Parts of Western Europe are likely to see unseasonably warm and dry weather until mid-October, while Northern Europe will be cooler and wetter than normal, particularly over the next two weeks, S2S4E Decision Support Tool forecasts show.
Save the date! On Monday, 7 October at 14:30 - 15:30 CET partners from the project S2S4E will present a technical and hands-on introduction the the new S2S4E Decision Support Tool.
On 7 October, the S2S4E project will present the first of a series of webinars for the energy community. The webinar program is the following:
The Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Prediction Project (S2S) is a joint research initiative from 2013, whose main goal is to “improve forecast skill and understanding of the subseasonal to seasonal timescale, and to promote its uptake by operational centres and exploitation by the applications communities.”
It has been a month since the online Decision Support Tool (DST) has gone live with operational sub-seasonal and seasonal forecasts of wind energy, solar energy, hydropower, and energy balance forecasts. These forecasts provide high potential value for decision-making and planning processes across sectors of society, regarding climate change and variability.
What are the S2S4E case studies?
Earlier in the S2S4E project, eight case studies have been selected to provide real-world examples which demonstrate the potential of the forecasts used in the Decision Support Tool (DST). The eight historical case studies have been selected as most relevant by industrial partners, due to unusual climate behaviour affecting the energy market.
S2S4E is a three-year project that started in December 2017. We have reached the midway point of our project and we are reflecting on the work completed so far.
During this first half of the project, the eight S2S4E work packages (WP) have advanced according to the plan, producing 25 deliverables, many of them building the knowledge and technical base for the creation of the S2S4E Decision Support Tool (DST). The DST was recently launched in Brussels on June 20th, during the European Sustainable Energy Week.
The DST tool has been specifically developed for the energy sector
The H2020-funded project “Subseasonal-to-seasonal Forecasts for Energy” (S2S4E) is proud to announce the official launch of Resilience, its fully functional Decision Support Tool (DST) for the energy market. The event will take place at Norway House, Brussels, on 20 June during the European Union Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW).
A pilot version of the Decision Support Tool (DST) developed in S2S4E will be launched in June. Mathieu Salel, Innovation strategist at LGI, mainly involved in the WP6 of the S2S4E project, explains why the energy industry needs this new tool.
S2S4E. What is the Decision Support Tool and how can it make the difference?
There is a gap between what users expect and what science can provide. In any business, there will be an element of risk, which no tool can eliminate.