Rent Land For Solar Panels

Local solar projects start with solid land lease partnerships.

Rent land for solar panels.

Our lease agreements usually last for 30 years and rental payments are index linked and made quarterly in advance even before we install solar farm panels. 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. Whether you have a portfolio of properties or a single site we work with you to identify unused land and expansive rooftops ideal for leasing to a system owner. Cypress creek renewables is a national leader in local solar project development one of the secrets to our success is that we recognize the importance of the landowners with whom we negotiate our land lease agreements.

While there are countless misconceptions about solar projects and solar panels they are actually fantastic neighbors for anyone. Through solar land leases landowners can create decades of long term income a financial legacy for your family and your land. Solar projects have a short construction period typically lasting no more than two or three months. You have likely heard the concern that there are solar land lease issues associated with a solar lease agreement.

As solar panel technology improves new panels will be more efficient at harvesting solar energy increasing the amount of rent that the solar power company can pay while still earning a profit. 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. At the height of the solar boom in 2015 rents of 1 150 1 400 acre with an additional payment linked to the turnover from the site were possible but recently developers are being more. 7x energy is an established well financed developer of solar farms that provides clean energy to utilities municipals cooperatives and corporations.

The solar farms we develop require large amounts of land where we will ultimately place tens of thousands of solar panels. Solar developers pay anywhere from a few hundred dollars up to a few thousand dollars per acre leased. We are looking to rent land over 100 acres relatively flat well screened by hedgerow and ideally not immediately adjacent to a densely populated area or a historical monument.