{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2103304231","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2000.916211","title":"The RETScreen model for assessing potential PV projects","display_name":"The RETScreen model for assessing potential PV projects","publication_year":2002,"publication_date":"2002-11-11","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2103304231","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2000.916211","mag":"2103304231"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/pvsc.2000.916211","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2000.916211","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2000.916211","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210168774","display_name":"Conference record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference","issn_l":"0160-8371","issn":["0160-8371"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["jufo-1","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Conference Record of the Twenty-Eighth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2000 (Cat. No.00CH37036)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"volume":null,"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5052219169","display_name":"Didier Th\u00e9venard","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0749-6841","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0749-6841"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"D. Thevenard","raw_affiliation_strings":["Numerical Logics, Inc., Waterloo, ONT, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Numerical Logics, Inc., Waterloo, ONT, Canada","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110122769","display_name":"Gregory J. Leng","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"G. Leng","raw_affiliation_strings":["CANMET Energy Diversification Research Laboratory, Varennes, QUE, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"CANMET Energy Diversification Research Laboratory, Varennes, QUE, Canada","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"S. Martel","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"S. Martel","raw_affiliation_strings":["CANMET Energy Diversification Research Laboratory, Varennes, QUE, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"CANMET Energy Diversification Research Laboratory, Varennes, QUE, Canada","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.8108,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":53,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.89355469,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1626","last_page":"1629"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10468","display_name":"Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques","score":0.9082000255584717,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2105","display_name":"Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/21","display_name":"Energy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10468","display_name":"Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques","score":0.9082000255584717,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2105","display_name":"Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/21","display_name":"Energy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14444","display_name":"Power Systems and Renewable Energy","score":0.030300000682473183,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2102","display_name":"Energy Engineering and Power Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/21","display_name":"Energy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11276","display_name":"Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics","score":0.030300000682473183,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/photovoltaic-systems","display_name":"photovoltaic systems","score":0.8849999904632568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/off-grid-pv-systems","display_name":"off-grid PV systems","score":0.7599999904632568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hybrid-pv-systems","display_name":"hybrid PV systems","score":0.8899999856948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/water-pumping-systems","display_name":"water pumping systems","score":0.718999981880188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pv-array-sizing","display_name":"PV array sizing","score":0.7570000290870667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/battery-sizing","display_name":"battery sizing","score":0.9950000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/solar-radiation-modeling","display_name":"solar radiation modeling","score":0.6930000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/system-design","display_name":"system design","score":0.33399999141693115}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188573790","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12705","display_name":"Renewable energy","level":2,"score":0.6924649477005005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.6157512068748474},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41291067","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1897785","display_name":"Photovoltaic system","level":2,"score":0.515245258808136},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187691185","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2020720","display_name":"Grid","level":2,"score":0.49984073638916016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147176958","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77590","display_name":"Civil engineering","level":1,"score":0.39012932777404785},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.3521149754524231},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/pvsc.2000.916211","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2000.916211","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2000.916211","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210168774","display_name":"Conference record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference","issn_l":"0160-8371","issn":["0160-8371"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["jufo-1","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Conference Record of the Twenty-Eighth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2000 (Cat. No.00CH37036)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.9853000044822693,"display_name":"Affordable and clean energy","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7"},{"score":0.75,"display_name":"Climate action","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/13"},{"score":0.7207000255584717,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"score":0.6100000143051147,"display_name":"Affordable and clean energy","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":4,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1971031806","https://openalex.org/W2091534046","https://openalex.org/W2490138065","https://openalex.org/W3016164285"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2033784970","https://openalex.org/W6960201060","https://openalex.org/W4328028037","https://openalex.org/W4327969927","https://openalex.org/W2501341348","https://openalex.org/W1040556419","https://openalex.org/W3208949030","https://openalex.org/W2004115214","https://openalex.org/W7024718574","https://openalex.org/W2613168908"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,41],"RETScreen(R)":[1],"software":[2],"was":[3,25],"developed":[4],"to":[5,28,73,103],"assist":[6],"in":[7,46],"the":[8,21,44,47,67,76],"preliminary":[9],"assessment":[10],"of":[11,49,56,66,90],"potential":[12],"renewable":[13],"energy":[14,105],"projects.":[15],"First":[16],"released":[17],"for":[18],"on-grid":[19],"applications,":[20],"RETScreen":[22],"PV":[23,108],"model":[24],"recently":[26],"upgraded":[27],"cover":[29],"off":[30],"grid":[31],"applications.":[32],"These":[33],"include":[34],"stand-alone,":[35],"hybrid":[36],"and":[37,80,88,113],"water":[38],"pumping":[39],"systems.":[40],"program":[42],"guides":[43],"users":[45,70],"design":[48],"their":[50],"systems,":[51,109],"by":[52],"providing":[53],"Initial":[54],"estimates":[55],"array,":[57,98],"battery,":[58,99],"or":[59],"pump":[60],"size.":[61],"By":[62],"changing":[63],"a":[64],"few":[65],"system's":[68],"parameters,":[69],"are":[71],"able":[72],"quickly":[74],"screen":[75],"most":[77],"effective":[78],"technology":[79],"system":[81,114],"size":[82],"depending":[83],"on":[84],"load,":[85],"climatic":[86,111],"conditions,":[87],"season":[89],"use.":[91],"This":[92],"paper":[93],"describes":[94],"various":[95],"models":[96],"(radiation,":[97],"whole":[100],"system)":[101],"used":[102],"predict":[104],"production":[106],"from":[107],"given":[110],"variables":[112],"parameters.":[115]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}