Tools
RETScreen
The RETScreen International Clean Energy Project Analysis Software is a unique “decision support” tool that provides basic financial viability of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
The RETScreen Tool
The free-of-charge software can be used anywhere in the world to evaluate the energy production and savings, life-cycle costs, emission reductions, financial viability and risk for various types of energy efficient and renewable energy technologies (RETs).
The software includes product, cost and climate databases, and a detailed online user manual. Other tools include: a case study based college/university-level training course and an engineering electronic textbook. All of these tools are available free-of-charge in both English and French, with many of the tools available in other languages.
REEEP provided funding to RETScreen to translate the tool into ten additional languages and to support the expansion of the tool to cover energy efficiency analysis in addition to renewable energy projects. View here
Workshops
More than 40 workshops for renewable energy, energy efficiency and cogeneration have recently been scheduled across Canada and around the world. The RETScreen-focused events are being delivered from Calgary, Canada to Manila, Philippines and from Thurles, Ireland to Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, with many locations in between. Click here for further information about these free workshops.
Webcasts
For people unable to attend RETScreen workshops, or who would rather learn online, new webcasts have been added to the RETScreen website. The Webcasts provide a basic overview of RETScreen 4, including its applicability for various clean power, heating and cooling technologies, and introduces the new energy efficiency model in the software. Click here to see the webcasts (see lower-centre section of home page).
Training Material
The RETScreen Clean Energy Project Analysis Course has been created for use by educational centres and training organisations around the globe, as well as for use by professionals and students in "self-study" distance learning format. 166 colleges and universities worldwide now use RETScreen for training. More than 25,000 people visit the RETScreen website each week to access this information. A significant amount of new course content has recently been added to the website and software manual. Click here to access the training material free of charge.
RETScreen 4 Software Updated
An updated version of the RETScreen Clean Energy Project Analysis Software was recently released. The improvements include: project templates & case studies added for numerous types of facilities & applications; bug fixes for a number of minor items in the software; manual & website upgrades with a significant amount of new content added; NASA global climate data set temporal span increased to more than 22 years; 21 more energy resource maps (e.g. wind) linked to the software; product data added for new product lines and for additional manufacturers; training course material improved and expanded, including new Webcasts available; and, new languages added (Farsi, Indonesian, Tagalog, Thai & Turkish), to 30 total.
There are now more than 182,000 RETScreen users in 222 countries, where the software has been directly responsible for over $3 billion in user savings to-date.
Click here to download RETScreen 4 (36 MB).