In this context, Homer Legacy ( HomerEnergy, 2007) is a well-known software ( Connolly et al., 2010 Sinha & Chandel, 2014) and is a powerful tool for simulating hybrid energy systems. The simulation of different hybrid systems with different components, operating in different locations and conditions, complemented by the observations (whenever possible) of the receptivity of these systems by their users, contributes to a better understanding of their characteristics and to better conceptions of the systems to be designed in the future. Hybrid energy systems can take on very complex behavior, considering the characteristics presented by the energy availability of renewable resources, by the energy demand profiles of the consumers, by the energy storage devices and by the possible combinations between exploited renewable energy resources and between devices for energy storage. The files that make up this dataset are available on Mendeley Data repository at. This data article describes the files that integrate this dataset and the papers that have been published presenting the hybrid systems under study and discussing the results. The other simulated hybrid systems include wind turbines, diesel generators, batteries, among other components. One of these twelve papers suggests the modeling of hydropower plants with reservoirs and the other the modeling of pumped hydro storage, and a third still uses these models in a place that could receive both the two types of hydroelectric power plant. Two of them describe hydro PV hybrid systems with photovoltaic panels operating on the water surface of reservoirs. The data correspond to twelve papers published in the last seven years.

Alexandre Beluco, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil.

This dataset is a set of files generated by Homer Legacy bringing the simulation results of hybrid energy systems over the last seven years, as a consequence of the research work led by Dr. Homer Legacy software is a well-known software for simulation of small hybrid systems that can be used for both design and research.

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