Farmlands as Source of Renewable Energy

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If you are a farmer, it may be a really good idea to allow commercial wind turbine company from Minnesota to come in and erect their turbines on your property. Each large wind turbine needs to have a certain amount of space around it for safety purposes, usually this is about an acre of land. They need this space in case something tragic happens, and the turbine comes down. However, this doesn't mean that the surrounding land can't be used for a myriad of different purposes in addition to having the structure set up, the land can be used for crops, or even allowing cattle to roam around.

Ranchers and farmers have discovered that their land can serve a dual purpose, saving the planet while using their land for their own needs. A lot of people who want to do this may ask themselves what kind of arrangement is made, and how much they can expect to receive. There are two different ways to set up wind turbines on your property. One is the set rental rate, where you charge a certain amount for the company to rent the space, or you can even receive an annual percentages of the gross revenue from the production of electricity. In some cases, you may even be able to have some of this wind electricity siphoned off to power your farm.


In general you can expect as a farmer to make from 3-5 thousand dollars a month, depending on the size of the wind farm in Minnesota project, how much electricity the farm can produce, and how much the capacity of the turbine itself is. Nowadays, with wind turbines getting more and more sophisticated, this income can be substantially more. These contracts for lease are at least twenty five years, so this can offer the farmer or rancher a substantial, steady income, no matter what problems they may have with the prices of beef, milk or crops.

In addition to the steady income generated by windmill farms on your land, there are numerous other advantages. One of the biggest is that you are contributing to your community, but allowing alternative power sources to come into rural areas, cutting down on the costs of natural gas, and other non renewable resources. Ranchers and farmers are constantly facing higher utility bills, and this energy is usually produced by the burning of fossil fuels, with is contributing to global changes in climate. This also allows you as well as your neighbors to convert to electrically operated machines and equipment, running these for practically free.


You can find out an abundance of information about getting commercial wind turbine company from Minnesota to lease your property. You can find out what the many benefits are of leasing your land, and any disadvantages if any. If you are interested in making a steady income from you farm or ranch, even when the economy is normally in a slump, then getting in on the wind farm revolution is something you should really think about.

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Leslie is a pre school teacher at McKinley High School in New Jersey. She loves music and painting.

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