RET 214 Introduction to RE application packages

ND2 levelComputing & ICT22 topics

RET 214 covers 22 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

Software applications in renewable energy
Types of renewable energy application packages
Areas of use of energy software in renewable energy
Application packages concepts
HOMER
PVsyst
RETScreen
System Advisor Model (SAM)
WindPro
EnergyPlus
OpenDSS
Aspen HYSYS
Model for Analysis of Energy Demand
Installation of renewable energy application packages
Renewable energy software applications
RETScreen installation and use
System Advisor Model installation
EnergyPlus installation
OpenDSS installation
Solar site assessment with RETScreen
Rectifier output assessment
Solar power forecasting with Excel

A sample from this course

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Software applications in renewable energy

Software applications in renewable energy enable the design, simulation, monitoring, and optimisation of renewable energy systems such as solar PV, wind turbines, and bio‑energy plants. Mastering these tools is essential for the exam because they illustrate how ICT drives efficiency, cost‑effectiveness, and sustainability in energy projects.

What you get for RET 214

Every topic above, split into sessions and dated against your exam.
Practice questions per session, with answers that explain themselves.
Offline reading — the whole course is a few hundred KB on your phone.
An AI tutor that answers questions using this course's own material.

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