Waiting at the U.S. grid edge
Proposed generation and storage capacity active in U.S. interconnection queues at year-end 2025. A queue is a development signal—not built capacity.
Berkeley Lab · Queued Up 2026
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Why now
The Constraint
Power is the visible bottleneck. The larger opportunity sits between primary energy and the work a facility actually needs.
Public context
The grid is carrying more than electrons.
It carries development timelines, equipment constraints, geography, and the requirement to balance supply and demand every second. These figures are dated context—not forecasts for SynrgyONE.
From request to operation
Median interconnection-request-to-commercial-operation time for projects completed in 2025, where data were available.
Berkeley Lab · Queued Up 2026The grid build required by 2040
Power lines the IEA says must be added or replaced by 2040 to meet national energy and climate goals—roughly today’s entire global grid.
International Energy AgencyLost in U.S. delivery
Estimated average electricity transmission and distribution losses in the United States across 2018–2022.
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationAverage large-transformer age
DOE’s 2024 report, citing a 2014 estimate, says installed U.S. large power transformers average about 40 years old; typical intended life is also about 40 years.
DOE · LPT Resilience Report 2024Large-transformer lead times
DOE reported lead times up to and exceeding 36 months, with constraints in specialty steel, copper wire, other materials, and skilled labor.
DOE · LPT Resilience Report 2024Beyond the meter
Quantity is not the same as usefulness.
Exergy measures the maximum useful work available relative to a defined environment. That lens connects fuel throughput to the electric, thermal, cooling, and water services a site actually needs.
≈66%
Under LLNL’s accounting, about two-thirds is classified as rejected energy.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's 2023 U.S. flow chart shows 61.5 of 93.6 quadrillion Btu classified as rejected energy—65.7%. The chart uses national and sector efficiency assumptions; rejected energy is not equivalent to technically or economically recoverable waste heat. Recovery potential depends on temperature, source, timing, and end use.
Separate accounting bases: LLNL's economy-wide chart and DOE's CHP application-efficiency range cannot be compared directly. DOE says CHP applications can operate at 65–75% efficiency. Neither source validates SynrgyONE performance.
The design response
Build at the load. Preserve every useful grade.
SynrgyONE is developing a modular platform for coordinating electricity, useful heat, cooling, and water. Performance remains pending validation.
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