Solar powered garden office? Possible?

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I could not find a decent home with an office so I'm thinking garden unit. What are options if you don't want huge heating bills? Will solar work all year around? What about wind power?
Anyone done one with renewable cheap energy for heating?

Best idea is to run an armoured cable from the house electric supply to the office & fit a split AC unit/heat pump. Considering the insulation standards of a garden office (low), nothing else will really work.

not really practicable.

A house-size array in July might bring in an average of 13kwh per day

which I suppose would run your lights, radio, phone charger, PC, standby battery

but your shed might have a roof only a tenth the size

so very little

Additionaly, it gives power when the sun is shining. If you face due south, mostly between 10am and 4pm

And in the winter, practically nothing

if you can manage the weight of a calor gas cylinder, it would heat your garden building, and you can run LED lamps on batteries as they use so little power

But I agree with @FurierTransform, you need to run an electricity supply to it.

Maybe include a water pipe in the trench for your tea kettle and handwash basin; you can have a garden tap as well which is sure to be useful.

And I would insulate floor, walls and ceiling, and line with ply, or it will be too hot in summer and too cold in winter and you will waste energy trying to overcome it.

And I would insulate floor, walls and ceiling, and line with ply, or it will be too hot in summer and too cold in winter and you will waste energy trying to overcome it.

DH has done this with his garden shed office. Bought a thick walled wooden shed, added thin sheets of silver (like an emergency blanket for runners), then blocks of insulation to the walls, floor and ceiling. Then ply boards to cover it all. Underlay and carpet. He has electricity via a buried armoured cable plus a small solar panel. There's a standing heater plus one on the ceiling. Having a second window, even a small one, means you can get a through breeze in summer so you don't cook!

The places that supply the cabin kits usually offer insulation.
Ours has insulated walls and floors but needed two electric heaters in winter (plus warm clothes). It was at least £10-15 a week to heat.

If you are in the UK then solar in winter isn't going to help you much. Wind turbines produce very little power if they are domestic size, unless you happen to be on a massively exposed hillside with a strong prevailing wind. Stating the obvious, you need something with excellent insulation if you want to minimise heating costs.

Thanks for the replies. I think I might have to give it a miss!