We have just realeased 15 training videos to help you get started modeling in HOMER Pro! Recorded by our team of software and energy engineers and availble to watch anytime, they are sure to help you understand how the software works and help you get started simulating systems today. Topics covered include Components, Economics & ROI, Resources, System Optimization, Sensitivty Analysis and more!
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HOMER Energy's partner >Aquion Energy recently had Terry Holtz attend our 3rd Annual Microgrid Conference. This year’s theme was “Economically Integrating Storage and Renewables for Resilience, Grid Stability, and Remote Power,” so the focus was on microgrid technology, business models, planning, design, and deployment. More than 150 people--50% more than last year--from across the industry attended the conference.
Read the writeup on what he found to be most revealing about the energy storage community in Australia.
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 Western Australian wave power company Carnegie Wave Energy has revealed that it is collaborating with WA network operator Western Power to develop the world’s first wave-integrated renewable energy microgrid project to be connected to an electricity network.
The Garden Island Microgrid Project will consist of Carnegie’s CETO 6 array, which is currently in progress, as well as the existing reverse osmosis desalination plant that is currently operating on Garden Island after being switched on last week.
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Households in Senegal could soon be able to light their homes using their mobile phones. Two French start-up companies have come up with a new streetlighting system using a smart card which will allow Africans to prepay their electricity.
The product called the Nanogrid aims to wean Africans away from traditional polluting sources like kerosene to solar power on a continent where 900 million people don’t have access to electricity.
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 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Our Nation’s critical infrastructure is central to our security and essential to our economy. Technology, energy, and information systems play a pivotal role in our lives today, and people continue to rely on the physical structures that surround us. From roadways and tunnels, to power grids and energy systems, to cybersecurity networks and other digital landscapes, it is crucial that we stay prepared to confront any threats to America’s infrastructure. During Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, we rededicate ourselves to safeguarding our infrastructure by staying attentive, alert, and ready to respond to any threats toward our homeland and our assets.
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| HOMER NEWS & EVENTS |
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Solar and storage are driving the rise of 'nanogrids.' But the smaller the grid, the bigger the challenge for utilities.
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Connecticut yesterday launched its long-awaited third-round of microgrid funding, which will offer $30 million in new grants. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) will begin accepting applications December 10. A project can win $3 to $5 million. Both municipal and private microgrids can apply.
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The energy offshoot of US asset management giant Brookfield has signed a deal with property group LWP to build a new suburb near Newcastle that will not connect to the grid, in a move that could be a blueprint for more such development and shapes as one of the biggest challenges to the incumbent energy industry yet.
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The time has come to unleash full electric competition by creating a grid of microgrids, and the nation’s capital city is a good place to start, according to a new report.
The DC Public Power (DCPP), an organization pushing for local energy, proposes that the District of Columbia move away from what it describes as today’s outmoded utility model and replace it with a competitive grid of microgrids.
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Microgrids are beginning to pop up around the country, and they present a big opportunity for disruption.
As the energy industry changes, it's important for investors to look at where the market is headed and what will lead the way. In electricity, one major market development is something known as a microgrid.
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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) said Wednesday it will help finance the research and development (R&D) of a model for shared solar photovoltaic (PV) generation and energy storage capacity in metropolitan suburbs.
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Power grids that work at a fraction of the scale of a traditional utility have gained support from banks and developers as a way to bring power to the 620 million people across Africa that lack access to electricity.
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| PARTNER NEWS & EVENTS |
April 13–15, 2016 — Kansas City, MO
Conference members will tour the Milbank Institute of Training and Technology in Kansas City, MO. The 6,000 square foot site houses the company’s UL Testing and Research & Development labs, as well as the training and technology center. The highlight of the tour will include an interactive presentation of Milbank’s state of the art smart technology for managing microgrids – SynapSuite. Milbank will also feature case studies of the patented technology in action with real time data and results. SynapSuite starts by connecting each generation source of a microgrid, including solar, wind, fuel cell, generators, batteries and more.
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