HOMER Knowledge Base

HOMER Knowledge Base

Number of Allowed Electric Loads

I am modeling a system with several electric loads (i.e. multiple buildings on a campus). I can only find two electric loads in HOMER. How do I model many loads?

We allow two loads in HOMER. This is to allow you to put one on the AC bus and one on the DC bus. The loads are intended to be a composite of all consumption. The ability to add an arbitrary number is a feature on our to-do list, but in most cases two loads are the most you could really need. There are a couple of options for including many loads in your model. This simplest way is to use Excel, Matlab, or similar to add the loads into one composite before you import the time series file.

For more information on importing a load, please visit here