THE ENERGY PARK CONCEPT
What Is an Energy Park?
An energy park is a coordinated, multi-use development strategy deployed across a single landholding. Rather than responding to whoever calls first with a lease proposal, an energy park strategy starts with your land, your operation, and your family’s long-term goals — and builds a plan that deploys the right development in the right place across your parcels.
An energy park is not a single installation. It is a master plan for what your land can produce over the next generation. Different parcels may be suited to different uses, and a well-designed energy park captures value from all of them in a coordinated way.
Components can include: Utility-scale battery storage · Solar installations (grid-scale) · Microgrids for neighboring industry · Data centers · Community power development · Microreactors
DEVELOPER ADVISORY
When a Developer Calls — We Step In on Your Side
When outside developers approach farm families with proposals for large-scale projects, they come with lawyers, contracts, and decades of deal experience. Most farm families do not have anyone on their side of the table with equivalent expertise.
UnCommon Energy steps in as the landowner’s independent advisor. We review contracts, identify what is missing or one-sided, ask the questions farmers may not know to ask, and deliver a direct recommendation. We have no financial interest in whether the deal gets done — only in whether it is right for your family.
That recommendation includes telling a farmer to walk away when the deal does not make sense. We will do that.
“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 the deal is wrong for them, we are going to say so.”
— Jack Scatizzi, Managing Director, UnCommon Energy
THE OWNERSHIP GOAL
The Goal Is Ownership — Not Just a Check
On larger projects, UnCommon Energy’s stated goal is to help the farm family own the development on their land rather than lease the ground to a developer who captures the asset and its long-term value. A lease payment ends when the lease ends. An owned asset appreciates, generates income, and passes to the next generation.
We work with each family to structure ownership in a way that fits their situation: farmer-funded, bank-financed, or supported by a capital partner. If ownership is not achievable given the specifics of a project, we will say so directly — and work to secure the best possible alternative outcome.
GET STARTED
If a developer has approached you — let’s talk before you sign anything.
Illinois farm families who have been approached by energy developers — or who want to build a long-term strategy before that happens — are encouraged to reach out directly.
Or call us directly: 314-374-9044