I do have a funny story to share for this specific case:

A landowner wanted to run power to their land, they got quoted 100k and possibly 250k to run less than 2 miles of powerlines.

The land owner fired back with the question of installing solar panels instead as it would be cheaper and free.

The representitive replied with: "Look around you, there's no solar panels because they don't work."

Less than 100k later, the landowner had full off-grid power via solar and a backup generator.

I guess at the end of the day they saw all the sunshine around them and said: "You're right, all that sun is mine and mine alone."