>>[Windmills] nearly never put out as much power as the proponents say they will.
And they don’t necessarily generate WHEN you’d like to use power, so if your talking off-the-grid capability, you need some way to store energy. Battery banks are expensive and must be replaced periodically.
Around here, that’d only be about 1-2% of the time.
We’re kind of weak in the sunshine department, especially in the winter, but rarely lack for wind.
IMO, some electricity would be better than none. If the town could at least provide most of the time for the residents, that would work for me.