jason812 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:06 am I have looked into this as a way to get off the grid. From what I have discovered, if you want to get off the grid, solar, wind, and batteries are needed. To run a normal home, expect to spend $100k. On top of that, you have to replace and maintain the batteries and if you want the best performance, you have to change a lot of habits and possibly electric devices in your home. Unfortunately it's not as easy as put up some panels and turn the electric meter off. For wind, expect to put up a 30ft diameter windmill on at least a 100ft tower if you want anything out of it. I doubt many jurisdictions will let you do that but I have the luxury of being in the middle of nowhere.
Of course if it were just you and not your family, you could get this done a lot cheaper, I know I could as I could do without certain luxuries in life.
My neighbor is completely off the grid and only utilizes solar..... no wind. He also has a small (12x20) building dedicated to housing batteries and inverters. As I said he powers his complete (base farm) about 90 acres and the total cost was in the $60,000.00 range.