Islands have been among the earliest adopters of renewable energy and microgrid technology because of the imperative to reduce the economic impact of expensive fuel imports. But, we […]
May, 2018
Bringing Energy Access to Micronesia
HOMER Energy conducts training missions all over the world to share knowledge about distributed energy in general and teach people how to use the HOMER software. In one project in Micronesia, the challenge was to figure out how to bring electricity to 40,000 people across hundreds of islands in the
South Pacific:
After the Storm: Off-Grid Solar+Storage Brings Hope to Puerto Rico
In late September of 2017, Hurricane Maria pummeled the island of Puerto Rico, ripping out its aging, indebted and poorly maintained electric grid by the roots. Island residents […]
HOMER Pro Joins a Team in the 2018 U.S. Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition
A team of students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison is used HOMER® Pro to create economic models for their entry in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) “Collegiate Wind Competition.” The project was to create wind-powered microgrids to power EV charging stations across the windiest part of the Great Plains: