Weather information plays a critical role in the development of any wind and marine renewables project, and MeteoGroup’s quality and reliability ensure accurate weather analyses that allow asset holders and developers to maximise up-time and control costs.

MeteoGroup provides weather information across the life cycle of wind and marine installations in the four key areas of a site's development and operational management:

Power Resource Assessment

MeteoGroup understands the importance of the site positioning of renewable energy farms. Our dedicated research and development team can give expert advice on how best to optimise a development around the constraints of the weather.

MeteoGroup provides comprehensive historical data sets for any location worldwide. Our constantly updated global archive of ‘cleaned’ weather information covers the last 40 years and is available for power resource assessment purposes. Prediction models ensure wind and wave climatology can be understood to enable effective turbine and technology placement in optimum areas.

Construction and Installation

The exposed location of wind and marine farms means weather conditions can frequently slow down a build/installation project and make working conditions unsafe. MeteoGroup’s dedicated website WindCast allows project managers to identify an effective working window and issue clear guidance about the weather to their contractors.

WindCast is produced specifically for client’s operational requirements and displays accurate, hour by hour ground and hub height weather information, as well as marine conditions for offshore projects such as buoy and observation data.

Operations and Maintenance

Efficient operation and maintenance is a critical component to the success of any renewable installation. MeteoGroup provides a comprehensive O&M service creating a platform for better site efficiency, constant analyses in performance, safeguard technology and the fulfilment of health and safety requirements. WindCast’s site specific weather hazard alerts ensure better contingency planning and resource use; maintenance can be pre-empted and repairs planned and carried out in a cost-effective and timely manner.

Power Output

MeteoGroup is renowned for the accuracy of the site specific wind and marine power forecasts it provides for renewable power generation projects across the world. Using global and meso-scale weather prediction models in combination with surface data and high-resolution topographic modelling, MeteoGroup delivers the most accurate forecasts in hourly time steps up to 15 days ahead. State-of-the-art power modelling is used to ensure accurate forecasts of per site or portfolio production and probabilistic data improves the predictability of wind or power predictions, allowing clients to mitigate against penalties in volatile conditions.