95%
accuracy for day-ahead energy forecasts
9.6%
average improvement over public ISO forecasts
9
North American ISO/RTO regions
Image source: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
More accuracy, less risk
In today’s dynamic energy landscape, accurately forecasting variable renewable energy (VRE) generation is crucial for effectively integrating wind and solar energy into the grid. Minimizing VRE forecasting errors at the systemwide level reduces balancing costs, curtailments, and reserve requirements while improving system flexibility and reliability.
Centralized forecasting reduces the natural uncertainty of variable renewable energy generation by aggregating all the renewable energy sources (RES) in a balancing region. High-quality regional forecasts, from minutes to days ahead, help asset owners, project managers, and energy traders make confident, data-driven decisions to effectively manage investments, reduce future risks, and gain a competitive edge in energy markets.
Plan, invest, and trade with confidence
Vaisala Xweather combines cutting-edge weather and environmental modeling, robust data science, and powerful machine learning to produce accurate energy forecasts and actual power estimates for wind and solar projects for nine North American RTO/ISO regions.
Look ahead with 7-day power forecasts at 1-hour intervals at the regional and plant level for real-time and day-ahead markets.
Calibrated prediction intervals for every forecast.
Look back at site-level estimated actual power data in 1-hour intervals for the last 24 hours.
Improve your situational awareness
The Xweather situational awareness tool provides an animated six-day global forecast of the key weather parameters for renewable energy. Map layers include wind speed and direction at 100-meter hub height, global horizontal irradiance, ground level, cloud cover, pressure, precipitation, snow depth, and air temperature.
In the United States and parts of Canada, the tool also delivers an intuitive visualization of renewable energy production. Circles mark the location of energy projects with color indicating the project’s estimated energy output as a percentage of its nameplate capacity.
Best for insights
For maximum flexibility and insights, unlock our full suite of energy forecasting and situational awareness tools in the Xweather renewable energy portal. Make it your own with configurable dashboards, charts, and reports complemented by powerful verification tools and fast API access.
Try it free for 30 days
Best for integrations
Energy traders, power companies, asset managers and developers use Yes Energy to make sense of the complex, rapidly changing power market. Our partnership with Yes Energy enables Xweather subscribers to access regional power forecasts within Yes Energy’s products at no additional cost.
Vaisala Xweather + Yes Energy
Best for fast access
The Snowflake data marketplace gives you instant access to centralized and site-level wind and solar energy data for 9 North American RTO/ISO regions. See the 7-day forecast and the last 24 hours estimated actual power for the region and each site. All data sets are live and ready to query.