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

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You're probably spending more time and money than you realize on assessing potential project sites. Let's take a look.

About your company

Development velocity

How many potential project sites do you substantially evaluate each month? Ignore sites you disqualify immediately due to obvious fatal flaws.

Monthly projects 5 projects

Your development process

For each project, how many hours do you or colleagues typically spend on the following?

Evaluating environmental factors (species, waters, soils, etc.) 2 hours
Identifying applicable federal and state permits 1 hour
Researching applicable local permits 3 hours
Researching community sentiment 2 hours
Searching for landowner contact information 4 hours
Checking available injection or withdrawal capacity 1 hour
Consulting with colleagues or consultants 2 hours

External consultants

If you also pay external consultants for Critical Issues Analysis or similar desktop due diligence reports, how much do you typically spend per project?

$ per project

Results summary

Based on your inputs, here's what you're spending each year on early-stage site assessments.

$217,500 per year
Assessments per year
60 projects
Hours spent assessing sites each year
900 hours
Salary costs per year Assumes fully-loaded employee cost of $150,000/year over 2,000 hours/year.
$67,500
Report costs per year
$150,000

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