Optimizing Use of Land Resource for Renewable Energy Projects
Renewable Energy needs Land Like any other industrial unit, a Renewable Energy (RE) plant needs a reasonable extent of land tract. However, the unique characteristic of land resource in terms of fixed supply and dynamic demand makes land availability a key challenge for the RE developers. Source: Emerging Europe Ways of acquiring land/Types of land To understand the land dynamics of RE projects, it is imperative to understand the types of land that are available to be taken up for these projects and this can be based on the ownership of land – It can be- - Government owned land - revenue land; forest land; land given on patta to landless farmers ; waste land - Community owned land - Private land which is agricultural or non-agricultural in use - What are wastelands? With respect to land usage, there can be plots of land which as per the state governments are not being used – it can be private, government or community land. Some term these