Eight in ten clean energy projects never make it through development. Not because of bad ideas, but because of how the process is run: sequential, analog, and fragmented across consultants, spreadsheets, and months of waiting.
In this episode of Transmission, Alejandro speaks with Stuart Pomeroy from Paces .Stuart breaks down exactly why the traditional development model fails, what a parallel workflow looks like in practice, and how compressing land, environmental, interconnection, and permitting work into a single ecosystem can cut development timelines by more than half.
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For more information on Paces,
Head to their website → https://www.paces.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pacesai/
Reach Stuart at sales@paces.com
0:00 Introduction: the hidden cost of delay in clean energy
3:18 How clients use Paces day-to-day
4:29 The data model: land, zoning, and interconnection layers
5:25 The old sequential development model
7:30 Cutting development time by 50%+
9:02 Does Paces replace environmental consultants?
11:05 Cost savings and pipeline conversion metrics
13:47 Assessing permitting risk and policy uncertainty
15:42 The Permitting Predictor tool
17:17 Predicting landowner behaviour
18:37 Hottest US regions for development activity
27:42 Community sentiment and opposition risk
31:22 Off-grid development and on-site generation
34:10 Cost, complexity, and time: the off-grid advantage
36:40 LMP data suite and revenue signals
37:40 Getting projects bankable: track record and case studies
39:31 What Paces are building next
41:23 Contrarian takes: off-grid and permitting
44:19 Closing
