Market pressure in the solar and storage sectors often favors low-cost solutions, but long-term success depends on balancing price, quality, and reliability for assets designed to operate for decades.

Start small. “If you want to know how to reduce your impact on the world, you have to start with the little things,” said Palo Altan Tom Moutoux, indicating concern with the global-warming threat.

This is Part 2 of a two-part series that explores the economics of going completely off-grid with solar. Part 1 focuses on what it actually means to go “off-grid” and how to start thinking about ...