The 7th Annual HOMER International Microgrid Conference (HIMC) will take place on Oct. 7–9, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, MA. Come and connect with a global community of microgrid professionals for the purpose of advancing high-quality, profitable distributed energy systems in off-grid, remote, and grid-tied settings. This key event is a unique forum for industry experts, policymakers and entrepreneurs to come together to share successes, technologies, business models, and develop goals together to drive our industry forward. We’d like to introduce you to one of our exciting keynote speakers, Peter Asmus, who will be providing an overview of the current global microgrid market.
July, 2019
Webinar: Progress Through the World Bank’s Global Facility for Minigrids with Peter Lilienthal and Jon Exel
Join HOMER energy CEO, Peter Lilienthal, and the head of the World Bank Global Facility on Mini Grids, Jon Exel, for a discussion on mini grid development around the world and share experiences of the energy access impact they have made with the Global Facility on Mini Grids.
Welcoming Our Newest Component Partner: EnerSys
We are excited to welcome the global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications, EnerSys, as our newest Partner. You can find and use their powerful and reliable batteries for your distributed energy system models in the HOMER Pro software. EnerSys® offers customer-centric solutions for power generation industries worldwide.
UL Joins the Microgrid Community as a Platinum Sponsor for the HOMER International Microgrid Conference 2019
We are very excited to announce that our friends at Underwriters Laboratories (UL) have joined us as a platinum sponsor for the 7th Annual HOMER International Microgrid Conference. We look forward to having them involved with this important event to discuss the microgrid industry’s bright future and how we can solve some of the challenges facing it today, together.
HOMER Grid Users Can Now Model Demand Response for Distributed Energy Systems
HOMER Energy LLC announced today that the HOMER® Grid software for modeling the economic and engineering feasibility of grid-tied hybrid renewable energy systems now includes the capability to model the economic benefits of participation in demand response contracts. This new feature allows facility managers and owners to more fully understand the economic potential of distributed energy at their facility. Project developers and demand service providers can communicate and capture how participation in demand response contracts can work in concert with peak shaving and other incentive programs to benefit their customers and investors.
HOMER Energy Presents at a World Bank Meeting in Ghana
HOMER Energy CEO and co-founder Dr. Peter Lilienthal has just returned from a trip to Ghana where he was invited to speak at the World Bank conference in […]
Fort Collins 2019 Symposium on Microgrids
HOMER Energy CEO Dr. Peter Lilienthal will be speaking at the international, invitation-only Fort Collins 2019 Symposium on Microgrids. He’ll be making a presentation on “Understanding the Economics of Solar Plus Storage.”
CARILEC 2019
Join us at the Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Conference. To be held at the InterContinental Hotel in Miami from September 15-19, the conference will explore “Rethinking Resilience in an Era of Disruption.”
Bolivia Embarks on Microgrid Strategy as Part of Universal Energy Access Goal
The Bolivian government has launched an ambitious plan to diversify its national energy portfolio and improve energy access for populations living in rural areas. That plan involves investments in renewable energy and microgrids, for which HOMER Energy is providing training:
Container Microgrids: Lowering Costs Through Modular Design and Streamlined Engineering
In the ongoing effort to lower the cost of microgrid deployment, one concept that continues to evolve is that of the modular microgrid, best expressed in a system that can fit inside a single shipping container. It’s not a new idea. What is relatively new is a complete, stand-alone hybrid renewable energy system, such as the ones designed by BoxPower and Arizona State University:
Mini grids can deliver electricity to half a billion people
The World Bank has issued a new study on the potential of microgrids / mini grids to provide energy access to 500,000 people who still live without electricity. The report says that mini grids can complement extensions of the traditional grid system as well as the deployment of solar home systems in remote areas.