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New Solar Bible Published

Planning and using a solar energy system requires reliable information about the solar resource. As a guide through the sometimes complex subject and the various data sources, the 3rd Edition of the "Best Practices Handbook for the Collection and Use of Solar Resource Data for Solar Energy Applications" has now been published.

CSEM and Meteotest open up their data to the scientific community

Researchers get access to a unique dataset on global irradiation and sky conditions collected at three sites in Switzerland. Scientists are now invited to develop their own AI algorithms to predict solar radiation, and potentially optimize solar-power generation systems.

Climate Analogues - finding tomorrow's climate today

Mitigation matters – Meteotest and afca created a remarkable website demon-strating how much climate might change at any given place on Earth.

Meteotest adopts COSMO 1 km forecasting model

Since the beginning of the year 2021, Meteotest has been using the numerical weather prediction model COSMO, which provides our forecasters and our customers with the most accurate forecasts available for Switzerland.

City of Zurich can increase solar power by a factor of 7 by 2030

How much solar power can be produced on the roofs of the city of Zurich? Meteotest's experts have investigated this question.

Updated Swiss immission maps in high spatial resolution

On behalf of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Meteotest has updated the Swiss immission maps for the air pollutants nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5) using the PolluMap model.

New edition of the FOEN website on air pollution

Meteotest has updated the website on air pollution of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN. The maps of the current air pollution data are presented using the latest technology

NIR calculations with NISMap

NISMap is a software for the calculation of the immissions of high-frequency non-ionizing radiation (NIR). NISMap was developed and distributed by ARIAS. From 2020, the further development and support of NISMap will be carried out entirely by Meteotest.

Lightning data – cooperation with Météorage

Meteotest now obtains lightning data for Switzerland and the neighbouring countries from Météorage. In addition, Meteotest now acts as a distributor for the services of Météorage in Switzerland.

High resolution urban heat analysis

Climate change rises new demands on urban and area planning. On the basis of the innovative simulation model PALM-4U, Meteotest offers new high-resolution urban heat analyses. In Meteonorm, new urban heat cliamtologies are available.

Official Swiss health insurance calculator Priminfo certified for Accessibility

2018 the official Swiss health insurance calculator Priminfo was comprehensively refactored by Meteotest. The website has been designed to be accessible and certified according to WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

Visualize the potato's thirst

... and save water and costs. Meteotest has implemented a website for a multi-year project of the College of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL in Zollikofen, which helps farmers to optimize the soil moisture relevant to plant growth.

Optimising Operations through Meteo-Intelligence

In close collaboration with Geneva Airport and MeteoSwiss, Meteotest developed a weather dashboard – a crucial element for optimising airport operations.