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JHAP, I really like having a windmill (especially wrt utility bills and aesthetics), but I am working infrastructure improvements and plan on adding electric aeration in the future. You have mentioned most of the drawbacks to windmills already.

One thing I have learned about solar here is that inverters (to run AC loads off DC batteries) are very inefficient. So if you use an AC aeration system, you would have to upsize the solar cells and batteries notably, with associated costs.

On more thought, If I ended up using a DC solar system in your shoes, I would add a small inverter for occasional use of AC stuff (saws, drills, etc.) while I was at the pond.

No life on Mars to speak off; both Marsopolis and Marsport basically roll up the sidewalks after dark.