Four out of the five electricity companies with the highest power capacity in Europe have chosen the Meteomatics Weather API as their trusted source of weather data. Main reasons for the popularity include data variety, data integration and usage flexibility.
A study by Global Data revealed that Électricité de France, Enel, Iberdrola, Engie and Fortum are the top five power plant owners in Europe by capacity. Collectively, these companies have an accumulated installed capacity of nearly half a million megawatts. Meteomatics disclosed that four out of the top five power companies have chosen the Meteomatics Weather API as their main source of weather data.
Weather conditions impact various areas of power plant operations, including energy consumption and demand, renewable energies production and transmission capacity and the risk of damages of the infrastructure. Given the immense significance of weather for electricity companies, they cannot afford to rely on inaccurate weather data. Among the key reasons for their choice of Meteomatics are data variety, data integration and usage flexibility.
The Meteomatics Weather API provides a wide range of weather models and data sources, including global, European, regional, and oceanic models. It covers various types of data such as radar, satellite, remote sensing, station observations, MOS prognoses, climate scenarios, and over 1800 parameters to cater to different requirements.
Additionally, one of the most valuable subproducts offered by the Meteomatics Weather API are energy forecasts specifically designed for solar, wind and hydropower. These forecasts are generated using a “Power MIX model”, which leverages the best available data for the queried parameters and locations.
(Press release / SK)
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