Landowner Information

Landowner Benefits from Wind Power
• Wind turbines provide landowners a constant revenue source through lease and royalty payments.

• Wind turbines and access roads only take up an average of five percent of the land. The other ninety five percent remains open for previous land uses.

• Wind farms help create jobs and tax payments for the local community, benefiting landowners and towns alike.

How Cielo Works with Landowners
• Cielo builds high-quality access roads for site access which landowners can also use to access their property.

• Cielo will leave the land used for the wind development in the same or better condition than when construction began. Cielo uses double digging methods and reseeds the land after construction.

• Two easements are required to develop the property: (1) a road easement allows roads to be built so that construction workers and equipment can reach the turbine sites, and (2) a wind non-obstruct easement stipulates that the landowners will not build structures over a certain height, as a tall building or structure could potentially decrease wind in the area.

• Cielo provides a landowner liaison who is available to address questions and concerns of landowners, as well as provide inspections, safety reports, and a means of communication to construction workers and operations and maintenance staff.

• During operations and maintenance, Cielo does not allow firearms or hazardous materials onto the land, maintains access roads, maintains site security and promptly repairs any damage to the land or turbines.