EXTON, PA — In an exciting new venture, leading weather forecasting group, Meteomatics, has announced a partnership with tech giant NVIDIA to trial AI-based weather data delivery services. The pilots, set to roll out with ENGIE, Louis Dreyfus Company, and TotalEnergies, promise to deliver accurate weather forecasts within minutes, replacing the hours-long wait of traditional models.
This collaboration heralds a significant shift in renewable energy forecasting, insurance businesses, and trade, setting the stage for a new epoch in weather prediction and energy consumption. As the world increasingly leans towards renewable energy sources like wind, solar, and hydropower to meet rising energy demands, the role of accurate weather forecasting cannot be overstated. With our climate’s inherent unpredictability, even minor fluctuations can dramatically affect energy production.
Yet Meteomatics goes beyond merely predicting these weather changes. By harnessing NVIDIA’s cloud APIs, it yields hyperlocal weather forecasts that deliver this crucial information within minutes. Such rapid predictions provide energy companies with a competitive edge, enabling them to adapt to weather changes swiftly and optimize their trading strategies.
NVIDIA’s AI technology goes a step further, offering up to 2 km-scale weather forecasts, informed in real-time by Meteomatics’ abundant weather data. This data, further refined by Meteomatics’ downscaling pipelines, produces detailed landscape conditions with a precision of 90 meters. In practice, this means that forecasts can adjust for temperature differences between mountain peaks and valleys, enhancing their accuracy. Businesses can then access these forecasts through Meteomatics’ Weather API, facilitating their implementation.
CEO and Founder of Meteomatics, Martin Fengler, believes this collaboration will empower energy companies to optimize their renewable energy operations. According to Fengler, “quick and accurate insight into weather fluctuations” will enhance companies’ profitability. As this service expands to the broader business community, Meteomatics is poised to equip these companies with a complete suite of weather forecasting sources.
The real game-changer is the shortened timescale of AI-based weather forecasting. Traditional models typically take several hours to calculate, while AI predictions are available within minutes, or even seconds. Meteomatics refines AI models based on 90m-downscaling to generate output closer to actual data observed from weather stations. This advantage is significant, particularly for energy or commodity trading.
With weather being one of the most challenging variables in scaling renewable energies for energy companies, Dion Harris of NVIDIA believes their work with Meteomatics “will bring AI-powered weather forecasts to energy companies, and soon to other industries, more quickly and accurately.”
Already trusted by nearly 700 companies worldwide, including CVS Health, Tesla, Swiss Re, Airbus, and Toyota, Meteomatics relies on a wealth of data sources to fuel its weather models. Along with its innovative Meteodrones, the company also utilizes information from satellites, radars, and weather stations.
The pilot is expected to revolutionize the way industries deal with the weather – no longer as an unpredictable variable but as a quantifiable factor in business strategy. For the world anxiously watching our climate’s accelerating changes, this is not just big news – it’s great news.
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