Optimize your power system.
Equilibrium Power has teamed up with HOMER Energy to create a new generation of
software for power generators and consumers. Please see the new entity at
www.HOMEREnergy.com
HOMER is a computer model that simplifies the task of evaluating design options for both off-
grid and grid-connected power systems for remote, stand-alone, and distributed generation
(DG) applications. HOMER's optimization and sensitivity analysis algorithms allow you to
evaluate the economic and technical feasibility of a large number of technology options and
to account for variation in technology costs and energy resource availability.
With over 30,000 users in 191 countries, HOMER provides the detailed rigor of chronological
simulation and optimization in a relatively simple and easy to use model. It does not
compete with the very detailed software used in utility regulatory processes, but is accessible
to a much larger set of users, including non-technical decision makers. Chronological
simulation is essential for modeling variable resources, such as solar and wind power and
for co-generation applications where the thermal load is variable. HOMER’s sensitivity
analysis is essential where data is uncertain.
HOMER was originally created at the National Renewable Energy Lab, a division of the U.S.
Department of Energy. We recently obtained an exclusive license to improve and
commercialize the software suite.
In the coming months, you will see versions add the data and algorithms of Equilibrium
Power's Analytics to HOMER's core engine. We also intend to use this software to model our
own geothermal, wind, and hydrogen projects.