Riverside Landfill Solar

Brownfield

Buncombe County, North Carolina · PJM

DC Readiness
64.1
Good / 100

Riverside Landfill Solar is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in Buncombe County, North Carolina, interconnecting through PJM. It screens at 64.1/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 5 MW of candidate capacity.

Power & interconnection

Substation distance0.6 mi
Available capacity5 MW
LMP zonePJM_DOM
Wholesale LMP$41.20/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.11¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth177

Connectivity

Nearest IXPERC Broadband
IXP distance4.0 mi
Fiber providers8
Nearest cloud providerGoogle
Nearest cloud regionus-east1
Cloud region distance224.1 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Acreage25 ac
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former uselandfill
Existing capacity5 MW
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.80
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund sitePACE ANALYTICAL SERVICES LLC
Hazard sub-score48/100
Construction cost index85.9 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterERC Broadband
DC distance4.0 mi
Nearest rail1.4 mi
Nearest gas pipeline1.1 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively High (42)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity11.05¢/kWh
Industrial electricity8.44¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,600
Heating degree days3,300
Land price / acre$11,802

Incentive detail: Sales tax exemption on DC equipment and electricity for $75M+ investments; property tax abatement.

Full DC Readiness breakdown

All 13 weighted sub-scores (0–100) behind the composite DC Readiness score.

Power availability20%
48
Speed to power15%
37
Fiber connectivity12%
93
Energy cost10%
85
Water risk8%
84
Natural hazard8%
48
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
80
Land / acreage3%
37
Construction cost3%
78
Gas pipeline2%
97
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
45

Nearby comparable sites

Other scored datacenter candidate sites in Buncombe County, ranked by DC Readiness.

Sites near Riverside Landfill Solar
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
CRAGGYSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.7 yrs72.4
WEST ASHEVILLESubstation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs72.3
UNKNOWN109942Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs71.7
ASHEVILLESubstation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs71.5
UNKNOWN109900Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs70.9
OTEENSubstation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs70.6
TAP145603Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs70.6
TAP146116Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs70.4

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

Figures are screening estimates derived from public infrastructure data. Catalogued capacity reflects theoretical candidate capacity, not deliverable or committed interconnection. Confirm all values with the utility, ISO, and on-the-ground due diligence.

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