MeteoPower

Name of Product/Service MeteoPower
Company Name MeteoGroup
Company Location Offices in eight European countries
Company Website www.meteogroup.com
Product/Service Website www.meteopower.com/
Status Commercial service
Launch Date January 2006
PSI Sector Weather and Environment
Main Source of PSI Re-used

Data and radar licensed from national meteorological services worldwide

Value Added to PSI

MeteoPower is a one-stop source for all weather information essential to the procurement, supply and trading of energy, including global forecasting models ECMWF & GFS, local & regional 15-day forecasts, long-term forecasts and wind power output, and forms the backbone of MeteoGroup’s specialist services to the European energy market.

Rebranded as MeteoPower in October 2008, it was originally known as MC-Energy and has been used by customers since 2006

Investment Costs and FTE (Full Time Equivalent) Staff Involved (in-house and outsourced)

In-house

Description of the Business and Role of PSI

MeteoGroup has operations in eight European countries and customers Worldwide. They have meteorologists providing forecasts, support and monitoring and consultancy services 24 hours day, 365 days a year as well as a weather modelling team working on in-house systems and forecasting techniques. MeteoGroup utilises a wide range of meteorological PSI in the creation of its products and services, including synoptical observations, climatological data and radar.

Public Funding No