{
  "as_of": "2026-10-23",
  "records": [
    {
      "name": "Rooftop solar",
      "size_mw": 0.005,
      "years": 0.3,
      "premium": true,
      "note": "Quick and small, but costs more per unit than a solar park."
    },
    {
      "name": "Diesel generator",
      "size_mw": 0.5,
      "years": 0.2,
      "premium": true,
      "note": "Instant backup at the highest running cost of any option."
    },
    {
      "name": "Grid battery",
      "size_mw": 100,
      "years": 1,
      "premium": false,
      "note": "Built in about a year; prices fell 8% in 2025."
    },
    {
      "name": "Solar park",
      "size_mw": 500,
      "years": 1.5,
      "premium": false,
      "note": "Cheapest new power in most of the world."
    },
    {
      "name": "Electrolyser plant",
      "size_mw": 100,
      "years": 2.5,
      "premium": true,
      "note": "First-of-a-kind plants cost more than twice what industry can pay for hydrogen."
    },
    {
      "name": "Onshore wind farm",
      "size_mw": 300,
      "years": 2.5,
      "premium": false,
      "note": "Cheapest power where the wind is good."
    },
    {
      "name": "Gas power plant",
      "size_mw": 1000,
      "years": 3.5,
      "premium": false,
      "note": "Turbine order books now set the wait."
    },
    {
      "name": "Transmission corridor",
      "size_mw": 4000,
      "years": 4.5,
      "premium": false,
      "note": "Lines take longer than the plants they connect."
    },
    {
      "name": "LNG import terminal",
      "size_mw": 7000,
      "years": 4,
      "premium": false,
      "note": "Large, but needs ships and contracts to fill it."
    },
    {
      "name": "Small modular reactor",
      "size_mw": 300,
      "years": 5.5,
      "premium": true,
      "note": "Smaller than large reactors; first units still cost more per unit."
    },
    {
      "name": "Coal plant",
      "size_mw": 1600,
      "years": 6,
      "premium": false,
      "note": "Two 800 MW units, the usual Indian order."
    },
    {
      "name": "Pumped storage",
      "size_mw": 1000,
      "years": 7,
      "premium": false,
      "note": "Long-lived storage, slow to build."
    },
    {
      "name": "Large nuclear",
      "size_mw": 1400,
      "years": 9.5,
      "premium": false,
      "note": "Interest during a long build can rival the cost of the equipment."
    },
    {
      "name": "Large hydro dam",
      "size_mw": 2000,
      "years": 10.5,
      "premium": false,
      "note": "Difficult sites and consent make it the slowest build."
    }
  ]
}