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Barnstable County, MA interconnection queue

1 interconnection applications are pending in Barnstable County, MA, requesting 500 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 2 projects have been built here and 29 have been withdrawn since 1998.

Pending applications
1
of 32 ever filed
Capacity queued
500 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
338 MW
2 projects connected
Built vs decided
6.5%
29 withdrawn
Median wait
2.2 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
1.6 GW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by ISONE. Parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Data as of 15 August 2026. A queued project is a request, not a commitment.

What is waiting in Barnstable County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Battery1500 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built2338 MW6.2%
Still pending1500 MW3.1%
Withdrawn291.6 GW90.6%
Suspended00.0%

Withdrawal is the ordinary outcome of an interconnection application nationally, not a sign of a problem in this county. Most withdrawals are a developer testing a site and moving on.

The largest projects on file

ProjectFuelCapacityStatusFiledQueue
HVDC LineNuclear1.0 GWwithdrawn2015-02ISONE
Battery StorageBattery500 MWactive2024-05ISONE
Canal 3Gas333 MWcompleted2014-03ISONE
Battery StorageBattery200 MWwithdrawn2021-12ISONE
Energy StorageBattery150 MWwithdrawn2017-11ISONE
Battery StorageBattery143 MWwithdrawn2018-03ISONE
Group @ Hatchville 936 - EMA ASOSolar18 MWwithdrawn2022-06ISONE
Eversource Group @ Sandwich 916Solar12 MWwithdrawn2020-04ISONE
Group @ Orleans 975 - EMA ASOSolar10 MWwithdrawn2022-06ISONE
Eversource Group @ Valley 715Solar10 MWwithdrawn2020-04ISONE
Eversource Group @ Falmouth 993Solar8 MWwithdrawn2020-04ISONE
Hyannis 961 - EMA ASOSolar5 MWwithdrawn2022-06ISONE
Solar + Battery StorageSolar5 MWwithdrawn2021-04ISONE
ENA Old Falmouth Road PV + StorageSolar5 MWcompleted2020-04ISONE
Sandwich 916 - EMA ASOSolar5 MWwithdrawn2022-06ISONE

How this county ranks

Barnstable County ranks #618 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #4 of 12 in Massachusetts.

Other Massachusetts counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Bristol County21.4 GW
Middlesex County51.3 GW
Suffolk County2550 MW
Norfolk County2470 MW
Berkshire County2426 MW
Essex County2425 MW
Worcester County2384 MW
Hampden County2295 MW

Go deeper on Barnstable County

The interactive map plots every one of these applications, and a generated county report puts them in a sourced PDF with the date each figure was true on every page.

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