Project Development
Modern wind turbine access roads typically require only this width, allowing continued agricultural use of surrounding land.
What is 16 feet?
The initial phase of a wind energy lease, typically lasting 5 years, when the developer conducts studies and secures permits.
The initial phase of a wind energy lease, typically lasting 5 years, when the developer conducts studies and secures permits.
This document is recorded with the county to provide public notice of the lease agreement without disclosing confidential terms.
What is a Memorandum of Wind Energy Lease?
According to research, wind energy is one of the most environmentally friendly forms of electrical generation because it emits none of this
What is air or water pollution?
Based on 2023 Hopkins County tax rates, over 28% of the tax revenue from wind projects will go towards this important county infrastructure.
What is Road and Bridge Maintenance?
A typical wind project construction timeline takes this long to complete.
What is 12-18 months?
This one-time payment is made to the landowner when a wind turbine is installed on their property.
What is the Installation Fee?
According to standard wind leases, only this small portion of leased land is typically taken out of agricultural production for each turbine.
What is less than 1 acre per turbine?
In February 2023, this wind turbine manufacturer announced a new process that allows recycling of all existing composite blades.
What is Vestas?
Depending on the size of the project, a wind farm in Hopkins County could generate this much in annual tax payments.
What is $800,000 to well over $1,000,000 per year?
Wind turbine foundations typically have this diameter and depth.
What is 60-100 feet diameter and 10-15 feet deep?
These three periods make up the full term of a standard wind energy lease.
What are Development Period, Construction Period, and Operations Period?
This type of easement allows the developer to construct roads and transmission lines to connect wind facilities across the property.
What is a Transmission and Access Easement?
This phenomenon caused by wind turbine blades passing through sunlight is minimized through project design and typically affects homes for only minutes per day, if at all.
What is shadow flicker?
At peak construction, a typical wind project creates this many temporary jobs, plus 10-12 permanent operations positions.
What is 100+ construction jobs?
: During the operations period, this facility provides 24/7 monitoring of Apex wind projects.
What is the Remote Operations Control Center in Charlottesville, VA?
This payment is calculated by multiplying the Net Electrical Capacity by the Net Revenues for the Lease Year, multiplied by the applicable Lease Rate
What is Net Revenue Rent?
To protect neighboring properties, Apex Clean Energy implements this minimum residence setback distance for both participating and non-participating landowners.
What is 1,225 feet?
According to Dr. Jeffrey Ellenbogen, a neurologist at Johns Hopkins University, claims about adverse health outcomes from this type of sound are not based on scientific or medical literature.
What is infrasound?
According to the provided information, since 2017, Apex Clean Energy has contributed this much money to Texas communities through community benefits programs.
What is over $800,000?
This Texas law governs critical infrastructure projects in the state, prohibiting contracts with certain foreign-owned companies.
What is the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act?
According to Texas state law H.R. 2845, wind developers must provide this financial assurance before construction to guarantee proper decommissioning.
What is a cash escrow or performance bond equal to the Estimated Net Removal Cost?
For non-participating property lines and public road right-of-ways, Apex implements a setback equal to this multiple of the turbine tip height.
What is 1.1 times the turbine tip height?
During project development, Apex conducts comprehensive studies and works with the US Fish & Wildlife Service to protect these.
What are wildlife and sensitive habitats?
When agricultural land hosts wind turbines, this happens to family farms and ranches according to project advocates.
What is preservation of family farms and supplemental income that stays in the community?