Forbes Street Solar Project I (FSSPI)
BrownfieldEast Providence, Rhode Island
Forbes Street Solar Project I (FSSPI) is a former landfill site in East Providence, Rhode Island. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 4 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
Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites
A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Forbes Street Solar Project I (FSSPI) — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiverton Power Plant | natural gas plant | 290 | 14.6 mi | — |
| Cleary Flood Hybrid | oil plant | 28 | 13.7 mi | — |
| Ridgewood Providence Power | natural gas plant | 20 | 8.9 mi | — |
| Newport Naval Education & Training Center | former superfund site | 11 | 22.1 mi | cleanup_complete |
| GRS Fall River | natural gas plant | 7 | 13.5 mi | — |
| Kilvert Street Solar | former manufacturing site | 6 | 7.5 mi | cleanup_complete |
| East Bridgewater | natural gas plant | 6 | 26.6 mi | — |
| Randolph Landfill Solar | former landfill site | 5 | 30.4 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 Forbes Street Solar Project I (FSSPI), ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENT COUNTY | Substation-Adjacent | RI | Kent County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 67.2 |
| WEST FARNUM | Substation-Adjacent | RI | Providence County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 67.1 |
| OCEAN STATE | Substation-Adjacent | RI | Providence County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 65.4 |
| Kilvert Street Solar | Brownfield | RI | Kent | — | 6 MW | 3.9 yrs | 64.9 |
| EC Near Central Power Plant | Greenfield | RI | Providence | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 64.8 |
| HOLBROOK | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Norfolk County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 64.7 |
| AUBURN STREET | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Norfolk County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 64.4 |
| STOUGHTON | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Norfolk County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 64.2 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- Markley Group One Summer Street BostonBoston, MA · 80 networks
- CoreSite - Boston (BO1)Somerville, MA · 38 networks
- Lumen BostonCambridge, MA · 19 networks
- Evocative BOS1Somerville, MA · 9 networks
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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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