title: Software Tools for Evaluating Renewable Energy Sources
abstract: In this paper a review of existing software tools for the evaluating and modeling of renewable energy sources, which allow to determine various aspects, such as: the amount of incoming energy for a particular area, the economic feasibility of involving an alternative source, the impact on the environment, the cost of the projected system, the features of the terrain, etc. Programs for the evaluation of solar and wind energy, as well as solutions allowing the evaluation of several different types
journal: Rossijskij žurnal nauk o zemle/Russian journal of earth sciences