Travis began his career in land access in 2006 in the renewable sector. He trained on the job with a company in Texas and learned both access and renewable energy at the same time. While the majority of his career has been supporting renewable energy projects, he has also supported power transmission and oil and gas development requiring access. He understands the difference in approaches and what considerations are important from sector to sector.
Chad and Travis discuss how much broad renewable energy knowledge was required, especially when Travis first started in the renewable sector. The expectation of stakeholders was for Travis to know about everything, from how wind turbines were built to how they were accessed inside, and how low to the ground the blades would get. Everything was questioned including where the equipment was from and what it looked like as well as the history of the developer behind the project. Travis has sound advice on strategizing and preparation for agents and insight on how green energy is slowly gaining more recognition and acceptance from landowners.
“There’s always been two things I’ve tried to press on my staff in the past. 1. You really need a sense of ownership in the project. Without that it is just a job and it’s just you knocking on a door trying to get a signature…. 2. Be prepared to be challenged and critiqued.” – Travis Warren
About Travis Warren
Travis Warren is a Business Development Officer for AmTrust Title Insurance focused on energy transactions, specifically in the renewable energy space. His project experience involves development, land acquisition, title research and curative, landowner engagement and community outreach, and project management.
Prior to joining the AmTrust Title team in Houston, Travis spent 15 years in the land service industry working on renewable energy, oil and gas, and transmission projects throughout the United States. After graduating from college at Lubbock Christian University, he joined a land service firm in Midland, TX working on several land acquisition assignments for wind energy companies before joining an aggressive development at Padoma Wind Power as an Assistant Development Manager. In 2010 he began working independently as a land agent for numerous renewable companies which grew into his own right of way firm, MAS Field Services, LLC, that he later merged with Contract Land Staff and subsequently took over as Vice President of Renewable Energy.
Travis has worked for many of the key development firms in the renewable space in wind, solar, and storage projects from coast to coast. A few of the project highlights that he has been involved in are the Roadrunner Solar Farm in Upton County, TX, the Buckthron Solar Farm in Pecos County, TX, the Holstein Solar Project in Nolan County, TX, the Langford Wind Project in Tom Green County, TX, The Amazon Solar Farm Ohio in Brown County, OH, the Skeleton Creek Wind project in Major, Alfalfa and Garfield Counties, OK, and the Sagamore Wind Project in Roosevelt County, NM.
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