HOMER® Pro November 17, 2015

1790 30th St, Suite 100, Boulder, Colorado 80301, USA

http://www.homerenergy.com ● +1-720-565-4046

Dr. Peter Lilienthal

The Future of Power

Clean, distributed power with hybrid

renewables and smart micro-grids

HOMER is the key to unlocking that future

Which combination will pay off?

Hydro

Geothermal

Smart grids

Micro-grids

It Depends on:

Resources

Loads

Fuel & Equipment prices

Equipment performance

HOMER Fits the Pieces Together

HOMER bridges different worlds

Renewable Advocates

Utility Operators

HOMER

Model

Power

Engineers Financiers

HOMER as a communication tool

History

• 1992: US National Renewable Energy Laboratory

• Research tool for Village Power

• 1998: Started distributing over the web

• 2001: Expanded to larger systems

• Islands and grid-connected systems

• 2009: Spun off to HOMER Energy

• 2014: Released HOMER Pro

• 2015: 135,000 users in 193 countries

http://www.homerenergy.com

Global Standard

• 65,000 subscribers to monthly newsletter

• Required by funding agencies and

development banks

“We spent a lot of money developing our own model, but threw it away

because everyone kept asking for our HOMER results.”

Grid-connected Market

• Resilience

• Aging or inadequate infrastructure

• High penetration renewables

Off-grid and Island Microgrids

1.3 billion unelectrified people

Billions more underserved

Hundreds of thousands of potential projects

Where is HOMER used?

Optimal System Design

• What kind

of system

is best

under

which

conditions?

http://www.homerenergy.com

Penetration Analysis from HOMER

Molokai (8.3 meter per second wind resource)

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Diesel Fuel Consumption (Million liters per year)

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Policy Analysis

• Cost of emission constraints

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Levelized Cost of Energy vs. Max. CO2 Emissions

Max. CO2 Emissions (kg/yr)

Operational Analysis

• When is backup power needed?

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AC Primary Load

PV Pow er

Diesel Pow er

Battery Pow er

2016 Software Roadmap

• New releases every quarter

– APIs

– New optimization algorithms

• Creating sales tools for Fortune 100 Clients

– ABB and others

• New versions

– French & Spanish versions

– Marine Corps version

– SaaS-based Quickstart

• Certification program

Industry Partner Program