China
HOMER software for energy modelling in China
HOMER serves a well-defined audience in China: academic researchers, multinational corporations modelling their Chinese operations, and Chinese engineering consultants working on international projects. Mandarin content is in development.
HOMER in China today
HOMER is not the leading microgrid platform in mainland China's domestic market. Chinese data sovereignty requirements, localised regulatory frameworks, and strong domestic software alternatives mean that the primary deployment landscape for HOMER in China is different from most other regions.
What HOMER does offer in China is substantial: hundreds of Chinese-authored papers in international academic databases cite HOMER simulations. Chinese universities use HOMER in postgraduate renewable energy curricula. Multinational companies operating in China use HOMER to model their Chinese facilities to the same global standard as their European and North American sites. And Chinese EPCs working on Belt and Road projects depend on a modelling tool that international project finance lenders and development banks will accept.
This page describes HOMER's realistic scope in China. Where content or support is currently in English only, we say so plainly, along with our timeline for Mandarin resources.
Academic and research use
HOMER's citation count in Chinese-language academic journals and Chinese-authored papers in international journals is among the highest of any country outside North America. Major Chinese universities — including Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University, North China Electric Power University, and Xi'an Jiaotong University — use HOMER in postgraduate energy engineering and renewable energy courses.
HOMER's academic licensing programme provides access at institutional rates. Chinese faculty and postgraduate researchers working on microgrid feasibility, dispatch optimisation, and energy system design should contact us about academic pricing.
Multinational corporate use
Multinational companies operating manufacturing, logistics, or data centre facilities in China increasingly use HOMER Grid to model their Chinese sites within a global energy management framework. RE100, SBTi, and corporate net-zero commitments require consistent methodology across geographies — HOMER provides that consistency whether the facility is in Shenzhen, Stuttgart, or São Paulo.
Decarbonisation planning under Chinese carbon market rules (the national ETS, which covers electricity generation) and the evolving corporate green power procurement framework (绿色电力交易) creates new modelling requirements that HOMER Grid handles through its tariff and market price input structures.
Chinese consultants on international projects
Chinese EPCs and engineering consultants are among the most active contractors on Belt and Road Initiative energy infrastructure — Pakistan, Kenya, Laos, Indonesia, Central Asia, East Africa, and the Caribbean. International project finance from the ADB, AfDB, World Bank, and bilateral DFIs requires feasibility studies using internationally accepted modelling tools. HOMER is one of a small number of tools that meets this requirement.
Chinese EPC teams preparing international tenders for solar-plus-storage, mini-grid, and hybrid power systems increasingly build HOMER into their standard feasibility workflow. UL Solutions can provide Mandarin-speaking technical support for international project use.
Chinese university users
The following universities are known to use HOMER in teaching or research contexts. Verify institutional use before citing in publications.
- — Tsinghua University (清华大学)
- — Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学)
- — Zhejiang University (浙江大学)
- — North China Electric Power University (华北电力大学)
- — Xi'an Jiaotong University (西安交通大学)
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