Abstract
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 appropriatecombination 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 thatdetermines the configuration, dispatch, and load management strategy that minimizes life-cycle costs for a particular site and application, This work describes the HOMER methodology and presents representative results.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages | 475-480 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| State | Published - 1995 |
| Event | Windpower '95: Annual Conference and Exhibition of the American Wind Energy Association - Washington, D.C. Duration: 26 Mar 1995 → 30 Mar 1995 |
Conference
| Conference | Windpower '95: Annual Conference and Exhibition of the American Wind Energy Association |
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| City | Washington, D.C. |
| Period | 26/03/95 → 30/03/95 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-462-7843
