The New York Solar Energy Society and Renewable Energy Strategies, LLC, have partnered to provide a free, introductory RETScreen Solar PV Project Economics Webinar.

Course Outline:

After a presentation of the RETScreen software basics, RETScreen’s capabilities will be illustrated with a residential solar thermal project “sample problem”. Attendees will be guided through the project data inputs necessary to produce an accurate solar thermal project analysis. Then, we will illustrate RETScreen’s ability to do sensitivity analysis by changing some key parameters, such as the fuel type and cost, project capital cost, etc. The sample problems will also demonstrate how to use RETScreen to assess residential and commercial government incentives. You will learn how to save your analysis of many different project scenarios in the RETScreen file format.

The webinar is targeted to attendees who are familiar with solar thermal heating systems. However much of the content will be helpful to use RETScreen to analyze other types of renewable energy projects. You should be familiar with Microsoft excel spreadsheets. Attendees are urged to visit www.retscreen.net and download this free software prior to the course.

The NYSES curriculum team will produce a packet of the presentation materials and example problems and email to attendees who request it after the course, so you do not have to take extensive notes.

First register here at the New York Solar Energy Society website. You will then be sent a webinar invitation. Please register with the webinar service and they will send you your personal webinar link. Thank you for joining us.

Instructor/Host:

Dan Connors (BS Chem Eng/MBA), President of Renewable Energy Strategies, LLC, has 30 years experience in conventional and renewable power and process systems. He uses RETScreen as an analytical tool across a range of renewable energy/ energy efficiency projects.

The New York Solar Energy Society (NYSES) mission is to encourage the understanding and use of solar energy technologies through public outreach, to be a source of sound technical knowledge and to provide a forum to address critical regional and state issues relating to solar energy solutions.