Comment Re:To streamline future posts (Score 1) 311
That's why most solar installations are tied to the grid: you help your local utility meet their peak demand during the day, and they let you use cheap electricity at night. Wind tends to blow whenever it wants to, and this power could come from a faraway wind farm in Wyoming. In fact, there were reports recently that wind farms often have to be turned off at night because there is not enough power demand: http://bit.ly/nightwindsiemens