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PSEG Kearny Generating Station

Brownfield

Kearny, Hudson, New Jersey · Kearny Generating Station

Legacy capacity
821
MW

PSEG Kearny Generating Station is a natural gas plant in Kearny, Hudson, New Jersey, retired 2014-08-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 821 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 usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity821 MW
Retirement date2014-08-01
EIA plant ID#2404

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator addressHackensack Avenue, Kearny, NJ, 7032
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas 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 — Hudson 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)234,547
IT / tech employment2,321
Construction employment4,337
Land value$256,000/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate9.90¢/kWh
Industrial power rate6.70¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.5%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply0.0 MGD
Industrial water use0.2 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp53°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index28.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers14 · 100% 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 PSEG Kearny Generating Station — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Charles Polettioil plant88310.1 mi—
PSEG Sewaren Generating Stationnatural gas plant56714.8 mi—
Ravenswoodnatural gas plant5458.0 mi—
PSEG Linden Generating Stationoil plant3819.9 mi—
Sayrevilleoil plant25022.5 mi—
Watersideoil plant2006.4 mi—
Bayonne Plant Holding LLCnatural gas plant1925.7 mi—
Parlin Power Plantnatural gas plant13522.6 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 PSEG Kearny Generating Station, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near PSEG Kearny Generating Station
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
RAINEYSubstation-AdjacentNYNew York County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs72.1
Charles PolettiBrownfieldNYNew York138 kV883 MW4.9 yrs71.0
SAYREVILLESubstation-AdjacentNJMiddlesex County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs71.0
SEWARENSubstation-AdjacentNJRichmond County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs70.0
UNKNOWN172520Substation-AdjacentNJHudson County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs69.5
UNKNOWN132611Substation-AdjacentNJRichmond County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs69.4
FARRAGUTSubstation-AdjacentNYNew York County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs69.2
GOWANUSSubstation-AdjacentNYKings County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs69.1

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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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