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Energy generation and demand forecasting

Made easier with in-depth weather intelligence guiding your critical decision-making

Is increasingly volatile weather impacting your decisions and profits?

DTN APAC has grown to become the outright leader within the Australian energy market, serving wind, solar, hydro, trading, utilities and network companies.

You can’t control the weather, but you can gain precision insights to optimise your response. What lights us up is providing your energy business with tailored weather information to reduce your risk and keep you moving ahead of the curve. 

Our services cover all aspects – from wind and solar generation to demand forecasts, wholesale markets to retail so, no matter where your company sits, we have solutions for you. We have worked closely with market participants to create products that meet the evolving needs of the sector, aiming to increase safety and profitability for our customers. 

Benefit from the timely delivery of accurate weather information, allowing informed and effective decision-making.

Prosper in a dynamic world

Your customisable Energyzone interface can assess heat/heatwave potential from 14 days out to 12 months. It allows you to benefit from specialised indices for CDD/HDD/apparent temperature/sunshine hours to help accurately predict the demand for electricity. This, along with high-resolution modelling and local knowledge, gives you the most precise information available to make the critical decisions that bolster your production.

Rapid Update Forecast Systems

Our industry-leading OpticastTM system generates precise forecasts of temperature, humidity, wind speed and pressure, which are critical for plant operation and accurate demand forecasting.

5-min Observational and Forecast Data

Meeting the needs of the changing market, DTN APAC able to provide 5-min granularity observations and forecasts to optimise your market bidding and maximise your profits.

Tailored Expert Advice

Powerful forecast modules are coupled with briefings from our team of energy specialist meteorologists, allowing you to understand the risk in the forecasts.

How can we help?

Utilities & Power Networks

Energy Renewables

Energy Trading & Risk

We don’t do status quo

We thrive on challenge, next generation science and customised service and are dedicated to helping you stay steps ahead.

With our advanced alerting systems for both lightning – the Total Lightning Network – and severe weather events including flooding and bushfires, you will have the best lead time possible to assess risk to your business and respond. Our team provide analytical support, 24/7, and pave the way for quick and effective critical decision-making.

We collaborate with you to bring ease to your every day. Our teams of meteorologists and data scientists are there, every step of the way, to help you navigate your weather, generation and demand challenges.

Take a load off, let us crunch the numbers and serve it up in an easy-to-navigate package so that you can concentrate on more pressing tasks.

The brightest minds to help light the way.

Latest news

Satisfy your weather obsession with these news headlines from around the nation, and the world.

Overlapping south swells impact NSW ports

A series of swells generated from powerful storms south of Australia are impacting coastal NSW ports on Thursday and Friday. Large waves peak on Thursday morning A large southerly swell moved into coastal NSW overnight into Thursday morning. Significant wave heights off Sydney’s coast can be seen rapidly increasing late on Wednesday and early on […]

Darwin region facing extreme fire danger just days after season’s first rain

Hot and windy weather are bringing extreme fire danger near Darwin on Wednesday, just days after the city saw its first rain in four months. Prior to last weekend, Darwin had not seen any rain since May. This 115 day dry spell came to an end when rain started pouring into the gauge on Sunday […]

Super Typhoon Ragasa disrupting aviation, shipping and local industries across the Philippines and South China Sea

Japan’s Himawari-9 satellite has captured striking images of Super Typhoon Ragasa – known locally as Nando in the Philippines – bearing down on the Babuyan Islands on Monday and causing massive disruptions to industries across the region. Typhoon Ragasa underwent rapid intensification late last week and became the first super typhoon so far this season […]

Perth sets rainfall streak not seen in 18 years as water storage levels fall

For four months in a row, Perth has exceeded its average monthly rainfall – the first time this has happened in the traditionally wet winter and spring period since 2007. Perth reached its September average of 79.3mm during light showers on Tuesday and Wednesday. Another 13.2mm of rain then fell in the 24 hours to […]