Local businesses play a significant role in Reunion Island's renewable energy initiatives, with companies like Reuniwatt and Albioma leading the way in innovation and implementation. A recent article in pv magazine highlights their contributions. You can find the article in the pv magazine Photovoltaic markets and technologies 07 & 08 2024 edition, pp. 46-77. Transforming the Electricity Grid in Reunion Reunion Island has emerged
Meteorological conditions play an important role in air traffic safety, and highly accurate real-time weather data is essential for air traffic management. In its latest edition, Meteorological Technology International has dedicated an article to next level cloud observation, featuring Reuniwatt's sky imager Sky InSight. You can find the article in the September 2024 edition, pp. 105-107. Taking the right decisions: cloud analysis for aviation
More and more mining companies are installing solar panels on their own sites to generate clean energy for their operations. If there is a grid connection, they can partner with solar energy providers to purchase solar energy from external sources and use it in their operations. Fekola Mine is one such flagship project of Reuniwatt, and in the mining industry in general. Solar energy
The images provided by Reuniwatt's sky imagers are an outstanding tool for cloud-related research. Forecasting the impact of condensation trails – so-called contrails – is one goal our sky imagers help to achieve. Different research projects aim to provide tools to monitor the climate impact of contrails and forecast contrail formation. Learn more about contrails observation using sky imagers and the R&D projects featuring
Trust-PV is a four-year, EU-funded project featuring 21 PV value chain partners who aim to improve the performance of solar projects. French business Reuniwatt has published the ‘Forecasting for advanced operational stability’ study to improve stability at the point of grid connection. Marion Lafuma, business development manager for Reuniwatt, looks at its key findings. Improving the accuracy of energy yield forecasts will help PV
Building on the decades-long legacy of Meteosat’s first- and second-generation satellites, Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) will orbit the Earth at an altitude of 36,000 km with a stable view of Europe and Africa. It's launch offers multiple opportunities outside the space sector. MTG satellite system features and improvements EUMETSAT has provided society with more than three decades worth of satellite data, starting with the
Weather and environmental parameters are key factors affecting PV performance. Over the years, the accuracy of the yield prediction has increased. Still, the fundamental question remains when considering development of a new solar plant: how much energy will it generate? Many parameters are subject to tough discussions between a project’s different stakeholders. One of them is future performance, and the question regarding solar resource
The DYVALOCCA project is a collaboration between French, German and Gabonese partners. Reuniwatt's Sky InSight (infrared all-sky imager) was used during a field campaign to monitor the evolution of clouds and evaluate their effects on water and light availability in a forest along the Atlantic coast of Central Africa. Low clouds are key components of climate. However, they are rarely well represented in weather
The CONTRAILS project aims to develop and combine advanced trustworthy AI methods and physical models to improve contrail identification, characterization, data assimilation, and prediction. It aims to do this by achieving a better understanding of the overall physical process underlying their formation. CONTRAILS Project - AI for parameterization, data assimilation and prediction With respect to aerospace applications, the results of this project will provide
Solar power is set to occupy an increasingly important role in Europe, as the European Union (EU) strives to implement its Green Deal, reduce fossil fuel imports and increase the share of renewables in its final energy consumption. Energy producers can use Reuniwatt’s solar power forecasts to estimate how much energy they will be able to generate from the solar resource on a given
