Depends a lot on how much you are going to be using it - i.e. and e.g. - weekends only, all summer, etc. Also - how much current you need when there. I've got two remote cabins with no grid power as well as my full-time home.
With the cabins - we use solar. At each we keep four 120 watt, 12 volt solar panels. A wind generator would rarely work when needed. We only use the cabins a few days at time, sometimes up to a week. And then - months might go by without us being there. Subsequently, we don't leave all the equipment there. Solar panels are always locked up inside when we're gone. We use a bank of six - six volt deep-cycle batteries - wired in parallel to keep total voltage at 12 VDC. 12 volts is harder to wire in long runs - but . . . it leaves the option of running 12 VDC appliances direct from the battery bank. We use a load-sensing inverter rated at 3000 watts - 12 VDC input and 120 VAC output. It senses demand and only turns itself on when AC current is needed. During the summer we leave the batteries there. In the winter - the batteries and inverter come home for safe storage. We also have a propane generator at both places that serves two purposes - #1 high current demand like running an AC welder or air compressor and #2 charging the battery bank if the batteries get run down from overuse, lack of sunshine, etc. With these setups - I run power tools while building, run fans, TV set, DVD player, water pump, CFL lights, computer, etc. System has worked out fine. Solar panels have just about always kept up with the battery bank charge - and this is in a low sunhine area of the Adirondack Mountains of New York - and with the panels on the ground just leaning against the cabin. They would be even more efficient if mounted on the roof. But - since we don't go there all winter, I'm not willing to leave them there for someone to steal. They cost $500-$700 each.
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