Ha! I have done the same evaluation for my location (also grey much of the year) and came to the opposite conclusion. I do have reservations about winter, but they’re more about the duration of the day. Thankfully that’s also when we get a lot of wind.
Yeah. Wind (plus batteries) will likely have to remain a grid thing for the days when the sun just won’t cut it. I’d like to get to full autonomy mostly for peace of mind reasons but I don’t see that happening, barring storage advances that would allow storing power across seasons.
Still, mostly full solar with a wind-powered grid as backup would already be amazing, and it’s just plain fantastic that we’re making good progress in that direction.
Ha! I have done the same evaluation for my location (also grey much of the year) and came to the opposite conclusion. I do have reservations about winter, but they’re more about the duration of the day. Thankfully that’s also when we get a lot of wind.
You gonna do home wind turbines?
I mean, you gonna do home nuclear?
They do have home wind turbines but they don’t look that practical.
Yeah. Wind (plus batteries) will likely have to remain a grid thing for the days when the sun just won’t cut it. I’d like to get to full autonomy mostly for peace of mind reasons but I don’t see that happening, barring storage advances that would allow storing power across seasons.
Still, mostly full solar with a wind-powered grid as backup would already be amazing, and it’s just plain fantastic that we’re making good progress in that direction.