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, […]
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Hybrid Power Plant with Solar Panels and River Turbine an Optimal Solution for Decentralized Electrification in Colombia
A renewable hybrid system with solar panels and river turbine will be installed in Colombia this year. This project is part of the worldwide dena Renewable Energy Solutions […]
Microgrids and Reforming the Energy Vision: an Interview with Gil Quiniones of New York Power Authority
Interview with Gil C. Quiniones, President and CEO, New York Power Authority (NYPA) and Chairman, Electric Power Research Institute: Microgrids represent a challenging and alluring market opportunity in […]
Canadian Solar Announces Best-in-Class Warranty for Polycrystalline and Diamond Modules
HOMER Energy Industry Partner Canadian Solar, one of the world’s largest solar power companies, today announced that effective June 1, the company has been offering a new upgraded warranty on […]
Texas School District Lowers Peak Demand Using Ice-Based Energy Storage
Installation of IceBank® tanks allows Alamo Heights Independent School District to reduce peak energy consumption by more than 20 percent CALMAC®, a leader in energy storage systems, announced […]
EarthSpark Inaugurates Haitian Microgrid, Plans 79 More by 2020
On June 1, 2015, EarthSpark International inaugurated the EKo Pwòp microgrid which provides clean, reliable power to 430 homes and businesses in downtown Les Anglais in the South […]
Navigant Report Finds that Microgrid Market has Tripled in the Past Year
Navigant Research has released the eighth edition of the Microgrid Deployment Tracker, which reveals a robust global microgrid market. A host of new government programs has been launched […]
Northern Power and FIAMM Team Up to Deliver Innovative Energy Storage Solutions
HOMER Energy Industry Partner Northern Power Systems, a global power electronics company that designs, manufactures and sells smart power converter solutions for advanced grid support, generation and energy storage […]
Microgrid Powers Borrego Springs To Avoid Major Outage
In late May, San Diego Gas & Electric’s Microgrid powered the entire community of Borrego Springs during planned grid maintenance, thus avoiding major service interruptions to customers. In […]
Beacon Power and Chugach Electric Association to Deploy Hybrid Flywheel and Battery Energy Storage Project in Alaska
HOMER Energy Industry Partner Beacon Power, the world’s leading manufacturer of grid-scale flywheel energy storage systems, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Chugach Electric Association to […]
Schneider Electric to Introduce Energy Storage Offer and New Monitoring Solutions
HOMER Energy Industry Partner Schneider Electric™ Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for the solar power conversion chain, is proud to announce that they will be presenting […]
Advanced Microgrid Solutions Signs 500 MWh Energy Storage Deal with Tesla
Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) has announced that the company has selected Tesla as the primary technology provider for its groundbreaking utility-scale energy storage projects. Under the agreement, AMS […]
Penn State partners with Alstom to establish Microgrid Center of Excellence
Penn State has signed a memorandum of understanding with Alstom, a leader in smart grid and innovative utility solutions, to establish a global center of excellence for microgrids […]
Bringing Microgrids to Rural Villages
MIT team, working with villagers in India, designs peer-to-peer system to enable local power sharing. David L. Chandler | MIT News Office An estimated 1.3 billion people around […]
Northern Power Systems Launches Power Conversion Technology into Energy Storage Market
HOMER Energy partner, Northern Power Systems, a leading renewable energy technology company, has launched the next generation of its FlexPhase™ power converter platform specifically engineered to be integrated with […]
Advocacy Group Proposes New Market Player: The Microgrid Organizer
From : The Microgrid Resources Coalition has proposed a new microgrid participant — the microgrid organizer — which it hopes will eliminate complexities and confusion in regulating multi-customer microgrids… […]
New Report Finds that Microgrid Capacity Has Tripled in the Last Year
(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new Tracker report from Navigant Research tracks data on known grid-tied and remote microgrid projects in the operating, planned/under development, and proposed stages, including specific information […]
US Army Demonstrates Energy Informed Operations Microgrid
The US Army tested its base camp power and energy technologies during a demonstration on Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, April 13-24. The Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center […]
ABB and Samsung SDI Join Forces to Develop Microgrids Globally
HOMER Energy partner ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, and Samsung SDI, the leading manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote […]
Rural Electrification Models and Costs
On May 4, 2015, HOMER CEO Dr. Peter Lilienthal presented a webinar as part of the Clean Energy Regulators Initiative Webinar Programme on the topic of “Rural Electrification Models […]
Batteries for Your PV System: How Much Do You need?
With Tesla’s big stationary storage announcement last week, much attention was paid to how battery prices have fallen faster than expected. The $350 per kWh price for the […]
Powerhive Plans to Bring Microgrids to 200,000 Homes in Kenya
Powerhive, Inc. has announced that its industry-leading portfolio of off-grid metering and control solutions has successfully completed over two years of field testing in Kenya, paving the way for […]
Princeton Power Systems Energizes the Microgrid Market throughout the Caribbean
PRINCETON, NJ, Apr 23, 2015 (Marketwired) Princeton Power Systems — a leading global designer and manufacturer of technology products and embedded software for energy management, microgrid operations, and […]
Global Microgrid Market to Grow at 18.72% CAGR by 2019
(PRNewswire-iReach) Analysts at RnR Market Research forecast the global microgrid market to grow at a CAGR of 18.72% in terms of revenue and at 17.29% in terms of […]
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 […]
Power Outage in Washington, DC Highlights Need for Microgrids
Many parts of Washington, DC, including the White House, Department of Energy, other federal buildings and subway lines lost power on April 7th due to an explosion at […]
Microgrids and US Grid Security
In August 2003, a blackout affected a large swath of the Northeastern US and parts of Ontario: “Triggered by an unpruned tree branch in Ohio — coupled with […]
DC Microgrids Scoping Study: Estimate of Technical and Economic Benefits
Microgrid demonstrations and deployments have shown the ability of microgrids to provide higher reliability and higher power quality than utility power systems and improved energy utilization. The U.S. Los […]
Aquion Energy Demonstrates Hybrid Solar-Battery Systems for Cell Phone Towers
HOMER Energy partner Aquion Energy has published a case study demonstrating that a solar-battery hybrid system can effectively provide power for off-grid telecom towers. In developing parts of […]
Bosch to Receive $2.8 Million to Demonstrate DC Microgrid Project
The California Energy Commission has announced a proposed award to Robert Bosch LLC for $2.8 million to demonstrate its Direct-Current Building-Scale Microgrid Platform at a Honda Motor Co. […]