At current times in our country’s history, when energy is the hottest topic in almost all spheres, there is a need to take measures on exigent basis. Authorities, stakeholders, public and international agencies, all share the same responsibility to take preventive measures against the oncoming omens of energy starvation.
There are some popular software programs and online platforms are:
RETScreen:
RETScreen is among the mostly used applications at international universities. it is mainly used for energy evaluation studies.
System Advisor Model (SAM):
SAM, due to its compliance to a wide range of subjects, helps both managers, engineers, designers, developers and researcher etc.
Homer:
Introduced by US Department of Energy, Homer, has the major application in the design of Distributed Generation systems.
METEONORM:
METEONORM allows a user to obtain solar irradiation data of any location worldwide given it coordinates. However, nearly impractical to unavailability of weather stations everywhere.
