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H B Robinson

Brownfield

Hartsville, Darlington, South Carolina · Duke Energy Progress - (NC)

Legacy capacity
223
MW

H B Robinson is a coal plant in Hartsville, Darlington, South Carolina, retired 2013-03-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 223 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 usecoal plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity223 MW
Retirement date2013-03-01
EIA plant ID#3251

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address3581 West Entrance Road, Hartsville, SC, 29550
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a coal 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 — Darlington 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)17,069
Construction employment1,455
Land value$2,794/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate12.24¢/kWh
Industrial power rate7.21¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.7%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply6.4 MGD
Industrial water use10.1 MGD
Cooling degree days2,000
Mean annual temp63°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index40.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers5 · 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 H B Robinson — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Darlington Countyoil plant7301.2 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 H B Robinson, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near H B Robinson
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
CHERAW CASH ROADSubstation-AdjacentSCMarlboro County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.9
SOCIETY HILLSubstation-AdjacentSCMarlboro County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.9
TAP148314Substation-AdjacentSCMarlboro County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.8
UNKNOWN120865Substation-AdjacentSCDarlington County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.7
TAP148313Substation-AdjacentSCMarlboro County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.7
CHERAW REID PARKSubstation-AdjacentSCChesterfield County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.7
TAP170187Substation-AdjacentSCLee County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.2
TAP147736Substation-AdjacentSCMarlboro County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.0

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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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