The CEE utility-scale market has fundamentally shifted. Investors and funds are no longer accepting projects that simply hold planning consent, grid connection agreements, and land rights. Today’s market demands fully deployable assets that can move seamlessly from financial close to energisation, with discharged planning conditions, resolved physical site challenges, and proven construction readiness that goes far beyond the “three-consent fallacy.”
- What has fundamentally changed in investor expectations for utility-scale project readiness, and why are planning consent, grid connection, and land rights no longer sufficient to secure capital commitment?
- Which critical gaps between “ready-to-build” and “fully deployable” consistently cause transaction failures during due diligence, and how can developers proactively demonstrate genuine buildability beyond securing three key consents?
- What are the cost implications and business model adjustments required to achieve “fully deployable” status in today’s compressed return environment, and how should developers structure their approach to meet these higher readiness standards?
