Weatherzone Business has grown to become the outright leader within the Australian energy market, serving wind, solar, hydro, trading, utilities and network companies.
You can’t control the weather, but you can gain precision insights to optimise your response. What lights us up is providing your energy business with tailored weather information to reduce your risk and keep you moving ahead of the curve.
Our services cover all aspects – from wind and solar generation to demand forecasts, wholesale markets to retail so, no matter where your company sits, we have solutions for you. We have worked closely with market participants to create products that meet the evolving needs of the sector, aiming to increase safety and profitability for our customers.
Benefit from the timely delivery of accurate weather information, allowing informed and effective decision-making.
Your customisable Energyzone interface can assess heat/heatwave potential from 14 days out to 12 months. It allows you to benefit from specialised indices for CDD/HDD/apparent temperature/sunshine hours to help accurately predict the demand for electricity. This, along with high-resolution modelling and local knowledge, gives you the most precise information available to make the critical decisions that bolster your production.
Our industry-leading OpticastTM system generates precise forecasts of temperature, humidity, wind speed and pressure, which are critical for plant operation and accurate demand forecasting.
Meeting the needs of the changing market, Weatherzone is able to provide 5-min granularity observations and forecasts to optimise your market bidding and maximise your profits.
Powerful forecast modules are coupled with briefings from our team of energy specialist meteorologists, allowing you to understand the risk in the forecasts.
We thrive on challenge, next generation science and customised service and are dedicated to helping you stay steps ahead.
With our advanced alerting systems for both lightning – the Total Lightning Network – and severe weather events including flooding and bushfires, you will have the best lead time possible to assess risk to your business and respond. Our team provide analytical support, 24/7, and pave the way for quick and effective critical decision-making.
We collaborate with you to bring ease to your every day. Our teams of meteorologists and data scientists are there, every step of the way, to help you navigate your weather, generation and demand challenges.
Take a load off, let us crunch the numbers and serve it up in an easy-to-navigate package so that you can concentrate on more pressing tasks.
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