Energy Permitting and Community Trust: Why Infrastructure Needs a Public Path

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Energy infrastructure is often discussed as if the hard part is choosing the right technology. Build solar. Build wind. Build nuclear. Build geothermal. Build batteries. Build transmission. Build data-center microgrids. Build faster. The sentence sounds simple because it leaves out the place where every project becomes real: land, roads, wires, water, permits, neighbors, views, noise, local tax bases, construction traffic, emergency plans, and the memory of what happened the last time an outside developer promised a community that everything would be fine.

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Energy Permitting and Community Trust: Why Infrastructure Needs a Public Path