The SWERA Programme provides access to analysis tools that can be used evaluate the data found on the SWERA site. The tools can be used to generalize patterns of solar and wind resources, evaluate potential locations for solar and wind energy development, find the least cost combination of components that meet electrical and thermal loads and to evaluate the energy production and savings, life-cycle costs, emission reductions, financial viability and risk for various types of energy efficient and renewable energy technologies. To view additional information about the analysis tools, select one of the links found below. A discussion of the approaches and strengths of two tools provided here, RETScreen and HOMER, can be found in this review.

The SWERA Renewable energy Resource EXplorer (RREX) is an on-line Geographic Information System tool for viewing renewable resource data. Through this interactive system, users can view several renewable resource data sets available through SWERA.

The Geospatial Toolkit (GsT) is a stand-alone interactive application that can be used for decision-making and policy analysis in addition to planning for future renewable energy projects.

HOMER is a computer model that simplifies the task of evaluating design options for both off-grid and grid-connected power systems for remote, stand-alone, and distributed generation (DG) applications.

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.