perspectives podcast series 2

Ep 8: Compensation for landowners as renewables surge

Solar and wind farms are increasingly a source of contention among rural landholders whose properties make the ideal location for development

March 28, 2024

Meet our speakers

Will Gurry

Head of agribusiness - value and risk advisory, JLL
Will Gurry
Head of agribusiness - value and risk advisory, JLL

Will is an agribusiness specialist, providing valuation, compensation assessments and consulting advice on broad hectare grazing and cropping properties, forestry portfolios, poultry farms and first stage processing facilities (abattoirs, grain receival sites, food processing / packing facilities). He has 15 years’ experience in agricultural service businesses, primary production and farm consulting.

Jamahl Waddington

Head of infrastructure Advisory, JLL
Jamahl Waddington
Head of infrastructure Advisory, JLL

Jamahl specialises in the acquisition of land and interests in land for energy, resource and transport projects. He began his career as a valuer before moving into land access and acquisition for infrastructure projects. At JLL, Jamahl heads the largest consultancy service of its kind for some of Australia’s largest infrastructure projects.

Larry Susskind

Professor, urban and environmental planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Larry Susskind
Professor, urban and environmental planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Larry has been teaching at MIT for 53 years. His research focuses on the theory and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution, the practice of public engagement in local decision-making, and renewable energy policy among other things. He is vice chair of the program on negotiation at Harvard Law School, and is the founder of the Consensus-Building Institute. 

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