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Analysis of Hybrid Systems: Software Tools: February 2016
Analysis of Hybrid Systems: Software Tools: February 2016
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B. RETScreen
1) Analysis capabilities: Renewable Energy Technologies Screen (RETScreen) is
developed in Canada by Ministry of Natural Resources for
• Economic Analysis evaluating economical and environmental cost. It is freely
• Technical Analysis available tool. It has database of a global climate more than
• PV System 5000 ground Stations energy resource maps, hydrology data,
• Wind System product data. Two versions of RETScreen are available,
• Generator RETScreen Plus and RETScreen 4 . Energy performance
• Storage device study is done by RETScreen Plus. RETScreen Plus is a
• Bio-energy Windows-based energy management software tool.
• Hydro energy RETScreen 4 is based on Microsoft excel and works on
energy project analysis. It provides energy analysis, cost
2) Advantages: analysis, sensitivity or risk analysis, emission analysis,
financial analysis for user listed below [9], [14].
• It has hourly data handling capacity.
• It provides results in graphical and tabular form. 1) Analysis capabilities:
• HOMER is easy to understand, freely accessible.
• Graphs can import in users documents. • Economic Analysis
• It can considers sales or purchase of electricity from grid • Technical Analysis
• Computational time is very less. • PV System
• Wind System
3) Disadvantages: • Storage device
• It allows using only imperial units.
• Time series data in a form of daily average cannot be
Imported.
• It does not have analysis capabilities in Thermal system.
• Fluctuation in bus voltage is not taken into account.
1) Analysis capabilities:
• Economic analysis
• Technical analysis
• PV system
2) Advantages:
3) Disadvantages:
III. CONCLUSION
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