Maidencreek Biomass Plant
BrownfieldMaidencreek Township, Berks, Pennsylvania · NextEra Renewable Fuels, LLC
Maidencreek Biomass Plant is a former biomass site in Maidencreek Township, Berks, Pennsylvania. 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
Grid hookup & remediation
Site conditions & market — Berks 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 Maidencreek Biomass Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titus | coal plant | 225 | 12.3 mi | — |
| Wheelabrator Frackville Energy | coal plant | 48 | 23.7 mi | — |
| TalenEnergy Martins Creek LLC Fishbach | oil plant | 37 | 19.7 mi | — |
| Stowe Power Production Plant | natural gas plant | 6 | 21.2 mi | — |
| Pioneer Crossing Energy, LLC | natural gas plant | 3 | 16.1 mi | — |
| Palmerton Zinc Pile | former superfund site | 0 | 29.0 mi | cleanup_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 Maidencreek Biomass Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIMERICK (500KV SUB) | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Montgomery County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.6 |
| UNKNOWN171809 | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Lehigh County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.4 |
| ALBURTIS | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Lehigh County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.0 |
| SOUTH READING | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Berks County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 66.2 |
| UNKNOWN123855 | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Berks County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.5 |
| UNKNOWN171542 | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Montgomery County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.1 |
| Palmerton Zinc Pile | Brownfield | PA | Carbon | — | 0 MW | 3.8 yrs | 63.9 |
| EC Near Titus | Greenfield | PA | Berks | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 63.7 |
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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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