Turn Your Land Into a Hassle-Free Income Source
Your property could bring America one step closer to energy independence while generating passive earnings for your family. When your land is utilized for renewable infrastructure, you can feel good knowing it’s being put to its best and highest use without lifting a finger.
Our Process Maximizes Efficiency While Minimizing Impact
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The first step in our process happens before you hear from us. When considering a potential solar or battery storage project site, our experts perform a meticulous desktop analysis of the property, assessing environmental factors, current and alternative land use, and existing infrastructure. This ensures a stronger success rate when we begin working together.
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Once a site has been pre-qualified, our team will get in touch and begin working on a customized proposal for your land. We will never offer anything less than a competitive rate—sometimes up to 3-5 times the market value—and once a contract is signed, your payments begin right away.
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At this stage, we conduct a series of environmental screenings and viability studies to determine project feasibility. These studies happen over a 2-5 year period. They are non-invasive and you can continue to use your land as you please.
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Once viability studies are complete, project development is fully underway. During this phase, we work on community engagement, permitting, zoning, financing, design and engineering, and, ultimately, construction. Construction for most projects spans 12-24 months from breaking ground. No work is required of you beyond granting access to your land, and we pride ourselves on clear communication every step of the way.
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At this stage, construction is complete and the project becomes fully operational. Your property is now contributing low-cost, renewable power to the grid without any maintenance from you or detriment to the land.
We’ll Never Waste Your Time
Before connecting with prospective landowner partners, we always do our due diligence. Your success is our success, so we invest time and resources upfront to pre-qualify your land before we reach out. This simplifies the process for you and increases your likelihood of maximizing your land’s full value.
Put Your Land to Work for Your Family and Your Community
Our Team’s Projects Have…
Put millions of dollars in landowner’s pockets
Created thousands of American jobs
Enabled 13.3GW of power
Seasoned Partners You Can Trust
With a combined half-century of expertise, our team navigates the complexities of next-generation power projects with precision and foresight, increasing the likelihood of project success. We know what to expect, and we’ll never blow smoke. We’re partners that do what we say, say what we do, and always aim to underpromise and overdeliver.
Our Development Partners Choose Us for a Reason
Our landowner relationships are only half of the equation. Learn what we can do for utilities, IPPs and other developers, too.
Landowners’ Frequently Asked Questions
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With a collective half-century of industry experience, we are seasoned experts ready to navigate the complexities of renewable energy projects with precision and foresight. We believe in consistent, transparent communication as a cornerstone of successful partnerships, keeping you informed at every step of the journey. Choosing to work with NewEdge means selecting a partner rooted in experience, driven by integrity, and dedicated to project success.
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We develop all of our projects with community enrichment in mind. When you host renewable energy infrastructure on your land, you help create a local power source that enhances energy security and improves grid stability. Surrounding land value is not affected and your community will likely experience economic growth as renewable projects generate tax revenue and create new jobs.
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Once landowner negotiations are complete, the development process to bring a utility-scale solar farm or large-scale battery storage project to fruition takes 3-7 years on average. The development process for community solar projects takes 1-3 years on average.
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Yes, you retain the right to access and use your land as you see fit until construction begins. The viability and project development processes are non-invasive and will not impact soil fertility.
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Safety is paramount in all that we do. Solar and battery storage technologies are generally considered safe, and rigorous safety measures and regulatory compliance are essential to our project development process. You can have peace of mind knowing we cannot and will not sacrifice safety.
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We offer both long-term lease and purchase options. Whether you retain ownership of your land following project completion will depend on your agreement terms, site specifics and your individual goals.
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Beyond granting access to your property, no work is required of you. Our team and our development partners manage each project from inception to completion.
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Every project and contract is unique, and terms will depend on project size and type, location, market variability and other factors. However, we will always offer a competitive rate, outpacing market value.
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We believe our landowner partners deserve transparency, and that means setting realistic timelines. Developing solar and battery storage projects involves a lot of red tape and the process can often move slowly. In our extensive experience, a typical project development timeline spans 3-7 years depending on the market.