> I used to go on fly in fishing trips to central Ontario Canada.
I used to go up to a friend’s cabin on the French River in Ontario. We had a large automobile battery to run a car stereo and a small portable generator to keep it charged.
The cabin had a Franklin wood-stove and Coleman propane heater, with propane for lights, stove and fridge.
Boats were gasoline powered, obviously.
There was a fishing lodge a few miles down-river. It had three diesel generators running 24-7 to keep the fridges/ freezers and lodges powered. At night we could hear them, faintly but clearly. I recall somebody mentioned that it cost $10,000 per month to keep them running, as the diesel had to come 20 miles by barge from across the lake. This was also at least 20 some odd years ago and I’m sure it costs a lot more today. Costly yes but this was the cost of doing business. Solar ? Totally impracticable. Not to mention that the lodge closed in September and didn’t open till June.
One of the best fishing camps I went to in central Ontario could handle a couple of dozen of people. The camp operator had a big generator that ran continuously. It was basically for lighting and recharging fish locators. Running any fishing camp of any size totally on solar power is a non starter...