Information for Prospective Land Leasers

Property Owner Opportunities

LIFE Co-op Vision

Harvesting the wind can be quite profitable if your property is suitably located. Initial development costs and many resources can be shared when partnering with LIFE Co-op. There are a number of different ownership models that make it feasible for landowners to turn wind into a stable, long term income. We invite property owners to come forward and have their land included in our feasibility study.

Livestock Operations

Don't waste your waste. The goal of the currently ongoing bio gas study is to develop a ownership model and train a management team that will allow livestock farmers to operate successful bio gas installations. These installations would generate methane gas as a power source for gas motors to produce electricity and heat. We invite farmers to have their farm included in the study.

Volunteer Opportunities

LIFE Co-op is built on volunteers sharing their skills and knowledge, be it by serving as a director on the board, by joining one of the working groups during a specific project, by assisting our staff in some of the tasks in the day to day operation, or representing LIFE Co-op at events and meetings.

Investment Opportunities

Each project will offer its own investment opportunity as it is developed. A Calculator is being prepared that will allow you to match your investment with your electricity needs. In general, a $7,000 investment in a large wind turbine project will produce the share of electricity needed by an average household, but the electricity cannot be fed directly to your house. It must be sold to the Grid (at a premium see: OPA Standard Offer Program) and you as a shareholder of the Co-op will receive annual dividends for it.

Bio-gas Opportunities

The benefits of biogas generation as an energy source are many fold. The skill set of the operator monitoring the day-to-day operation determines the success. The benefits to the farmer are extra income, home grown energy in the form of gas, electricity and heat. The benefits to the community and the environment are reduced odor from manure and groundwater protection.

Methane gas (one of the worst greenhouse gases) is captured and not released in the atmosphere. Waste material from food processing is turned into compost and returned to the fields instead of burdening limited landfill space. Bio-gas installations create workplaces.

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