Smart Grid: to Enable the Integration of Renewable Energy | Tools
We offer you various tools:
- MicroPower Connect Interconnection Guideline
- A status and review of MicroPower interconnection issues and related codes, standards and guidelines in Canada
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Advanced DG Modeling with CYMDIST Software
The new release of the CYMDIST Software features several improvements and functions including new Distributed Generation (DG) models to investigate and simulate the impact of various types of DGs on the distribution network. These enhancements were implemented by CYME International T&D with the help of Natural Resources Canada's CANMET Energy Technology Centre in Varennes that funded part of the development of the new models and functions, as well as the participating in production of case studies presenting the impact of implementing distributed generation sources of different technologies, in a typical distribution circuit -
RETScreen International Software
The RETScreen Clean Energy Project Analysis Software is a unique decision support tool developed with the contribution of numerous experts from government, industry, and academia. The software, provided free-of-charge, can be used worldwide to evaluate the energy production and savings, costs, emission reductions, financial viability and risk for various types of Renewable-energy and Energy-efficient Technologies (RETs). The software (available in multiple languages) also includes product, project, hydrology and climate databases, a detailed online user manual, and a case study based college/university-level training course, including an engineering e-textbook.