@Eiregoat
i can't do pumped hydro here, there's not enough elevation and building storage is likely too expensive.
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/low-tech-solutions.html has pretty nice solutions, some are hard to rig into existing things though.
the compressed air storage (https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/05/ditch-the-batteries-off-grid-compressed-air-energy-storage.html) is interesting because it works without elevation. unfortunately you have a bomb in your yard then :)