Riverside Landfill Solar

Brownfield

Woodfin, North Carolina

Legacy capacity
5
MW

Riverside Landfill Solar is a former landfill site in Woodfin, North Carolina. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 5 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 capacity5 MW
Acreage25 ac

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.6 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 datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near Riverside Landfill Solar, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Riverside Landfill Solar
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
CRAGGYSubstation-AdjacentNCBuncombe County230 kV300 MW3.7 yrs72.4
WEST ASHEVILLESubstation-AdjacentNCBuncombe County115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs72.3
UNKNOWN109907Substation-AdjacentNCHenderson County230 kV300 MW3.7 yrs72.2
UNKNOWN110545Substation-AdjacentNCHenderson County115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs72.1
UNKNOWN109942Substation-AdjacentNCBuncombe County115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs71.7
ASHEVILLESubstation-AdjacentNCBuncombe County115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs71.5
UNKNOWN110128Substation-AdjacentNCMadison County115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs71.2
MARSHALL DAMSubstation-AdjacentNCMadison County115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs71.1

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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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