[juliankauai]

Trump just closed the already approved largest solar power project in the US. That’s political. I’m all for fusion but we need power now for the transition. Losing the solar project for 3 million people is a big loss. it takes a long time to get any type of big power up to speed.

[recursive]

I understand the problem is transmission much more than generation. There's a backlog of power sources waiting to come online for infrastructure to catch up. Or so I heard.

[dalyons]

Transmission wasn’t the problem with this project. It was cancelled out of spite

[mulmen]

Where did you hear this?

[recursive]

I believe it was an episode of the podcast "Shift Key". Season 2, episode 5 is called "A Beginner's Guide to the Interconnection Queue". The hosts talk to some industry people who present the case. They say that there practical reasons why the interconnection queue is slowing down renewable generation deployment significantly.

I don't know if this podcast presents a balanced view, but it sounds convincing to me.