Black & Veatch, global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) became HOMER’s newest Silver Industry Partner today, illustrating their seriousness about participating in the rapidly growing microgrid […]
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HOMER Optimizer™, a Faster Path to Finding Least-Cost Microgrid Options
HOMER Energy LLC announced today that its flagship software product, HOMER® Pro, now includes a new optimization algorithm that significantly simplifies the design process for identifying least-cost options […]
A Bright Future for Microgrids and Distributed Generation in Australia: Microgrid 2015 Wrap
More than 150 highly engaged people from 10 countries attended HOMER Energy’s 3rd and largest annual microgrid conference in Canberra, Australia on October 14 and 15 2015. The […]
HOMER Energy Industry Partner Featured on PBS News Hour for Non-Toxic Battery
One of the exciting things about working here at HOMER Energy is watching the world begin to understand the significance and importance of the possibilities for both hybrid […]
HOMER Energy Assists with Mini-Grid Solar Project in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania– Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency provided a grant to Rex Energy, one of Tanzania’s largest renewable energy solutions providers, for a minigrid […]
Australia Slashes Renewable Energy Target; HOMER Energy Heads There Anyway!
The Australian Government has just announced a precipitous drop in the 2020 renewable energy target, from 41 to 33 terawatt hours, according to an article published today in […]
Around the World with HOMER Pro – In 180 Days!
May 1, 2015 marked the 6-month point of our launch of HOMER Pro, and what a ride it has been. We knew that the product was catching on, […]
Modeling Grid Reliability with the HOMER Optimization Modeling Tool
One of the most common user requests that we have received over the years at HOMER Energy has been the ability to have the grid be unreliable. HOMER […]
Webinar: Batteries and the Grid, What’s all the fuss? Costing and modeling approaches with HOMER
This free webinar featured HOMER Energy CEO Dr. Peter Lilienthal joined by Rocky Mountain Institute Senior Associates Bodhi Rader and Devi Glick. The webinar reviewed the implications of […]
HOMER Pro Training in Manila on June 20
On June 20, 2015, HOMER Energy CEO Dr. Peter Lilienthal will present an all-day training in the HOMER software in Manila. The training will focus on the most […]
Deep Dive Workshop: Modeling Hybrid Renewable Microgrids with the HOMER Software
HOMER Energy invites you to join us for a workshop in Manila, Philippines on June 15, 2015 as part of the 2015 Asian Clean Energy Forum. The workshop […]
New Options for Academic and Student Licensing of the HOMER Modeling Software
One of the most gratifying things I have seen as I have watched HOMER Energy grow has been the interest of academics in using HOMER – from the […]
HOMER Software Plays Key Analytical Role in Economics of Load Defection Report
The HOMER hybrid renewable energy economic optimization model is showing its power in a new way – by driving the analysis behind the ground-breaking report, “The Economics of […]
Watch our Webinar Recording Now: Tour of HOMER Pro
Have you wondered what HOMER® Pro is all about? Now, for the first time ever since its release in October, 2014, HOMER software and mechanical engineers join HOMER […]
Canadian Solar Introduces the CS6K All-Black Solar Module Line into the Americas Market
GUELPH, Ontario, March 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Canadian Solar Inc. (the “Company”, or “Canadian Solar”) (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world’s largest solar power companies, today announced that it […]
A Technology-Driven Disruption of Historic Proportion: 70 Seconds to Explain
It’s no secret that NRG has been vocal and clear about its opinion of what is happening to energy, in the U.S. and the world, from their lead […]
Webinar: Tour HOMER Pro with the HOMER Pros
Have you wondered what HOMER® Pro is all about? Now, for the first time ever since its release in October, 2014, HOMER software and mechanical engineers join HOMER […]
HOMER Pro 3.1 to include new turbine components
HOMER Pro version 3.1, scheduled for release on January 20, 2015, will include new wind turbines by Xant and Enerra and the firstever hydrokinetic turbine by Smart Hydro […]
Major Update to HOMER Pro Microgrid Modeling Software Coming
HOMER Energy plans to release the first major update to their flagship product, HOMER Pro, on January 20, 2015. HOMER, which stands for Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy […]
Rocky Mountain Institute and Carbon War Room Merge
Two major non-profits active in the microgrid and distributed generation space – the Rocky Mountain Institute, originally founded by energy futurist and visionary Amory Lovins, and the Carbon […]
HOMER Energy Signs Northern Power System as First Gold-Level Industry Partner
HOMER Energy, developers of the HOMER Microgrid Modeling software package, has signed an agreement with Northern Power Systems of Vermont to be a gold-level industry partner. Boulder, Colorado, […]
Microgrid Categories for Quality Standards, Training, and Capacity Building
One of the great challenges facing the growing microgrid market is the wide range of applications, climates, cultures, resources, and costs associated with a highly dispersed market. The […]
Using HOMER to Model Advanced Inverter Technology in Solar-Plus-Storage for Boulder, Colorado
Solar plus storage has been pegged as a game changer for the grid-connected world, offering a mechanism that allows much higher penetrations of renewable energy than simple rooftop […]
Village Power – Back to HOMER’s Roots of Remote Hybrid Renewable Microgrids
The HOMER software is now in use throughout the world, for hybrid renewable power systems of all sizes. But HOMER’s roots at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory were […]
Call for Papers: Microgrid Deployment Forum
HOMER Energy will convene the Microgrid Deployment Forum 2013 in Cancun, Mexico, November 8 and 9 2013, in conjunction with the Solar World Congress, sponsored by the International […]
HOMER Software Training Institute Held
The first HOMER Software Training Institute was held at HOMER Energy headquarters in Boulder, Colorado, on June 13 and 14, 2013. The first day focused on the basic […]
Virgin seeks proposals for renewable energy project on Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island
http://pdf.reuters.com/htmlnews/8knews.asp?i=43059c3bf0e37541&u=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20130212:nBw126722a WASHINGTON–(Business Wire)– The Carbon War Room (CWR), Homer Energy, and Reznick Think Energy, LLC (RTE) launched a request for proposals (RFP) today on behalf of Virgin Limited […]
Will the real microgrid please stand up? (What is a microgrid and why should I care?)
This is the second post in the HOMER Energy Microgrid Learning Series, designed to help the layperson understand what microgrids are and why they will soon be a […]
Smart Microgrids: Scripps Ranch Recreation Center Microgrid Installed
After careful planning (and wise application of the HOMER software), the City of San Diego, California now has a smart microgrid. The solution, commissioned by Princeton Power, integrates […]
Island Energy: How to get to high penetrations of renewable energy on islands
With the cost of diesel continuing to rise and the cost of solar PV continuing to fall, the economics of renewable energy for islands, where diesel generation has […]