What is RETScreen?
The RETScreen® Clean Energy Project Analysis Software is the world’s leading clean energy decision support tool, having been downloaded by more than 215,000 users in 222 countries and territories. RETScreen simplifies preliminary evaluations of the energy production and savings, life-cycle costs, emission reductions, financial viability and risk for various types of Renewable-energy and Energy-efficient Technologies (RETs). The software is available in 35 languages, includes product, project, hydrology and climate databases, a detailed user manual — and is provided free-of-charge by Natural Resources Canada.