Industries
Why Connecting a Power Project to the Grid Takes Years
Generation is comparatively quick to build. The queue to connect it, and the transmission to move it, are where projects stall.
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Theo Lindqvist
Industries Correspondent
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Theo Lindqvist covers the real economy: energy, transport, property and healthcare delivery. He is drawn to the physical constraints behind financial stories — grid capacity, port throughput, construction labour — and to the long lead times that make industrial businesses hard to turn.
- Covers energy, transport, real estate and healthcare
Stories by Theo Lindqvist
Industries
How Commercial Real Estate Is Valued, and Why Values Move So Sharply
Property values rest on two numbers: the income a building produces and the yield investors demand. Small changes in the second move the first a long way.
Industries
How Freight Rates Are Set, and Why They Swing So Violently
Shipping capacity is ordered years before it arrives and cannot be reduced quickly. That single fact explains most of the industry's volatility.
