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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.

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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.

A huge week of wind for the NEM- why some of it may not make the grid

The National Electricity Market (NEM) is bracing for one of its most active wind weeks of the year, with two powerful cold fronts bringing wind gusts which could force wind farms into cutouts at times.  The first vigorous cold front is set to sweep across southeastern Australia late this week into early next, with another powerful front following closely behind during the middle of […]

NSW hydro turns a corner as the season’s biggest snow event closes in

NSW hydropower generation is climbing again after a soft beginning to the year, ahead of the biggest snowfall event this season with the potential for more than half a metre of snow forecast from late this week.   A strong cold front with a freezing airmass is set to sweep across southeastern Australia late this week into next week, likely […]

‘Very strong’ El Niño threshold crossed for first time in over a decade- here’s what it means for APAC business

The tropical Pacific Ocean has rapidly warmed to a ‘very strong’ El Niño threshold for the first time in more than 10 years, a milestone that puts extreme heat, water stress and higher energy demand squarely on the radar for businesses across Australia  and Southeast Asia in the upcoming seasons. El Niño was declared by […]

A positive IOD may be developing – What it means for Australia’s energy, insurance, fire and mining sectors

One of Australia’s main climate drivers, the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), may be shifting into a phase that could impact the energy market, fire and emergency services, and mining operators in the late winter and spring. What is the Indian Ocean Dipole? Australia’s weather is shaped by the seasons – cooler winters, warmer summers, and […]