Stakeholders in D.C. are developing policy and process recommendations around Microgrids and DERs

The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) has consulted on grid modernization program for the District of Columbia, organizing stakeholder input and recommending a regulatory framework for microgrids. Join us at the HOMER International Microgrid Conference, October 7-8 to learn more about this exciting project from SEPA speaker Jared Leader:

Artificial Intelligence: Could AI catalyze the microgrid market?


What’s the best way to integrate and optimize high concentrations of distributed energy resources and respond to grid events rapidly? Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) believe that the answer lies in energy systems that can make decisions and respond to events without human intervention—an autonomous microgrid, supported by machine learning:

HOMER Energy 2019 Conference to Explore Rapidly Diversifying Microgrid Market

The 7th annual HOMER International Microgrid Conference will take place in Cambridge, Massachusetts from October 7-9. Acknowledging the explosion in popularity of microgrids worldwide, the conference will explore the lessons that can be learned from pioneering microgrids in remote locations, and examine what insights can be applied to new grid-connected projects. In addition to domestic applications, leading microgrid innovators will present case studies from around the world:

Microgrid Wisdom After the Wind

Adam Eberwein, Director of Microgrid Operations for EarthSpark International, explains what the company learned about resilient design of microgrids after Hurricane Matthew destroyed so much of Haiti. Adam will be speaking on Resilient Microgrids at the HOMER International Microgrid Conference in Cambridge October 7th:

Peter Asmus, Navigant: Perspectives on Arctic microgrids

Navigant Research has just published a new report, Microgrid Innovation in the Circumpolar Arctic, that highlights the energy leadership underway in remote northern regions. Report author and Navigant research director Peter Asmus says microgrids compensate for high fuel costs and lack of electric power infrastructure, providing reasonably priced, increasingly sustainable power to over 1.5 million people in Alaska, Greenland, the Canadian Arctic and part of the Russian Arctic. We’re honored to share his perspectives:

Demand response programs create new value for distributed generation

As distributed generation continues to grow at rates that outpace predictions, more utilities are turning to demand response programs as a way of managing loads dynamically. Once the realm of large industrial customers and some innovative residential programs, demand response will soon be an option for any owner of distributed generation, particularly if it has energy storage:

Meet The HOMER International Microgrid Conference Keynote Speakers: Peter Asmus

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.

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.

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.”

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:

Demand response – coming soon to HOMER Grid

Demand response programs are evolving to meet new kinds of load management challenges that utilities are facing. The evolution of distributed renewable energy resources is prompting more utilities to implement demand response programs. As a result, HOMER Energy is upgrading HOMER Grid, our primary tool for designing behind-the-meter distributed energy systems, to include financial modeling of demand response:

HOMER International Microgrid Conference – 2019 Agenda

Join us from October 6-9 at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, MA for the 7th annual HOMER International Microgrid Conference. We will be exploring the world of microgrids – from energy access in developing countries to innovations in grid-tied systems in the U.S. The industry’s foremost designers and analysts will be on hand to provide their vision of the industry:

Falling Renewable Power Costs Open Door to Greater Climate Ambition

Over three-quarters of the onshore wind and four-fifths of the solar PV capacity that is due to be commissioned next year will produce power at lower prices than the cheapest new coal, oil or natural gas options, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). That makes renewable energy the least-cost climate solution, IRENA says, and prices will continue to fall into the next decade: