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Guides for landowners

Plain-English guides with sources you can check, written for people weighing a solar, wind, or storage offer on their land.

Is your Texas land usable for solar? A site checklistAcreage, grid access, slope, flood, wetlands, habitat, minerals, and taxes: what developers screen, and what you can check for free. What Texas solar leases pay, and why the numbers are hard to findReported per-acre ranges, who reports them, how payments are structured, and questions to ask about any offer. Mineral rights and solar leases in TexasThe dominant mineral estate, the accommodation doctrine, a real solar court case, and what to ask before signing. Texas decommissioning law for solar and battery projectsRemoval, restoration, financial assurance, and the 20-year timing detail most landowners miss, from the statutes. Battery storage leases in TexasSmall footprints, substations, reported rates, safety, and the 2025 battery decommissioning law. Solar site software: what landowners and developers useFree government maps, low-cost apps, and professional developer platforms, with prices where published.

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Click your land on the map to get its free land report: flood zone, wetlands, nearest power line, soils, survey location, and the half-mile, 500-acre standout test. In Texas, parcel acreage fills in automatically.