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- Freelancers (1 person company)
- Microbusiness (2-10 people)
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- Medium Business (51-250 people)
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Core Features
Heatmap Pro combines regularly updated local intelligence with predictive models and community engagement resources to help users evaluate the political and social conditions surrounding infrastructure development.
Opposition Tracking: Maintains a nationwide database of contested clean energy and data center projects, including permitting disputes, project cancellations, zoning moratoriums, and local opposition. Information is updated daily using local reporting, public records, and direct contact with US county officials.
Opposition Risk Forecasting: Generates an Opposition Risk Score for every US county and ZIP code. Its models incorporate project outcomes, local regulations, demographics, politics, economic indicators, and environmental information to estimate the likelihood of community opposition.
Public Opinion Analysis: Provides proprietary polling on solar, wind, battery storage, nuclear, geothermal, transmission infrastructure, and data centers. National polling results are modelled at county and ZIP-code levels to help users understand geographical differences in public attitudes.
Local Regulatory Intelligence: Tracks ordinances and moratoriums affecting clean energy and data center development. Regulations are categorized according to whether they restrict or enable projects, helping developers identify potential permitting barriers and monitor changes in local policy.
Project and Portfolio Risk Comparison: Enables users to compare development risks across locations, identify more favourable markets, and monitor changing conditions across project portfolios.
Closing Insights
Heatmap Pro was announced in 2024 as an extension of Heatmap News' climate journalism and research activities. Its US coverage now encompasses all 3,100-plus counties, with intelligence spanning renewable energy, battery storage, transmission infrastructure, and data centers. The platform's emphasis on community opposition distinguishes it from conventional project databases and engineering-focused site-selection software.
The platform's expanding coverage of data centers broadens its relevance beyond renewable generation. Nevertheless, its geographical focus remains the United States, and its predictive scores should be treated as risk estimates rather than guarantees of project approval. Heatmap Pro is commercially available through a subscription model, with pricing provided upon enquiry. Prospective customers can request a demonstration to assess its suitability.