Landowner Stories

Hear from farmer and rancher landowners about their experiences hosting renewable
energy projects.

“It’s not really so much solar, it’s about agriculture. And what this has created, it is a possibility… a possibility for the next generation.”

Meredith

Farmer – Ennis, TX

“Why do you think it’s okay to tell a farmer what to do with their land if you don’t farm?”

Wayne

Farmer – Salem, Ohio

“The thing I want most is to be able to perpetuate this ranch as a working cattle ranch… [The wind farm has] given me the financial latitude to, in a very careful way, hand over management of the ranch to the next generation.”

Pete

Rancher – Beaumont, KS

“These wind turbines were enough to power 10,000 homes…[]…it’s a sense of pride – you’re producing food for people and we’re producing electricity for people.”

Shelly  
Landowner – Montfort, WI

“[Solar] gives us an opportunity for the next generation to continue to be on this farm.”

Billy

Farmer, Starke County, IN

“One of the first things we did as a county council [after getting wind farms] was put in paramedics, because we couldn’t afford them before.”

Alan  

Former County Commissioner – Benton County, IN

“[Wind] has made a big difference as far as our assessed values, lowering property taxes – or all taxes, period…[] and if we didn’t have this [tax revenue] from the wind, I don’t know where we’d be.”

Bryan  
County Commissioner and Farmer – Benton County, IN