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PPL Glendon LFGTE Plant

Brownfield

Glendon, Northampton, Pennsylvania · NextEra Renewable Fuels, LLC

Legacy capacity
5
MW

PPL Glendon LFGTE Plant is a natural gas plant in Glendon, Northampton, Pennsylvania, retired 2021-12-01. 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 usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity5 MW
Retirement date2021-12-01
EIA plant ID#57183

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator addressHilton and Holly Streets, Glendon, PA, 18042
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 — Northampton 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)107,204
IT / tech employment880
Construction employment4,284
Land value$11,794/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate7.76¢/kWh
Industrial power rate5.69¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.6%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply9.5 MGD
Industrial water use5.5 MGD
Cooling degree days800
Mean annual temp50°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index28.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers11 · 19% 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 PPL Glendon LFGTE Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Portland (PA)coal plant42718.6 mi—
TalenEnergy Martins Creekcoal plant41111.2 mi—
Gilbertnatural gas plant967.9 mi—
TalenEnergy Martin Creek LLC Allentownoil plant6412.4 mi—
Fiberville Estates, LLC.former manufacturing site910.0 micleanup_complete
WC Landfill Energy LLCnatural gas plant216.0 mi—
Palmerton Zinc Pileformer superfund site022.1 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 PPL Glendon LFGTE Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near PPL Glendon LFGTE Plant
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
ELROYSubstation-AdjacentPAMontgomery County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.0
WESCOSVILLESubstation-AdjacentPALehigh County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs67.1
ALBURTISSubstation-AdjacentPALehigh County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs67.0
HOSENSACKSubstation-AdjacentPALehigh County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs66.7
UNKNOWN123737Substation-AdjacentPANorthampton County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs66.5
Palmerton Zinc PileBrownfieldPACarbon—0 MW3.8 yrs63.9
MARTINS CREEKSubstation-AdjacentPAWarren County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs63.9
EC Near TalenEnergy Martin Creek LLC AllentownGreenfieldPALehigh——3.0 yrs63.7

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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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