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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1565213" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>It all depends where one lives, and how much open land is available as competition. </p><p>Scroll down to "How Much Money Can A Solar Farm Make?"</p><p>https://www.landmarkdividend.com/solar-farm-land-lease-rates/</p><p></p><p></p><p>https://strategicsolargroup.com/what-is-the-average-solar-farm-lease-rate/</p><p><em>"Now that you know more than you ever wanted about the solar land market in the United States, let's talk rates per acre. A 10 acre site next to a substation outside of an urban area with high land prices might be justified in asking $2,000 per acre. Even in rural areas of North Carolina or California where demand for small solar sites is high, rent over $1,000/acre would be common by a substation with capacity. Larger tracts over 100 acres for major power plant projects commonly rent at $300 to $500 an acre across Texas and normally around the $500/acre range across most of the Southeast. Large tracts can sometimes fetch upwards of $800/acre in Illinois, Virginia and the Carolinas depending on numerous factors. High priced, large tracts in California's Central Valley might go for $1,000 per acre.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Before you use this information to start negotiating against a solar development company, I will leave you with a bit of controversial advice. The best deal is one that's fair for you as the landowner and the developer, not one that puts either party at a disadvantage. Your instinct might be to get every last penny possible from the developer, but I have seen this backfire more times than it works. In a large project where acreage is assembled from numerous landowners, the family that has the highest rent on paper is often the one who ends up with nothing as the developer constructs on everyone else's property. Even in projects where your property may be the only land leased, electricity is a commodity and the developer's customers will buy the cheapest energy from among the reputable companies. If you have a contract that entitles you to above market rental rates, this decreases the chance the developer can sell the power and, thus, lowers the probability that you end up with a solar farm."</em></p><p></p><p>I wonder how a solar farm affects property taxes? I have to assume the landowner would lose his ag exemption for sure, tho the proceeds from the lease would surely make up for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1565213, member: 18945"] It all depends where one lives, and how much open land is available as competition. Scroll down to "How Much Money Can A Solar Farm Make?" https://www.landmarkdividend.com/solar-farm-land-lease-rates/ https://strategicsolargroup.com/what-is-the-average-solar-farm-lease-rate/ [i]"Now that you know more than you ever wanted about the solar land market in the United States, let’s talk rates per acre. A 10 acre site next to a substation outside of an urban area with high land prices might be justified in asking $2,000 per acre. Even in rural areas of North Carolina or California where demand for small solar sites is high, rent over $1,000/acre would be common by a substation with capacity. Larger tracts over 100 acres for major power plant projects commonly rent at $300 to $500 an acre across Texas and normally around the $500/acre range across most of the Southeast. Large tracts can sometimes fetch upwards of $800/acre in Illinois, Virginia and the Carolinas depending on numerous factors. High priced, large tracts in California’s Central Valley might go for $1,000 per acre. Before you use this information to start negotiating against a solar development company, I will leave you with a bit of controversial advice. The best deal is one that’s fair for you as the landowner and the developer, not one that puts either party at a disadvantage. Your instinct might be to get every last penny possible from the developer, but I have seen this backfire more times than it works. In a large project where acreage is assembled from numerous landowners, the family that has the highest rent on paper is often the one who ends up with nothing as the developer constructs on everyone else’s property. Even in projects where your property may be the only land leased, electricity is a commodity and the developer’s customers will buy the cheapest energy from among the reputable companies. If you have a contract that entitles you to above market rental rates, this decreases the chance the developer can sell the power and, thus, lowers the probability that you end up with a solar farm."[/i] I wonder how a solar farm affects property taxes? I have to assume the landowner would lose his ag exemption for sure, tho the proceeds from the lease would surely make up for it. [/QUOTE]
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