HOMER: The Micropower Optimization Model

Program Document · Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2004

OSTI ID:15007013

HOMER, the micropower optimization model, helps users to design micropower systems for off-grid and grid-connected power applications. HOMER models micropower systems with one or more power sources including wind turbines, photovoltaics, biomass power, hydropower, cogeneration, diesel engines, cogeneration, batteries, fuel cells, and electrolyzers. Users can explore a range of design questions such as which technologies are most effective, what size should components be, how project economics are affected by changes in loads or costs, and is the renewable resource adequate.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15007013
• Report Number(s): NREL/FS-710-35406; TRN: US200413%%67
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1 Mar 2004; Related Information: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Innovation for Our Energy Future (Fact Sheet)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
09 BIOMASS FUELS
14 SOLAR ENERGY
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
BIOMASS
COGENERATION
DESIGN
DIESEL ENGINES
ECONOMICS
FUEL CELLS
OPTIMIZATION
WIND TURBINES
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
WIND POWER
SOLAR ENERGY
MICROPOWER
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SOFTWARE MODEL
HYBRID POWER
WIND ENERGY
PHOTOVOLTAICS
LIFECYCLE COST
DIESEL
BATTERY
OFF-GRID POWER
VILLAGE POWER