HOMER Pro 3.9
This section lists sources of information that you might find helpful in learning about micropower systems. None of this information is essential to running HOMER.
Renewable and Micropower Systems
•Masters G (2004) Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems, Wiley-IEEE Press, ISBN: 0471280607
•Borbely AM, Kreider JF, (2001) Distributed Generation: The Power Paradigm for the New Millennium, CRC Press, ISBN: 0849300746
Solar Resource
•Chapters 1 and 2 of Duffie JA, Beckman WA (1991) Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes 2nd edition, Wiley, New York, NY, ISBN: 0471510564
Wind Resource
•An excellent and multilingual source of information on the wind resource, wind turbine technology, economics and more is www.windpower.org, the Danish Wind Industry Association's website.
•Chapter 2 of Manwell JF, McGowan JG, Rogers AL (2002) Wind Energy Explained, Wiley, New York, NY, ISBN: 0471499722
Biomass Resource
•McKendry P (2002a) Energy production from biomass (part 1): overview of biomass, Bioresource Technology, 83, 37-46
Biomass Power
•McKendry P (2002b) Energy production from biomass (part 2): conversion technologies, Bioresource Technology, 83, 47-54
Hydro Power
•For a helpful introduction to small hydro power, see Paish O (2002) Small hydro power: technology and current status, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 6, 537-556
•For a useful website on all things microhydro, see www.microhydropower.net.
•Some useful calculation tools are available at the website of VA Tech Hydro, www.compact-hydro.com.
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