CustomWeather Launches Weather Package for Renewable Energy

CustomWeather, a leading supplier of syndicated weather data, announced today that it is now offering weather data packages targeted at those companies involved with renewable energy. “We are a one-stop data warehouse for companies involved with wind, solar, wave, and hydro power,” said Geoff Flint, President & CEO of CustomWeather, Inc. “CustomWeather provides both historical weather data and high resolution weather modeling for those companies wishing to set up wind and solar power farms.”

The American Recovery and Reinvestment bill signed into law this past week has allocated $6 billion towards the renewable energy sector and substantial growth is expected over the upcoming years. CustomWeather is able to assist any companies needing weather information for site planning or ongoing production.

Through the use of high-resolution weather models such as the WRF model, CustomWeather is able to supply very accurate weather forecasts that can be delivered for any point around the globe including offshore locations where wind and wave energy projects may be undertaken. It also has an extensive historical database that can be tapped into. CustomWeather is able to deliver its information in a variety of GIS formats such as shapefiles, OpenGIS-based map layers, and netCDF files in addition to point data in XML format.

Not only does CustomWeather specialize in high-resolution wind data for wind farms, but it is also able to supply detailed solar-radiation information for solar farms and accurate wave information for wave energy projects. CustomWeather has access to an extensive number of public and private weather station networks that can be tapped into for both real-time and historical weather reports. CustomWeather is a one-stop shop for all of your weather needs.

For more information on how CustomWeather can meet your alternative energy weather needs, please visit: http://www.customweather.com/cw_industry_alternative_energy.html

About CustomWeather, Inc.

CustomWeather, Inc. is a San Francisco based provider of syndicated weather content that combines the worlds of technology and weather. CustomWeather generates local weather forecasts for over 200 countries worldwide, establishing it as the industry leader for global location-based coverage at both the US and International levels. CustomWeather provides sophisticated weather products to leading companies in a variety of industries including media, energy, travel, wireless, and the web. For more information visit www.customweather.com or check the weather at http://www.myforecast.com

Contacts

CustomWeather, Inc.
Geoff Flint, President and CEO, 415-777-3303
marketing {at} customweather(.)com