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A Ready Solar Project Can Still Wait

A wind or solar project can be ready on paper and still stuck at the grid connection.

Before it plugs in, the grid operator runs an interconnection study: would the new power overload nearby lines or transformers? In a crowded queue, that answer can take months or years, and it may come with an upgrade bill that sinks the project.

The panels run on 1 schedule. The socket runs on another. That is why a finished project can still wait.

Source: osti.gov

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