You leave out transport and mining cost again lucky. A gas plant doesn't run without lots of support.
We?? Agriculture is private business.
Agricultural is the main industry here in RRC, Tx and the land is being taken up at a rapid rate. I honestly never thought I'd see it happen but I guess things change. We have 3 factories here and one of them is a huge egg business that needs farm land for it's feed. The other 2 are fairly small and could close up at anytime. People are coming in and buying up the land for recreational purposes at an alarming rate. I get along easy enough with them but they definitely have a different way of thinking. Most are very nice folks just trying to get out of the ever expanding DFW metroplex.
It would still not even be close. True NG wells and the infrastructure to transport it take up very little land, usually dont interfere with much, and require minimal maintenance to operate.
I wonder if it will be in the solar companies contract to keep the roads up. When Atmos replaced 40 miles of pipeline a few years back they kept our roads perfect like you are describing for about a year, it was very nice. As soon as they left the county came by with a 50 yo maintainer and Fd them all up again. One of them on my West side is impassable in a pickup now. The road on my North side is terrible as well. I hope the Solar farm keeps maintains them for y'all.
I had a solar company as a client for 6 months while they were building 1100 acre solar farm. When I asked the office lady where all this energy was headed she say she had no idea they just build them
Wow. -how any acres did you contract? I realize you can't say how much they pay you but is it a month or yearly installment? Can you point me in the direction of where I can get more info on leasing ( reputable websites or companies to call) Not sure what to believe on internet these days so thought I'd ask please.Things are progressing. We love going out there every evening to see what was done that day. Finally drying out, they've hated the mud, but, they'll hate the dust and concrete hard soil. Picture is of the old entry i use to go in twice a day where there was nothing..
I've heard people say they got anywhere from $160-500 an acre so who knows what the average really is, I wouldn't tell anyone either
. Problem is unlike wind turbines you can't use the land for anything once the panels are up. The way land prices are going up around here I would hope the lease price is closer to $350-400 a year or more.
Actually you can graze slot of recent Solar ground. Usually done with sheep. Although there's been improvements made to allow cattle grazing. Elevated panels still allow 2/3of sunlight to reach the ground. In dry hot shallow soil areas that can actually improve the grass.I've heard people say they got anywhere from $160-500 an acre so who knows what the average really is, I wouldn't tell anyone either
Yes you are correct about the sheep, I never think sheep…lol. From what I understand 90% of this Solar farms budget is vegetation management.
We're all idiots for not raising sheep....... .... .
90 percent of maintenance budjet sounds very plausible. With very few "moving parts" and very small staff there is not much else to maintain.
