Comment by pjc50

There's a certain type of person who fantasizes about being off-grid, but the few that actually live it know the hassle and generally want to get back on if feasible.

Battery costs might go down, but the space they take up on your property costs money as well, which only gets more expensive the more urban you are.

The island of Eigg has a micro-grid. Not individual houses, a micro-grid.

The UK is going to be a wind power island not a solar power island, and definitely not an individual solar power island.