We would have more clean coal and NG planets.

My ranch is getting turbines to meet green energy requirement for the South East US..... 1500 miles of transition lines. Dumb. But what ever

500' in every direction-no build. The gravel road they build is one of the best. Noise is not a problem. Size matters on the turbine vs how much money you get.

In regards to Subsidies in South Dakota, the company that pays the initial capital for the turbines and roads and such are getting subsidies. What happens after that is they will sell everything to another company. It's an incentive to get wind up and running. A lot of times the same company will keep the investment.

If you don't agree with the installation when they are interested, you can bet they will approach your neighbors.

Heck no

What does the taxes do to you on your place when you have turbines?
I know you still can keep ag not sure about wildlife, just curious. They get 5-10 year tax break when installed from county.

Oil and gas wells deplete in a year

If it pays the note why not do it and put your current payment into a new place? Seems like youre on the cusp of having 710 acres, half pristine and half w a few eye soars

Exactly what I was thinking.

Read the contract very well. My uncle decided it wasnt worth it after reading. A lot of verbage pertaining to how much pay he would receive annually.

I work in the wind industry.

Typically, we clear about 2 acres for the pad. You can ask if they will build a smaller pad. We have some that are about an acre and the farmer plants right up to it.

On the payments, some companies offer a fixed annual payment or an annual royalty based on that turbine performance. Bigger risk/reward based on royalties. I've seen the annual payments be in the $5000-$10,000/turbine range. I've seen royalties up to $20,000 acres.

The Production Tax Credit (subsidy) goes away in 2020. Right now wind and solar are at about the same cost of energy as natural gas and it gets cheaper every year to build and operate wind farms.

Never heard of a blade being thrown a mile. Sounds like an anti-wind old wives tale.

Also, there should be no turbines built within 1.1 times the height of a property line. That is a typical setback in the industry.

As yes, you're neighbor will take the turbines if you don't want them.

I have seen no wildlife impacts on a property based on wind turbine placement. Wind turbines help a lot of ranchers and farmers stay on their land. The local communities and school districts also receive alot of tax revenue.

Good info there^

If a well depletes in a year, it was a really dumb operator that drilled it! Good production will last many, many years. I know, I'm in the bidness!

Yea, I worked on a lot of stripper wells over the 35 years in the service industry. Plus I have Royalty on some wells. Over head can eat a operator up, hauling salt water, electric bills, pumpers, pump replacements, work over rigs etc. The wind chargers just keep turning and land owners average 800 bucks per month. Flush production from a new well looks great but unless it's in a hot area it can be tough. If buying working interest in wells you better know the operator real good because some will operate you to death.

when the government subsidies quit, how much will they pay a year or month?

The turbine was on a ridge, Foote Creek in Wyoming and that sure helped it travel such a distance, documented. Looks like a tower failure somehow due to the high winds and blade failure.





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the subsidy is in the build. Better question is or will there be an interest in replacing them after thier useful life with out susbidies

No way, and from a real estate standpoint it devalues your land even more.

Wind turbines are a plague on the landscape

Not better that oil--but it is $, for the next 40 years.

Most studies use a life span of 20-25 years, so 40 years may be an overestimate.

The reclamation bond, IMHO is the most important aspect. If they pay for your ranch for the next 20 years, that's great, but you don't want to get stuck paying to get it back to how you want it for the 20 years after they're done with it.

Have you seen the copper and metal in that gizmo? $$$-also, what a great deer blind.

I fought a farm coming in around me with an attorney until two of my neighbors next to me rolled over. I dont have any on my land but do get an annual royalty. Dont expect to ever get more than 7K a year from a turbine, no matter what the Wind land man tells you. Cant stand them and have been on again and off again about selling my place. The worse scenario is when there is just barely enough wind to turn them because they are at a higher elevation but it feels/sounds calm at ground level. Sounds like listening to a babys heart beat on a sonogram cranked up to about 80 decibels (the closest one from the ranch house is about 1200 feet). Figured it dropped selling price of my place around $250K

Interesting no more then 7k? Regardless of contract?