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Midwest farmers receive about $12,000 per wind turbine

Bob Morris, on Sep 26, 2009, 1:48 pm

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Rain or shine. Good harvest season or bad. And they don’t have to do anything. Such wind turbine royalties could certainly make the difference between a small farmer making it or going under.

Category: Renewable energy, Wind turbines | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

  • cheryl

    Some of the windiest land is Kansas ranch land and those folks started putting in turbines – great way to keep the ranch running in a bad year. And the turbine guys are nicer to deal with and don’t trash the land like the oil and gas lease folks.

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  • http://www.asymptoticlife.com DJ

    It wouldn’t take many turbines to support a family at $12K a pop. (Two would do it for us!) After that, it’s gravy.

  • http://www.windturbinestar.com windturbine

    How much is the rated power of this turbine? If it is a 10kw wind turbine. This income is very high. The ROI is 3-4 years. This is a very efficient payback time.

    • http://polizeros.com Bob Morris

      The photo is just a generic photo of turbines, not the ones referred to in the article.