by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Permitting & Licensing, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRUK renewable consenting runs on two tracks: local planning permission for projects up to 100 MW, and the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) regime — a Development Consent Order decided by the Secretary of State on statutory timelines...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Permitting & Licensing, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRGermany turned Europe’s slowest renewable permitting into its benchmark: onshore wind approvals hit a record 20.8 GW in 2025 and roughly 9 GW in the first half of 2026 alone. The machinery behind it: renewables’ legal status as an “overriding...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Permitting & Licensing, Renewable Energy
⚡ TL;DRUS renewable permitting is a three-layer system: federal environmental review (NEPA) only where federal land, waters, or approvals are involved; state and county siting rules that vary from permissive (Texas) to restrictive (parts of the Midwest and Northeast);...
