Average lead times to build new electricity grid assets in Europe and the United States, 2010-2021

Sources

IEA research; US Permitting Council (2022), Federal Infrastructure Permitting Dashboard [https://www.permits.performance.gov/projects]; Rand et al. (2022), Queued Up: Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection [https://emp.lbl.gov/queues].

Notes

Bars represents average lead times and lines reflect typical ranges based on selected recent projects. The lead time to connect power plants to the grid in the United States is the average for 2011-2020, while lead times for overhead and underground transmission lines as well as subsea cables cover 2010-2021.