It is complicated that is for sure. The fact that you know your lost is a great starting point and it's going to get worse before it gets better. At least it did for me.
IMHO, I would try to install electric if I could. It was too far and too cost prohibitive so I bought windmills. There was no solar options or I didn't know about it 12 years ago. For me windmills have worked ok for my location. Knowing what I know now and where the solar technology is today, again IMHO, I would't buy a windmill.
So for me its simple grid electric first and solar a very distant second. Windmills are going to be obsolete (of course this is just one MN'ers opinion and the windmill guys are going to disagree I'm sure
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