{"id":5226,"date":"2020-02-17T12:01:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T12:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reuniwatt.com\/en\/?p=5226"},"modified":"2023-03-29T18:29:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:29:15","slug":"italys-growing-solar-capacity-backed-by-solar-energy-forecasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reuniwatt.com\/en\/company-news\/italys-growing-solar-capacity-backed-by-solar-energy-forecasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s growing solar capacity now backed by weather forecasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following a tender for solar energy forecasting services in 2019, Reuniwatt has been one of the selected service providers. Reuniwatt\u2019s solar irradiance forecasts will allow grid operator Terna to safely increase the PV share in Italy\u2019s national grid, where around 10 GWp of new solar capacity are expected by 2023.<\/p>\n

Forecasting necessary for a successful energy transition in Italy<\/h2>\n

Reuniwatt is a market leader in forecasting solutions and will provide solar production forecasts for all of Italy\u2019s regions for the upcoming days. Reuniwatt\u2019s solar energy forecasts help minimize risks and ensure the successful integration of more solar energy into the national grid.
\nReuniwatt has developed advanced algorithms adapted to various landscapes and climatic zones, that allow the advanced analyses of data derived from geostationary satellites, and consequently carry out irradiation and solar production forecasts, based on the cloud movement. Reuniwatt\u2019s proprietary method HourCast™ anticipates the clouds\u2019 trajectory thanks to the treatment of several successive images, allowing to anticipate the cloud cover at a specific location and subsequently to deliver highly accurate solar power forecasts for the coming hours. Reuniwatt\u2019s DayCast™ will permit grid operators to access nationwide forecasts of a very high temporal and spatial resolution for the next days. Both services will be provided for predefined areas. Thanks to forecasting technology it will be possible to safely manage system operations and achieve greater photovoltaic penetration in Italy\u2019s national grid without compromising grid stability.<\/p>\n

The producer and consumer model of distributed generation for renewable sources is changing Italy\u2019s energy market: It has resulted in the growth of \u201cactive\u201d solar energy resources connected to the grid. In order to maintain a high level of observability of the grid in terms of injections and withdrawals of energy, forecasts are an essential tool, both on production and demand side, and allow Terna to safely manage the available resources. Advanced forecasts are part of the innovative data management and analytics required to help mitigate the risks associated with the management of renewable sources.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very happy to accompany Italy\u2019s energy transition process and work with our high-profile customer Terna. Thanks to solar energy forecasting, financial risks caused by solar energy variability can be controlled and the renewables share can be increased safely.\u201d explains Reuniwatt CEO and Founder Nicolas Schmutz.<\/p>\n

<\/div><\/div>\nAbout Reuniwatt (https:\/\/reuniwatt.com\/<\/a>)<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Reuniwatt specialises in solar forecasting as well as in solar irradiance and power assessment. It provides solutions and technologies to massively and securely inject photovoltaics into the grid.
\n\u2022 Reuniwatt develops solutions destined to key solar energy players: project developers, plant and grid operators, monitoring and asset management solution vendors, energy traders.
\n\u2022 The company has won many grants, including H2020\u2019s SME Phase 1 programme, which makes Reuniwatt a European Champion regarding innovation.
\n\u2022 Reuniwatt has also been selected among the national fast-growing companies to join the prestigious French Tech 120 programme in January 2020.
\n\u2022 Reuniwatt has offices in Reunion Island (HQ), Paris and Toulouse.<\/p>\n

About Terna (https:\/\/www.terna.it\/<\/a>)<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Terna SpA is a transmission and system Operator from Rome, Italy, guaranteeing a secure quality national electricity system with more than 74,400 kilometers of high voltage lines, as well as ensuring operating efficiency, grid integration and digital transformation.
\n\u2022 Playing a key role in energy transition, Terna is responsible for grid development, the growing integration of renewables into the national grid, and progressive decarbonisation.
\n\u2022 With more than 4200 employees, Terna derives more than 90% of its revenue from regulated market activities in Italy, but also engages in non-regulated market and international activities.
\n\u2022 Terna has achieved hight ranks in several of the most important sustainability indices for the stock markets, such as Euronext vigeoeiris and Dow Jones Sustainability Indices.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following a tender for solar energy forecasting services in 2019, Reuniwatt has been one of the selected service providers. Reuniwatt\u2019s solar irradiance forecasts will allow grid operator Terna to safely increase the PV share in Italy\u2019s national grid, where around 10 GWp of new solar capacity are expected by 2023. Forecasting necessary for a successful energy transition in Italy Reuniwatt is a market leader in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":5230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reuniwatt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reuniwatt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reuniwatt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reuniwatt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reuniwatt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5226"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/reuniwatt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9584,"href":"https:\/\/reuniwatt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5226\/revisions\/9584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reuniwatt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reuniwatt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reuniwatt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reuniwatt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}