Where can this corridor cross without triggering a wetland or habitat consultation?

SubSurface Intel answers this from Stream Gauges, Water Quality Stations, SNOTEL Snowpack, EPA Discharge Permits and related layers across 17 western states. Generation, transmission, pipelines, leases, protected land and water in one view, so routing and siting decisions are made against constraints rather than discovered by them.

Which substations can absorb this project, and at what voltage?

SubSurface Intel answers this from Stream Gauges, Water Quality Stations, SNOTEL Snowpack, EPA Discharge Permits and related layers across 17 western states. Generation, transmission, pipelines, leases, protected land and water in one view, so routing and siting decisions are made against constraints rather than discovered by them.

Is there water for construction and, for thermal, for operation?

SubSurface Intel answers this from Stream Gauges, Water Quality Stations, SNOTEL Snowpack, EPA Discharge Permits and related layers across 17 western states. Generation, transmission, pipelines, leases, protected land and water in one view, so routing and siting decisions are made against constraints rather than discovered by them.

Does the route cross protected land, and at which GAP tier?

SubSurface Intel answers this from Stream Gauges, Water Quality Stations, SNOTEL Snowpack, EPA Discharge Permits and related layers across 17 western states. Generation, transmission, pipelines, leases, protected land and water in one view, so routing and siting decisions are made against constraints rather than discovered by them.

Is there existing lease or claim activity along the corridor?

SubSurface Intel answers this from Stream Gauges, Water Quality Stations, SNOTEL Snowpack, EPA Discharge Permits and related layers across 17 western states. Generation, transmission, pipelines, leases, protected land and water in one view, so routing and siting decisions are made against constraints rather than discovered by them.

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Renewable energy siting, built around the interconnect

Route corridors, site generation, and clear the environmental picture before the first landowner call.

Renewable energy siting is an interconnection problem wearing a land costume. The resource is broadly available across the West; what is scarce is ground near a line with capacity to take the output and an owner willing to sell.

Built for: Renewable and thermal developers, transmission developers, midstream operators, and their land and permitting teams.

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Why renewable energy siting goes wrong today

Linear projects fail on the constraint nobody mapped: a wetland crossing, a critical habitat unit, a GAP 1 boundary, or a water supply that is legally unavailable. Each of those is public information, and none of it is in the same place.

What renewable energy siting has to answer

Where can this corridor cross without triggering a wetland or habitat consultation?
Which substations can absorb this project, and at what voltage?
Is there water for construction and, for thermal, for operation?
Does the route cross protected land, and at which GAP tier?
Is there existing lease or claim activity along the corridor?

The renewable energy siting workflow

1
Establish the grid picture
Transmission by voltage class, substations by max voltage, and generating plants by fuel and capacity define where a project can deliver and where the network is already congested.
2
Overlay the constraint set
Critical habitat, NWI wetlands, PAD-US protected areas and EPA-permitted dischargers together produce the practical permitting map, and it is usually very different from the one a desktop review produces.
3
Confirm the water
Water rights, basins, gauges and regulatory overlays answer whether construction and operating water exists and who holds it — for thermal generation this is a gating question, not a detail.
4
Check the subsurface tenure
Oil and gas leases and BLM claims reveal who already holds rights beneath the route, which is where right-of-way negotiations get complicated.
5
Score and compare corridors
Run the Site Score Grid across alternative corridors and compare scored cells rather than debating intuitions in a meeting.

The 17 layers this depends on

Each links to its source, refresh cadence and field list.

Capabilities renewable energy siting uses

Site Score GridProximity analysisLayer exportsREST APIPDF reports

Every capability is described in detail on the platform overview.

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Routing decisions turn on environmental constraints and subsurface tenure as much as on the grid, so the packs have to be held together. Water plus Power is the minimum viable version if permitting is handled elsewhere.

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Terms worth knowing

Right-of-way Interconnection Section 404 permit Critical habitat Held by production kV (kilovolt)

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Data Centers & AI Infrastructure

Power, water, fiber and permitting risk for every candidate site — before you send anyone to look at it.

Water Rights Investing

Price seniority, spot the mismatch between paper water and wet water, and find positions before they are listed.

Water Brokerage

A complete owner database across 17 states, comparables for pricing, and a client-ready report in one click.

Mining & Exploration

Deposits, active claims, protected land and the water to run a mine — on one map.

Industrial & Manufacturing Siting

The same constraint stack as a data center, weighted for process load instead of compute.

Agriculture & Ranching

Know what your water is worth, how safe it is this year, and what your neighbors hold.

Legal & Title Diligence

Authoritative records, chain context and export-ready evidence for adjudication and title work.

Government & Basin Management

A statewide inventory, live supply monitoring, and a public-facing record without building the platform.

17 layers · Complete plan

Renewable energy siting, built around the interconnect

Route corridors, site generation, and clear the environmental picture before the first landowner call.

Built for: Renewable and thermal developers, transmission developers, midstream operators, and their land and permitting teams.

Start free Complete — $499/mo

Why renewable energy siting goes wrong today

What renewable energy siting has to answer

Where can this corridor cross without triggering a wetland or habitat consultation?
Which substations can absorb this project, and at what voltage?
Is there water for construction and, for thermal, for operation?
Does the route cross protected land, and at which GAP tier?
Is there existing lease or claim activity along the corridor?

The renewable energy siting workflow

1
Establish the grid picture
Transmission by voltage class, substations by max voltage, and generating plants by fuel and capacity define where a project can deliver and where the network is already congested.
2
Overlay the constraint set
Critical habitat, NWI wetlands, PAD-US protected areas and EPA-permitted dischargers together produce the practical permitting map, and it is usually very different from the one a desktop review produces.
3
Confirm the water
Water rights, basins, gauges and regulatory overlays answer whether construction and operating water exists and who holds it — for thermal generation this is a gating question, not a detail.
4
Check the subsurface tenure
Oil and gas leases and BLM claims reveal who already holds rights beneath the route, which is where right-of-way negotiations get complicated.
5
Score and compare corridors
Run the Site Score Grid across alternative corridors and compare scored cells rather than debating intuitions in a meeting.