The global lithium-ion battery market was worth $11.7 billion in 2012 and is expected to double by 2016, according to Frost & Sullivan. This will happen despite the […]
More Than 400 Smart Grid Vendors Vying For $66bn Emerging Markets Opportunity
Across 35 emerging market countries, there are more than 400 vendors vying for the more than $66 billion smart grid market opportunity by 2023. Among these 400 vendors, […]
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 […]
Solar-Energy Storage Market to Reach Almost $2 Billion in 2018
According to a new report from NanoMarkets, revenues from batteries and supercapacitors for solar energy storage will reach almost $2 billion USD in revenues by 2018. Despite the considerable technological innovation […]
Report: Local Solar Could Power 10% of Country in 10 Years
Within a decade, more than 35 million buildings may be generating their own solar electricity (without subsidies) at prices lower than their utility offers, sufficient to power almost […]
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 […]
The Microgrid Learning Series: Introduction and Overview
Welcome to the first in a series of articles about microgrids, written specifically for people interested in clean energy and clean tech but without a background in power […]
HOMER helps bring electricity to remote areas of Afghanistan
Phys.org reported today that Mahdi, Sadiqi, a recent graduate of Kansas State University and native of Afghanistan, used the HOMER software to model robust, reliable energy systems for […]
Growth Forecast For Microgrid BRICS Market
A new report from Zpryme finds that by 2020, the total BRICS microgrid market is projected to reach $4.5 billion, with China accounting for 45% of the BRICS market at […]
Microgrid Market to Reach $14.92 Billion by 2020
SBI Energy has released a research study on microgrids, projecting the market will reach $14.92 billion by 2020. The study also projects the market value will experience a hefty 102.4% […]
Waking a Sleeping Giant: Boulder Software Firm Helps Meet Soaring Energy Demand in the Developing World
As demand for energy in the developing world grows more quickly than the ability to deliver it via a conventional grid, HOMER Energy of Boulder uses software its […]
HOMER Energy Welcomes NSF/ASEE Summer Fellows
This June, HOMER Energy welcomes two new members to the team. Steve Frank and Kathryn Schumacher are joining HOMER this summer as part of the NSF/ASEE Engineering Innovation […]
Microgrids Rank High for Top Utility Issues 2012
The Intelligent Utility newsletter lists their take on the: “Top Five Issues of 2012 (so far)”. Of the five issues listed two of them speak directly to the […]
End “Drive by Development” – HOMER’s Nathan Johnson Focuses on Rural Energy Needs
Nathan Johnson is working with HOMER Energy for a year through a fellowship provided by the National Science Foundation and the American Society for Engineering Education. Nate has […]
Microgrid Value Propositions
Microgrids are power systems that can operate autonomously using combinations of conventional generation technologies, such as diesel gensets and combined heat and power systems, renewable resources, other new […]
HOMER Energy: Only Identified Provider of Design Software for Microgrids
Pike Research featured only HOMER Energy as a provider of design software for the remote microgrid market, slated to reach $10.2 billion by 2017. Download this release Boulder, […]
Solar Energy International Honors Walt Ratterman as a “Solar Hero”
Solar Energy International of Carbondale, Colorado USA has a established a scholarship fund in honor of fallen solar hero Walt Ratterman, who lost his life in the 2010 […]
Microgrids and Our Energy Future: Two Pundits Weigh In
Although it’s a big stretch to say that power microgrids are “about” to become mainstream, two recent articles by thought leaders in the energy world illustrate that it […]
Microgrids Save Fuel – and Lives – in Afghanistan
Signal Magazine reports that a new U.S. Army generator technology is saving fuel and lives in the rugged terrain of Afghanistan: http://www.afcea.org/signal/articles/templates/Signal_Article_Template.asp?articleid=2761&zoneid=329 The 1-MW system is a microgrid […]
The Island Energy Challenge
Petroleum is the problem Islands face extreme challenges from an energy security perspective. Pipelines supplying inexpensive and plentiful natural gas are not an option for them. Only very […]
Leon Panetta’s Green Energy Goals
Leon Panetta, Obama’s new Secretary of Defense is working hard to transition our armed forces to clean energy. Energy Concerns Could Make Panetta First Green DOD Chief
The Economics of Renewable Energy
By this point, renewables are widely accepted as the way of the future. This doesn’t mean the transition won’t be a challenge. Here are a few articles about […]
The rise of renewables
As it becomes incresingly clear that fossil fuels will soon be unable to fulfill the world’s energy needs, the German government and U.S Military are just a few […]
An urban wind turbine
As the wind power industry continues to expand, a new, quieter wind turbine may soon populate cities. St. Paul business owner sees smaller, quieter wind turbine fit for […]
Smart Grid on the rise
Although it is still mostly known only to experts in the power industry, the Smart Grid is well on its way to fame. It is coming out of […]
Japan: The end for nuclear power?
Although nuclear power may be efficient and “clean”, the recent accident in Japan has made renewable energy look much more desirable. While it was clearly a tragic and […]
Getting the Smart Grid Right
What a surprise – it turns out that Getting the Smart Grid Right is going to be about much more than smart meters and demand response. It’s going […]
Shift to renewable energy driven by economics
Investment and success with renewable energy will be driven, ultimately, by economics. Today’s stories focus strongly in the arena of value, as we shift from a fossil-fuel dominated […]