Utility Environmental Due Diligence & Compliance Tools | Transect

Transect’s annual 2026 developer survey reveals where solar, storage, wind, nuclear, and data center projects are heading next.

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Identify and mitigate risks early in generation and transmission projects

Find environmental issues

Evaluate sites and routes for environmental challenges

Avoid permit surprises

Discover required federal, state, and local permits

Streamline compliance

Minimize regulatory bottlenecks

Evaluate sites in minutes, not weeks

Generate comprehensive site assessment reports from your desktop to analyze waters, federal and state protected species, protected areas, environmental compliance, and more. View or share reports online, or export a customized version as a PDF.

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Navigate the permitting landscape

Avoid costly surprises with a detailed inventory of required federal and state permits, complete with details, triggers, estimated timelines, and actionable recommendations. For solar projects, also get detailed information on special permits, setbacks, size limits, and zoning restrictions.

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Safeguard your investments

Transect Risk Monitor provides real-time alerts on regulatory changes that could affect your projects, such as permits, protected species, and zoning, as well as changes in community sentiment or the status of nearby projects.

Confirm buildable area

Determine the buildable site area based on slope, aspect, waters, soils, land cover, roads, buildings, wells, and other constraints.

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De-risk transmission projects

Identify required permits and environmental constraints along proposed overhead and underground transmission line routes.

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Evaluate community sentiment before investing costly resources

Use Transect Pulse to evaluate the risk of community opposition to solar, wind, and battery projects with insights from thousands of news articles, moratoriums, ordinances, petitions, social media groups, and nearby operational, contested, and canceled projects.

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Simplify land acquisition

Accelerate siting and land acquisition efforts with zoning data and search filters, nationwide parcel ownership data, and landowner contact information.

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Complete your siting evaluations with services delivered by our nationwide network of approved vendors. Order Phase 1 ESAs, ALTA surveys, SHPO records, community engagement consulting, and other valuable services.

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