EUMETNET - E-TREND Joint Workshop on Postprocessing, Forecasting and Nowcasting for Renewable Energy (RenEUCast)

Session

Operation & Decision-making

Decision making

8 Dec 2025, 13:40

U-Residence (Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB))

Conveners

Operation & Decision-making

• Joris Van den Bergh (Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium)

20. Forecasting Belgium’s Solar Future: Climate Change Impact on PV Energy Output

Mr Richard de Jong (imec)

08/12/2025, 13:40

Talk

This study investigates how climate change could affect the energy output of solar panels in Belgium, with projections extending to the year 2100. It offers a long-term perspective by starting with weather data from 1950 and building on future climate models developed by the Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI). By analysing multiple climate scenarios, the study examines potential shifts in...

5. HireNext: HIgh Resolution forecasts for Next Generation Dynamic Line Rating computation

Tomas Van Oyen (PropheSea B.V.)

08/12/2025, 14:05

Talk

The HIRENEXT project aims to co-design and implement a Pilot Service tailored to dynamic line rating (DLR) computations for electricity transmission. This service leverages innovative research from the Destination Earth On-Demand Extremes Digital Twin contract (DE_330), which provides access to unprecedented high-resolution weather predictions.

Through a user-centric co-design approach,...

21. Identifying hotspots of adverse weather for Austrian energy infrastructure

Dr Irene Schicker (GeoSphere Austria)

08/12/2025, 15:10

Talk

EnergyProtect aims to identify present and future risk hotspots, defined as sites of renewable energy infrastructure with elevated exposure to potentially disruptive meteorological conditions. We i) use physics-informed ML to detect patterns of adverse weather, ii) dynamically downscale ensemble time slices to convection permitting resolutions, and iii) estimate uncertainties, return periods...

2. Machine-learning informed stochastic control of a hybrid wind-battery plant operating under time-dependent grid constraints

Stijn Ally (VUB)

08/12/2025, 15:35

Talk

Offshore wind farms play an important role in the transition toward carbon-free energy production, but their variable and uncertain power output, depending on the wind conditions, presents significant operational challenges. To mitigate fluctuations in the grid, transmission system operators and regulatory authorities may impose various constraints on the power injection into the grid....

10. Renewable forecasts as an enabler for Elia's operations

FREDERIK VANMAELE

08/12/2025, 16:00

Keynote talk

Elia Transmission Belgium operates a grid with a high penetration of PV-production capacity, offshore wind parks, DC cables and a particular geographical position, between the biggest consumers of the European grid – Germany and France. The exploitation happens parallel to one of the most challenging infrastructure portfolios in the whole of Europe, implying many outages happening at any given...