Updated RETScreen software has now more than 200,000 users

From the RETScreen team, we learn that an updated version of the RETScreen Clean Energy Project Analysis Software was released on May 26, 2009. The improvements include:

• 5 new languages added (Serbian, Swahili, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese), to make 35 in total
• GHG emission factors updated based on more recent national info from UNFCCC, etc.
• Solar air heating (SAH) model upgraded, including improved energy algorithms, and the inclusion of unglazed (back-pass) and glazed collectors
• Wind energy model (Method 3) upgraded to allow monthly energy production adjustment based on monthly values for temperature and atmospheric pressure
• Global wind energy map (5 km resolution) from 3TIER directly linked within software - Clean Energy Legal Toolkit integrated into manual and website
• Combined Heat & Power (Cogeneration) e-textbook chapter & training slides published
• Legal Aspects of Clean Energy Projects e-textbook chapter & training slides published
• Project templates added for various power, heating and cooling applications
• Training course material added for power, heating and cooling applications
• Product data added for new product lines and for additional manufacturers
• RETScreen Toolbar incorporated into Excel 2007
• Bug fixes for a number of minor items in the software
• Extensive database of clean energy figures and photos added to manual & website
• Manual and website upgrades with a significant amount of new content added

There are now more than 200,000 RETScreen users in 222 countries, where the software has been directly responsible for over $4 billion in user savings to date.