I am so glad to see you post this article. Only 2 wks ago, we had 2 men come to our property to discuss adding wind and solar to a home we wish to build and found we DID NOT need to be on the grid and could heat with wood/propane logs...and not even need a heat pump! No more electric or water bill as we’ll have well and septic, so we’ve made up our minds that spending 15-20K and be totally self-reliant is best way to go (besides, we’ll be nearly a mile off hard top road).
Even using a small unit that goes on top of your own home will help with your light bills. I am so looking forward to getting out of town and being in the woods away from the crazy folks...other than my husband and I ;>)
I would like to find a good “starter kit”. Can’t afford to run the whole house on solar, but augmenting with periodic upgrades would help. Biggest drain now is air conditioning, which fortunately hits when there’s most sun.