I’m too far north for solar to provide anywhere close to enough power for 5 months of the year, even if I have it overbuilt to x4 of what I need in the summer
I’m in a low average wind speed area (less than 4 m/s) - making wind power about 3x more expensive than solar. Also local law effectively prevents me from settting it up (minimum distance from residential rule)
no net metering available, net billing rules suck
grid is at capacity, so getting new solar connected is problematic and even if you manage that it won’t accept your output through most productive months of the year
my car is a relatively new hybrid (but not a plug-in one) - I’m not replacing it until I run it into the ground
tl;dr; my auto consumption will be low, grid won’t accept extra power greatly extending the break even period
At least I’m using biomass for heating - wood or sunflower shell pellets.
I wish it made sense in my case:
At least I’m using biomass for heating - wood or sunflower shell pellets.
Where do you live?