Official On-line Community of the HOMER Hybrid Optimization Modeling software
NREL's HOMER energy software is now distributed by HOMER Energy. This site allows HOMER's 70,000 users to share their experiences and ideas.
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New HOMER Features - Suggest and Vote
This is your chance to make your voice heard. What features should be added? If you already see your idea here, add a comment stating that you would also like to see this feature added. Please note what version you are using now.
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Renewable Components
Modeling photovoltaics, solar resources, fuel cells, micro-hydro, wind turbines, and wind resources in HOMER.
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Loads and Energy Storage
Modeling loads, batteries and other energy storage systems in HOMER.
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Generators and Combined Heat and Power
Modeling of all types of generators and combined heat and power (CHP) systems in HOMER and conversations about fuel pricing.
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Blog Posts
Load factor and pipe head loss?
Hello fellow homer users
can anyone help me with the following please???
(1) Define the term Load Factor as related to the input to the diesel generator specification and
(2) Describe ‘pipe head loss’ in relation…
ContinuePosted by gconroy on February 15, 2011 at 11:26am — 2 Comments
How much Ethanol is used to produce 50 MWe continuously on a GE LM 6000 Sprint Series Turbine?
I am interested in information on running a ethanol based power plant. How much Energy is created per gallon of ethanol used? How much ethanol would it consume in an hour of continuious running? Any information pertaining to the implementation of… Continue
Posted by cebaase on December 27, 2010 at 4:15pm
50MW Solar Thermal in India
India has really geared up with JNNSM policy to support 500 MW of Solar thermal. While lot of concerns are being raised for this big scaling to start with, when not much commercialization has happened world wide. But I guess the aggression from… Continue
Posted by Rahul Bagdia on November 10, 2010 at 8:49pm — 1 Comment
Clean, Smart Micro-grids
Despite recent experiments with deregulation, the current top-down utility paradigm has remained essentially unchanged for a century. Large…
ContinuePosted by Peter Lilienthal on September 30, 2010 at 3:30am — 1 Comment
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