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A preview of the new forecasting tool for renewable energy production that is being developed by the S2S4E project was shown to attendees of the E-World Energy & Water fair in Essen, Germany from 5-7 February.

This was the first time that a preview of the new decision support tool (DST) was given in public.

A beta version of the tool will be launched in June, and it will be free to use for the first 18 months.

Written by Daniele Kielmanowicz and Mathieu Salel, two innovation strategists at LGI, D6.2 had been submitted in November 2018. Titled “Assessment of policies and recommendations”, this report presents the results of the policy mapping, highlights main policy trends and suggests policy recommendations to support the uptake of sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) services.

After more than 16 years of development, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched Aeolus in August 2018. Part of the Copernicus programme and built by Airbus, this satellite has been designed to accurately measure wind patterns from space. Named Aeolus after the Greek mythological guardian of wind, its 3-year orbital mission is expecting to boost climate research and weather forecasting.

S2S4E IS WORKING TO DEVELOP MORE RELIABLE AND INFORMATIVE SEASONAL FORECASTS. THIS COULD LEAD TO HUGE SAVINGS FOR BOTH ENERGY TRADERS AND FARMERS, AS WELL AS FOR OTHER WEATHER-DEPENDENT INDUSTRIES, CICERO RESEARCHERS EXPLAIN.

Most people in the Nordic countries would describe this past summer as the best summer ever. The summer when people in the southern parts of Norway and Sweden could enjoy sunshine and temperatures of around 30 degrees almost every day for three months, and the summer where it almost didn’t rain.

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Interview with Harilaos Loukos, founder and CEO of The Climate Data Factory and partner of the S2S4E project. Based in Paris, he succeeded in putting climate data at the centre of his job.