List Your Future Lease Payments or Royalties for Sale for Free
Why Sell Your Lease Payments?
Payments Aren't Guaranteed
Your solar or wind lease payments or royalties aren't guaranteed- the developer can stop operating the energy facility at any time. Mitigate this risk by selling the future payments up front for a lump sum.
Beat Inflation
Most solar or wind leases include escalators to combat inflation, but these generally aren't high enough to outpace the current inflation rate, meaning that your lease or royalty payments are losing value over time.
Get Paid Up Front
Solar and wind leases can range from 20-50 years, with payments distributed at a fixed amount over this period. Instead of waiting years to collect your earnings, get paid up front for the future value of these payments.
Learn the estimated value of your solar lease payments
Interested in selling your solar lease payments up front for a lump sum? Learn the estimated value of your solar lease payments using our free calculator, must be used on desktop. To get the most value from your solar lease payments, list them for sale for free on LandApp's marketplace to start receiving offers from a competitive group of high-intent buyers.
Learn the estimated value of your wind lease payments
Interested in selling your wind lease payments up front for a lump sum? Learn the estimated value of your wind lease payments using our free calculator, must be used on desktop. To get the most value from your wind lease payments, list them for sale for free on LandApp's marketplace to start receiving offers from a competitive group of high-intent buyers.
Selling Renewable Energy Lease Payments FAQ
Solar and wind lease payments are typically structured as flat rent payments, where landowners are compensated for allowing solar or wind developers to use their land. In most cases, these agreements do not include royalties based on energy production. As a result, even if energy prices rise, your lease payments for either solar or wind will not increase accordingly.
Both types of leases often include a modest 1-3% yearly escalation clause. While some landowners assume this means their payments grow more valuable over time, the reality is that these increases usually fail to keep pace with current inflation rates. Consequently, the real value of solar and wind lease payments tends to decrease significantly over the life of the contract.
Yes, the developer or operator of your solar or wind lease can cease operating the facility at any time, which means your cash flow could stop as well. For both solar and wind farms, renewable energy credits often play a critical role in making the project financially viable.
However, these credits typically do not last for the entire duration of the lease and may expire before the term ends. Once the credits run out, the solar or wind farm may no longer be economical to maintain, prompting the developer to abandon the project early. As a result, your payments could end well before the full lease term is complete.
Many investors are paying landowners great prices to purchase the remainder of their wind and solar lease payments for a lump sum up front. Large financial investors are buying these wind and solar rent payments at extremely high rates due to pressures on them to invest in ESG or renewable energy-type annuities.
To determine a fair market value for your lease payments or royalties, use our calculators on this page- available on desktop only. You can work with an attorney or a licensed real estate broker to accurately assess how much you could earn by selling your lease payments up front for a lump sum. LandApp is not able to provide legal advice.
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