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9.8.4 Integrating Renewable Energy into
Other Energy Systems

There are many different computer tools now available that can be
used to analyze the integration of renewable energy. Connolly and
colleagues (2010) have reviewed these tools in considerable detail.
Their study analyzed 37 computer tools designed for this purpose, as
summarized (in alphabetical order) in Table 9.1.

Tool (availability) Applications Reference
AEOLIUS (commercial) Power plant dispatch Universität Karlsruhe
simulation tool (2009)
BALMOREL (free Open-source electricity Balmorel (2009)
download) and district heating tool
BCHP Screening Tool Assesses CHP in buildings Oak Ridge National
(free download) Laboratory (2009a)
COMPOSE (free Single-project techno- Aalborg University
download) economic assessments (2009a)
E cast (commercial) Tool for energy projection, ABARE (2009)
4
production, and trade
EMCAS (commercial) Creates techno-economic Argonne National
models of the electricity Laboratory (2009a)
sector
EMINENT (registration Early-stage technologies EMINENT2 (2009)
required) assessment
EMPS (commercial) Electricity systems with SINTEF (2009b)
thermal/hydro generators
EnergyPLAN (free User-friendly analysis of Aalborg University
download) national energy systems (2009b)
energyPRO Single-project techno- EMD International A/S
(commercial) economic assessments (2009)
ENPEP-BALANCE (free Market-based energy- Argonne National
download) system tool Laboratory (2009b)
GTMax (commercial) Simulates electricity Argonne National
generation and flows Laboratory (2009c)
H RES (internal use Energy-balancing models Instituto Superior
2
only) for island energy systems Técnico (2009)
HOMER (free Techno-economic HOMER (2009)
download) optimization for stand-
alone systems

TABLE 9.1 Software Tools for Analyzing the Integration of Renewable Energy into
Other Energy Systems (after Connolly et al., 2010)