HOMER: The hybrid optimization model for electric renewable

Conference · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:269387

Lilienthal, P; Flowers, L ^[1]; Rossmann, C ^[2]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
2. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Hybrid renewable systems are often more cost-effective than grid extensions or isolated diesel generators for providing power to remote villages. There are a wide variety of hybrid systems being developed for village applications that have differing combinations of wind, photovoltaics, batteries, and diesel generators. Due to variations in loads and resources determining the most appropriate combination of these components for a particular village is a difficult modelling task. To address this design problem the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has developed the Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewables (HOMER). Existing models are either too detailed for screening analysis or too simple for reliable estimation of performance. HOMER is a design optimization model that determines the configuration, dispatch, and load management strategy that minimizes life-cycle costs for a particular site and application. This paper describes the HOMER methodology and presents representative results.

• Research Organization: American Wind Energy Association, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 269387
• Report Number(s): CONF-950309-; ON: DE96011159; TRN: 96:003988-0052
• Resource Relation: Conference: 25. annual conference and exhibition on wind power, Washington, DC (United States), 26-30 Mar 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Windpower `95 - Proceedings of the American Wind Energy Association; PB: 624 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
99 MATHEMATICS
COMPUTERS
INFORMATION SCIENCE
MANAGEMENT
LAW
MISCELLANEOUS
25 ENERGY STORAGE
14 SOLAR ENERGY
HYBRID SYSTEMS
H CODES
PERFORMANCE
LIFE-CYCLE COST
WIND TURBINES
POWER GENERATION
SIMULATION
WIND POWER
ELECTRICITY
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
LOAD MANAGEMENT