The greatest compliment is “shaking on it” with a new landowner partner when coming to an agreement of working together to develop one of your most important belongings - your land. Outshine Energy takes that handshake and its agreements to its landowner partners very seriously. These long-term commitments are among the most important Outshine Energy makes in its day-to-day operations.
If you’re a prospective landowner partner and we’re visiting about your property, we’ve already, or will in short order, conducted a comprehensive site analysis to determine the suitability of the property for renewable energy development. Beyond identifying sites that hit the mark in being suitable for development, Outshine Energy actively seeks to partner with landowners interested in diversifying their income from solar, wind, and energy storage development.
Once we’ve shaken on it and reached a formative agreement, Outshine Energy will begin its development process. The average project timeline from signing the ground lease to operation of the farm is 18-60 months. During the development process, in order to determine the site’s viability, Outshine Energy will invest several hundred thousand dollars before construction. There is no cost or risk to the landowner as it solely rests on Outshine Energy as the developer. While preliminary studies show strong potential, the next steps will include: engineering studies, utility electrical interconnection review, environmental assessment, and following the local jurisdiction’s permitting process.
This process can be summarized in the following steps:
- Preliminary Review & Siting
- Project Origination
- Engineering & Design
- Electrical Interconnection
- Permitting
- Financing
- Construction
- Commercial Operations
- Asset Management
- Operations & Maintenance
There remains a risk that the investment and diligence will determine that the property is not feasible for a farm. If this occurs, Outshine Energy will lose the money invested to date in the site’s development, the lease obligations will expire, and you’re free to use the property as before. The desired goal is bringing a farm into operation to generate lease payments to you, so our mutual interests are fully aligned. It is important to note that option payments begin before the farm is constructed and lease payments begin when the garden generates electricity.
If you’d like for Outshine Energy to conduct a complimentary assessment of your “back forty” as a prospective project, don’t be a stranger, we’re here to help… and eat barbeque. We love good barbeque.