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The RETScreen International Clean Energy Project Analysis Software is a unique decision support tool developed with the contribution of numerous experts from government, industry, and academia. The software, provided free-of-charge, can be used world-wide to evaluate the energy production, life-cycle costs and greenhouse gas emission reductions for various types of energy efficient and renewable energy technologies (RETs). The software also includes product, cost and weather databases; and a detailed user manual.

Software and Data Requirements: Microsoft® Excel 2000 or higher; Microsoft® Windows 2000 or higher; and Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or higher. Please make sure that the latest updates from Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) for Windows and Excel are installed on your computer.

Online User Manual and Engineering Textbook Requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 or higher.
Version 4 43.8 MB Included within software   File Download 12.7 MB
Version 3            
  Introduction         ---     File Download 2.6 MB
  Wind Energy Ver. 3.2   File Download 1.5 MB   File Download 0.9 MB   File Download 0.6 MB
  Small Hydro Ver. 3.2   File Download 2.4 MB   File Download 1.1 MB   File Download 1.3 MB
  Photovoltaics Ver. 3.2   File Download 1.7 MB   File Download 0.8 MB   File Download 0.7 MB
  Combined Heat & Power Ver. 3.6   File Download 7.7 MB   File Download 4.5 MB ---  
  Biomass Heating Ver. 3.1   File Download 1.7 MB   File Download 1.0 MB   File Download 1.1 MB
  Solar Air Heating Ver. 3.1   File Download 1.5 MB   File Download 0.9 MB   File Download 1.2 MB
  Solar Water Heating Ver. 3.1   File Download 2.1 MB   File Download 0.8 MB   File Download 1.6 MB
  Passive Solar Heating Ver. 3.1   File Download 1.9 MB   File Download 0.8 MB   File Download 1.1 MB
  Ground-Source Heat Pumps Ver. 3.1   File Download 2.1 MB   File Download 0.7 MB   File Download 2.3 MB
  Arenas & Supermarkets Beta Ver.   File Download 4.8 MB Coming soon ---  
  Simplified Analysis OPA Ver.   File Download 0.3 MB   File Download 0.6 MB ---  
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