 Great Bend - Midwest Energy — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larned | natural gas plant | 13 | 21.8 mi | — |
| Hoisington | natural gas plant | 7 | 9.8 mi | — |
| Gas Turbine (KS) | natural gas plant | 1 | 22.2 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 Great Bend - Midwest Energy, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC Near Larned | Greenfield | KS | Pawnee | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 60.9 |
| EC Near Larned | Greenfield | KS | Pawnee | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 60.4 |
| UNKNOWN118036 | Substation-Adjacent | KS | Barton County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.3 yrs | 60.3 |
| EC Near Hoisington | Greenfield | KS | Barton | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 59.8 |
| EC Near Larned | Greenfield | KS | Pawnee | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 59.6 |
| EC Near Great Bend - Midwest Energy | Greenfield | KS | Barton | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 59.6 |
| EC Near Hoisington | Greenfield | KS | Barton | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 59.5 |
| EC Near Larned | Greenfield | KS | Pawnee | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 59.4 |
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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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