A lease or option over part of your property, for a defined term, with payments that start before construction and continue for the life of the project. The rest of the property continues to be farmed.
For landholders
If we have approached you about your land
We are interested in your place because the wind or solar resource on it is good and there is a realistic way to connect it. Nothing is committed for a long while yet, and you can end the conversation at any point.
Access tracks, turbine or panel footprints, a substation compound, and construction traffic for a defined period. Stock generally continues to graze around fixed infrastructure.
Decommissioning and rehabilitation obligations are written into the lease and secured, so the cost of removal does not fall to you or to a future owner. Ask to see that clause early. It is the one most worth reading.