It's endlessly interesting to me to see how people in other parts of the world do off grid living, so thanks for sharing!
In our situation, and I'm in the midst of getting setup in a new location, we are not so far north, so I don't anticipate as steep of a winter drop off. However, we are on the edge of a national forest and part of the year their giant trees cut our solar hours down just due to the angles involved.
Not a solution for everyone, but, I've found that the wind just doesn't cut it as you mentioned, so we've scoped out a length of creek on our property and are hoping to pull an average of 12 kWh a day from it given the flow and vertical drop in the winter. Fingers crossed, at least. Got some engineering to do before we're set up, but I'm hoping 2023 is the year.
