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Is the project real, and will it get built?

Before you buy or invest, find out whether the project's story holds up. Spark's acquisition due diligence checks the permits, approvals, power, and local politics behind any project, from proposed to operating, and gives you a clear underwriting verdict in about a week.

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Built for

Investors, acquirers, and consultants underwriting a deal at any stage

You send

An address or project name, plus a teaser or data room if you have one

Turnaround

About 7 business days, delivered on a call with an expert

What's in a Spark due diligence report

Every finding is cited to a filing, meeting record, or public source.

Site and location

Address, municipality, county, and new build or refurbished

Parties

Developer, owner, operator, tenants, and utility

Status and timeline

Dated filings, hearings, approvals, construction, and energization

Permits on record

What has been filed and approved, checked against our permit matrix

Local environment

Moratoria, zoning posture, and community sentiment

Risk assessment

Permitting, power, litigation, political, and timeline risk

Underwriting verdict

Whether the seller's claims check out, and what to ask next

Not included: land records, on-site generation analysis, live energization levels, interconnection queue position, and facility specs (PUE, redundancy tier).

How it works

  1. 1

    Share the deal

    Send the project address or name, and any teaser or data room.

  2. 2

    Our experts do the research

    A Spark analyst reviews filings, meeting records, and local news, and checks every finding against the seller's story.

  3. 3

    Get a clear answer

    A cited report and a call that walks through risks and open questions for the seller.

Pricing

Spark subscribers save 40% on every expert report.

Standard

Full diligence on one project.

  • Everything listed above
  • Cited, shareable PDF
  • Delivery call with a Spark expert
  • About 7 business days

Available add-ons

  • Data room review (up to ~200 documents), against our checklist or your own DDQ

Gold

Standard, plus the power picture.

  • Everything in Standard
  • Serving utility
  • Utility and grid approvals on record

Available add-ons

  • Data room review (up to ~200 documents), against our checklist or your own DDQ

Underwriting a deal?

Book a consultation and we'll scope your acquisition due diligence around your timeline and questions.

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Questions? Email support@sparkhq.ai

Free for developers

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Zoning, community sentiment, moratoria, and political stakeholders, with every finding linked to its source.

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