Palladium Energy Opens ScoutIQ to Power Infrastructure Developers

The greenfield development intelligence platform that compressed the strategy-to-term-sheet timeline from six weeks to three days.

We are proud to introduce ScoutIQ. We built it to connect the dots between siting, due diligence, landowner outreach, and development by leveraging technology to push the boundaries of what is possible.

6 weeks.

That is the industry standard for sending out land campaigns.

Six weeks of pulling parcel data from third-party platforms, cross-referencing zoning ordinances, tracking down landowner contacts, and sending outreach one at a time. We know this because we have done the work. We have painstakingly stuffed envelopes and sent manual mailers. Every step was a place where a project could stall.

Not only were we wasting time, we were learning too slowly in a fast-paced, ever-changing industry.

Palladium built ScoutIQ to solve real-world development bottlenecks. ScoutIQ is a greenfield development intelligence platform for utility-scale solar, wind, battery storage, and data center projects. Since its launch in March 2025, ScoutIQ has helped Palladium acquire 2.7 GW of projects with a team of 3.

Results

The numbers are not theoretical.

One year of ScoutIQ. Real pipeline. Real results.

Strategy to Term Sheets

Industry Standard

42

days

(6 weeks)

With ScoutIQ

3

days

ScoutIQ is93%faster

Palladium's Growth with ScoutIQ

Mar 2025
Mar 2026
4 GW
11.6 GW

Greenfield Pipeline

2.9x
800 MW
4.7 GW

Active Negotiations

5.9x
3.4 GW
5.7 GW

MW Acquired

1.7x
New Landowners

0

Mailer Hit Rate

0%

Projects Closed

0.0 GW

3 people closed 2.7GW of solar, storage, and data center projects. For every 4 landowners targeted, 1 calls back. Landowners call us back the week after we send term sheets.

127

Screening Criteria

The platform runs each parcel against 127 screening criteria: transmission proximity, flood plain data, soil classification, zoning, moratorium filings, community sentiment, tax abatement availability. Sites that do not clear all 127 criteria do not make the list. Sites that do move forward immediately.

The team does not sort through marginal opportunities. They call on pre-qualified sites, in rank order, with full context already loaded.

Transmission ProximityFlood Plain DataSoil ClassificationZoning OrdinancesMoratorium FilingsCommunity SentimentTax AbatementSetback RequirementsSubstation CapacityRoad AccessWetlandsEnvironmental ReviewParcel SizeTopographyLand Use ClassificationInterconnection CapacityCensus DataProperty Tax RecordsEndangered SpeciesOil & Gas WellsTransmission ProximityFlood Plain DataSoil ClassificationZoning OrdinancesMoratorium FilingsCommunity SentimentTax AbatementSetback RequirementsSubstation CapacityRoad AccessWetlandsEnvironmental ReviewParcel SizeTopographyLand Use ClassificationInterconnection CapacityCensus DataProperty Tax RecordsEndangered SpeciesOil & Gas Wells
Cemetery ProximityCoal Mine OverlayFAA AirspaceHistoric SitesPipeline EasementsDrainage DistrictsBuilding SetbacksNoise OrdinancesGlare AnalysisSlope GradeTree Canopy CoverAgricultural DistrictsFEMA ZonesTribal LandsUtility CorridorsCounty Comp PlansViewshed AnalysisWildlife CorridorsCemetery ProximityCoal Mine OverlayFAA AirspaceHistoric SitesPipeline EasementsDrainage DistrictsBuilding SetbacksNoise OrdinancesGlare AnalysisSlope GradeTree Canopy CoverAgricultural DistrictsFEMA ZonesTribal LandsUtility CorridorsCounty Comp PlansViewshed AnalysisWildlife Corridors
Oil & Gas WellsFarmlandEagle HabitatsWetlandsAquifersHydric SoilsSolar IrradianceWind Resource DataGrid CongestionCurtailment RiskBoundary SurveyTitle SearchMineral RightsSurface RightsLien SearchHOA RestrictionsConservation EasementsRight of WayEminent Domain RiskRate Case HistoryPPA Market RatesTax Equity AppetiteITC/PTC EligibilityPermitting TimelineOil & Gas WellsFarmlandEagle HabitatsWetlandsAquifersHydric SoilsSolar IrradianceWind Resource DataGrid CongestionCurtailment RiskBoundary SurveyTitle SearchMineral RightsSurface RightsLien SearchHOA RestrictionsConservation EasementsRight of WayEminent Domain RiskRate Case HistoryPPA Market RatesTax Equity AppetiteITC/PTC EligibilityPermitting Timeline

Real-Time Intelligence

Monitoring does not stop once a site enters the funnel. ScoutIQ tracks every signal that could affect your pipeline, refreshed every week.

Planning & Zoning

Tracks county planning activity, zoning ordinance changes, setback adjustments, and conditional use permits. The team knows about regulatory shifts before they affect projects in negotiation.

Moratorium Research

Monitors active and proposed moratoriums on energy development across every target county. Flags upcoming commission votes, draft ordinances, and sunset provisions so the team can route around risk.

Community Sentiment

Scans local news, public comment filings, social media, and county commission minutes for opposition signals. When resistance starts organizing, the team knows before it becomes a problem.

Resilience is not an afterthought. It is built into every active campaign.

Now Available to External Development Teams

Beginning today, external development teams can access ScoutIQ through a Development Services Agreement. The same rigor, the same standards, and the same discipline that built Palladium's pipeline are now available to developers in solar, wind, storage, and data centers across the country.

The next generation of power projects will need to be developed with the rigor the industry demands, at a cost that is lower than what developers have accepted in the past. The era of accumulating pipeline through manual, slow, expensive processes is over.

The developers who capture the opportunity ahead will not be the ones who screen faster in isolation. They will be the ones who screen smarter, reach the right landowners faster, and protect their pipeline when conditions shift.

The future of power development starts here.

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