Solar & Wind Farm Investing

[Matt Proudlove]

Does anybody have any experience or strong opinions about investing in a solar or wind energy farm? I’m not interested in the activist investor angle. How would the typical returns compare to residential real estate? Obviously financing would be more involved. It seems like the problems that this presents are preferable to the problems of residential real estate.

[Omar Khan]

@Matt Proudlove Don't agree with many of the posters. I don't know which American these folks live in but modern America has a dynamic and vibrant solar/wind energy industry with a ton of growth. TX (yes, TX!) is one of the biggest producers of wind energy. Sophisticated investors have made/are making a ton of money. 

The return profile and regulations differ by jurisdiction. Already the cost of producing solar is equal or better than coal and is fast approaching parity with other energy sources. Natural gas is still the king but that's another story.