Shadow Grid

Grid Delay as a Cost

Median interconnection queue times in major US markets run five to seven years. Shadow Grid prices what that delay costs a project and compares it against on-site generation that can be delivered in months. The comparison is economic rather than technical: revenue enabled by earlier operation, set against the all-in cost of building generation that the grid would eventually have supplied.

What It Models

Time to power by technology and sourcing path, capital and fuel cost over the operating horizon, and the crossover point at which waiting becomes cheaper than building. Secondary-market equipment and new-OEM queue positions are modelled separately, because on large turbines the schedule difference between them is measured in years.

Related Tools

For a full technology ranking use the Power Intelligence Tool; for equipment price context, the Pricing Index; for market-level interconnection detail, the data center library. Constants and sources are on the methodology page.