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Frederick County Landfill Solar

Brownfield

Frederick, Maryland

Legacy capacity
2
MW

Frederick County Landfill Solar is a former landfill site in Frederick, Maryland. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 2 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 useformer landfill site
Site typeepa_brownfield
Existing capacity2 MW
Acreage14 ac

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.5 mi
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former landfill site 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.

Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites

A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Frederick County Landfill Solar — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Dickersoncoal plant58815.7 mi—
Dickerson Poweroil plant1915.7 mi—
Fort Detrick (Solar)former superfund site190.0 micleanup_complete
Fort Detrick Area B Ground Water (Battery)former superfund site60.0 micleanup_complete
Resh Road Landfill (Resh S1)former landfill site321.8 micleanup_complete
Forty West Landfillformer landfill site221.8 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 Frederick County Landfill Solar, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Frederick County Landfill Solar
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
GOOSE CREEKSubstation-AdjacentVALoudoun County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs70.4
BRIGHTONSubstation-AdjacentMDHoward County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.3
EC Coal Loudoun CountyGreenfieldVALoudoun County——3.1 yrs66.7
EC Coal Loudoun CountyGreenfieldVALoudoun County——3.1 yrs66.5
ASHBURNSubstation-AdjacentVALoudoun County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs66.4
TAP146357Substation-AdjacentVALoudoun County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs66.1
DOUBSSubstation-AdjacentMDFrederick County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs66.1
TAP139322Substation-AdjacentMDFrederick County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs65.8

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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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