
SAM's financial models are for the following types of projects: High concentration photovoltaic systems.Biomass combustion for power generation.Wind power, from individual turbines to large wind farms.Industrial process heat from parabolic trough and linear Fresnel systems.Concentrating Solar Power systems for electric power generation, including parabolic trough, power tower, and linear Fresnel.Battery storage with Lithium ion, lead acid, or flow batteries for front-of-meter or behind-the-meter applications.Photovoltaic systems, from small residential rooftop to large utility-scale systems.SAM can model many types of renewable energy systems:


The System Advisor Model (SAM) is a free techno-economic software model that facilitates decision-making for people in the renewable energy industry:
