Subsidy free onshore wind offers one of the highest returns for little land take, due to the size and power of the turbines. It would not be unusual to see rents of £30,000-£40,000 per turbine. Many developers are now looking at co-location of wind and batteries or solar and batteries and, in some instances, all three. The difficultly with wind turbines is that, by their nature, they can only be built in certain locations. Smaller turbines and solar can work on farms, and private wire opportunities are still available to high energy users. If you can provide a plan of your estates, we can review and advise on the best opportunity.

Very few EV sites have been built to date, but it would be viable to locate a site on an ex landfill site if it had been appropriately capped. Solar PV schemes have been built on capped landfill, for example.

There are no strict subsidies at present, but grants are available for certain charge points / circumstances. The income comes primarily from charging the electricity back at a more expensive rate than purchased from the grid or generated from renewables. This becomes more complex where batteries are involved, as there are income stacking revenues.

If the land leased is only exclusive to solar then you will lose APR. You can recover some of this if you maintain the right to graze around the panels. With BPR, it is difficult and would have to be considered against the business as a whole. When looking at a development you should also look at IHT and CGT as there will be implications on both. We would always advise speaking to your accountant before proceeding.

Yes, depending on the local grid import / export capacity. The battery storage projects could utilise a range of revenue streams to make a project like this to become viable.

Unfortunately not, but we would be happy to help answer any questions.

The battery storage operator would try and utilise multiple revenue streams available for this type of projects to help create a financially viable project. Focusing on just load shifting could limit this.

The location, connection cost, environmental factors and planning are all combined to determine the size of scheme developers will look at, and each will have their own thoughts on what they deem acceptable. It is often around 80 acres total. Smaller schemes can still work when there is an opportunity to sell the power directly to a high energy user, and these can be a small as 15-20 acres.

Any of the presenters would be more than happy to review land parcels for potential opportunities, including the technologies not covered in the presentation.