Influencer Charlie D'Amelio followed closely in second position with 151 million followers and singer Bella Poarch ranked third, with a total of 93 million followers. Lame, who is based in Italy, reached 162 million subscribers in August 2023. Combined with other risk management tools, it means that the new range of (interruptible) renewable power generation assets can now integrate seamlessly with legacy plants to offer the security of supply on a scale nobody could have expected 30 years ago.TikTok creator and comedian Khabane Lame officially surpassed dancer Charli D’Amelio as the most followed content creator on the platform in September 2022. This offers utility operators a vast choice of data to choose from, to compare and even to integrate into their operations. Whereas in years past market participants may have relied on established, often state-owned providers, the last 20 years have seen numerous organizations enter the field. The upsurge in demand for accurate weather data – both forecasts and historical data – has led to a proliferation in the supply of market-relevant, actionable information from a huge variety of sources. A typical weather derivative is based on a specific index that can measure any aspect of the weather, be it rainfall, wind or hours of sunshine. It’s even possible to take risk management one step further now and buy or sell weather derivatives as a hedge against the loss of generation. By careful analysis of forecasts, plant operators can decide how much energy they might have available to sell over a set period, enabling them to make the best use of assets. Weather forecasts act as a sort of risk management tool for renewable asset managers by helping to reduce uncertainty over the availability of primary energy sources (wind, sun, and rain). Rainfall and “net radiation” (sunlight), all of which carry great relevance forĪs an example, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) provide forecasts for wind and solar power generation by the country for the next 12, 24 and 36 hours, and compares its forecasts with observed generation. Typical weather data now available includesįorecasts for minimum and maximum temperatures, wind speed and direction, Sunshine and how much wind are to come over different periods into the future. Solar and wind generation has emerged a demand for predictions of how much But it’s really in the last 30 years that technologicalĪdvances have made possible new areas of weather forecasting. Made it possible to manage supply to meet fluctuations in demand when weatherĬonditions change. The advent of scientific weather forecasting Obviously, these pioneers did not enjoy the benefit of accurate weather forecasts and so “brown-outs” were a common phenomenon when demand overwhelmed the available supply. The first fossil-fuel-fired power plant (Thomas Edison’s plant in London) and the first hydro dam (Fox River, Wisconsin) both began operating in the same year of 1882. Similarly, rainfall forecasts are critical in managing hydropower generation assets: by building up databases of historical rainfall patterns and combining them with current weather forecasts, asset managers are able to determine how to optimize their generation. Temperature changes signal increases or drops in heating or cooling demand, as businesses and consumers turn to air conditioners or space heaters. Historically, there has always been a relevant role in weather forecasting in our energy industry. By 1955 computers were able to produce practical forecasts. Their scientific rigor and interest in all the earth sciences led them to be called the fathers of modern meteorology, though by the early 20th century advances in atmospheric physics enabled greater accuracy. To the careers of Francis Beaufort, an Irish hydrographer who served asīritain’s Hydrographer of the Navy in the mid-19th century, and hisĬontemporary Robert FitzRoy, chief of weather data at the country’s Board of The science of weather forecasting dates back Method to predict short-term, and increasingly of late, longer-term weather Weather from cloud patterns and astrology, humans have tried to build a solid Ever since the Babylonians began to predict
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