CHAPTER 9

Solar Farm Site Selection with National Land Realty

Today there are over half a million solar installations operating in the United States and experts agree that this industry is ripe for continued growth and innovation. But what happens when a high-tech industry collides with the historically low-tech relationship driven real estate industry? Solar providers know the technology and financial part of the equation to continue to change the face of renewable energy, but in many cases, they are slowed down by the real estate process of qualifying sites and negotiating property leases.

Solar companies ran into such a problem several years ago when they set out to grow their solar facility networks on the East Coast. For a site to qualify ...

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