Wind Energy Project Siting

Mitigate risks early when siting your onshore wind project

Solve for interconnection

Find parcels proximate to transmission infrastructure

Understand environmental constraints

Evaluate sites for environmental and permitting challenges

End permit surprises

Discover required federal, state and local permits

Evaluate community sentiment

Analyze thousands of news articles, moratoriums, regulations, and data on nearby projects to predict the likelihood of community acceptance for your wind project.

Discover sites in minutes

Find parcels that meet your siting criteria, such as maximum distance to a substation or minimum acreage.

Assess sites for concerns and buildability

Evaluate sites for wind speeds, floodplains, topography, species, soils, protected areas and dozens of other factors.

Evaluate interconnection options

Pinpoint the locations and capacity of nearby transmission infrastructure.

Be aware of required permits

Get a detailed inventory of federal, state and local permits required for your project, complete with actionable recommendations and estimated timelines.

Find landowners

Use Transect’s nationwide parcel coverage to identify landowners, including their phone numbers and email addresses.

Find landowner contact information for wind projects

Stay on top of financial incentives

Identify Energy Communities and use our financial incentives calculator to model the effect of the PTC/ITC on project economics.

See financial incentives for wind projects

Get more from the Transect Services Marketplace

Order due diligence reports from our nationwide network of approved vendors, including Phase 1 ESAs, Planning & Zoning Reports, ALTA surveys and more.

“With Transect, our comprehensive knowledge significantly boosts our credibility and greatly improves the probability of securing control over the site.”

Mark Tippett

Chief Development Officer Yarotek

“Transect is our first go-to. It identifies all the features we need to consider - such as restricted areas, roadways, tree cover, transmission infrastructure, and water bodies - then outputs as a single file. After that initial pass, we really know what's happening on the local or county level.”