HOMER Training in Crete, Greece – Tuesday, May 21 – Registration is Open

• What: HOMER Energy training – full day
• When: Tuesday, May 21, 2019
• Where: Out Of The Blue Capsis Elite Resort, Aghia Pelaghia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Please sign up before April 19th so we can guarantee the course!

Learn how energy modeling with HOMER^® software can reduce your financial risk and help you identify the most cost-effective system configuration. The comprehensive reports that are produced in the HOMER modeling process are also an excellent communications tool, bridging the gap between project developers, engineers, financial professionals, utility personnel and others. After the HOMER training, attend the two-day Hybrid Power Systems Workshop, presented by Energynautics.

Whether you are designing a solar+storage system, or one that includes CHP, diesel generators, wind or other components, the HOMER software can help you calculate the complex trade-offs that are part of any hybrid energy system.

Originally developed over twenty-five years ago at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the HOMER software has become a global standard for engineering and financial analysis of hybrid distributed energy projects, whether off-grid or grid-tied.

HOMER Pro is enormously versatile and can model anything from a building to an entire city. It is ideal for modeling a broad variety of hybrid projects including remote off-grid and island systems.

HOMER Training at Hybrid Power Systems Workshop

This course will be taught by Dr. Peter Lilienthal, co-founder and CEO of HOMER Energy, and the original developer of the HOMER software at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). It is an in-depth, full-day introduction to the HOMER software. After taking this course, participants will be able to do their own analysis with HOMER, and have a good understanding of the simulation-optimization-sensitivity analysis paradigm, which is at the core of the HOMER software. In particular, participants will be able to:

• Integrate solar, wind and storage in an island microgrid model
• Evaluate the financial benefits of adding storage to a hybrid system with PV and diesel backup
• Explore the sensitivity of a least cost system design to key variables, such as interest rates and diesel fuel prices.
• Explore the financial, service quality, and environmental implications of 100% renewable systems
• Attendees will not only learn how to analyze these systems, but understand the tools in HOMER for communicating their findings with others and selling their design concepts to financiers.

What to bring: Participants should bring their own laptop. HOMER software runs on the Windows operating system so if you have a Mac, we recommend installing Parallels. Parallels is a virtual machine software and has a free three-week trial. It allows you to install the Windows operating system on your Mac laptop.

Terms:

We reserve the right to cancel the workshop in the case of insufficient enrollment. We need to have at least 10 people signed up by April 19th in order to reserve our space at the hotel. So please do not hesitate!