Energy developers are approaching farm families across Illinois right now. If you have been contacted — or want to be ready before you are — this is the right time to talk.
WHY WE’RE DIFFERENT
Farmer-Backed. No Financial Stake in Any Deal.
UnCommon Energy is a for-profit renewable energy company built exclusively to serve the long-term financial interests of agricultural landowners. We are a subsidiary of UnCommon Farms, which is backed by farmer investors, giving us a structural alignment with the farmer that outside energy developers cannot claim.
Every other energy company approaching farmers right now has a financial interest in closing a deal. We do not. Our only interest is the farmer’s long-term outcome. If a deal does not make sense, we will say so.
“Every other energy company approaching farmers right now has a financial interest in closing a deal. We do not. Our only interest is the farmer’s long-term outcome.”
— Jack Scatizzi, Managing Director, UnCommon Energy
OUR SERVICES
Three Ways We Work With You
Whether you want to cut your energy bill, understand what your land is worth, or build a long-term development strategy, there is a place to start.
Farm Energy Systems
Reduce the energy costs of your operation. We design and install behind-the-meter solar, fuel cell, and battery storage systems, and manage every incentive application on your behalf.
Rural Energy Asset Consulting
Understand what your land is worth beyond row crops. We assess the highest and best use across your parcels and develop strategies that create new income using battery storage, microgrids, solar installations, and data-center opportunities.
Energy Development & Landowner Representation
Build a long-term development plan for your land. We help farm families coordinate multi-use energy development, and work to make sure you own what gets built, not just the lease payment.
We will tell you when a deal does not make sense.
UnCommon Energy has no financial stake in whether any particular project gets built. That is not a tagline. It is a structural fact. Our business is built on your long-term outcome, not the commission from a deal that may not serve your family.
THE URGENCY
Why Farmers Are Being Approached Right Now
Federal legislation signed in 2025 set a construction start deadline of July 4, 2026 for solar and wind developers to protect their tax credit eligibility. That deadline is driving aggressive, high-pressure activity on farmland across the country.
Farmers are receiving more calls, more proposals, and more pressure than at any point in recent memory. The decisions being made right now will affect farm families for 30 years or more.
UnCommon Energy exists to make sure you have someone on your side of the table before you sign anything.
We’re helping farmers evolve from operators of farms to leaders of diversified rural businesses.
Food will always be the foundation. But the farms of the future will produce food, energy, and data infrastructure — all on the same land.
— Matt Ronken, CEO, UnCommon Farms
GET STARTED
Ready to understand what your land is worth?
Illinois farm families who have been approached by energy developers — or who want to understand what their land is worth before that conversation happens — are encouraged to reach out directly.
Or call us directly: 314-374-9044