Joan Saladich CEO and cofounder of Geoskop: “ Moved by the CDTI Innovation and european funds MRR, we have consolidated our mission to improve the climate prediction to transform the renewable industry ”

Climate change has become one of the major challenges today. Its effects are no longer a future threat but a reality that affects the economy, society and the daily lives with extreme events are becoming more frequent such as droughts, heat waves, floods and storms. Therefore, the capacity to anticipate the climate and to incorporate this information in decision-making, has become a strategic tool for various sectors such as energy, agriculture or the mass consumption.

In this context, and with the clear mission to shift the climate science to renewable energy by 2020 is created. Its Geoskop founder and CEO, Joan Saladich, explains that his first steps were not simple. The climate intelligence was still nascent and, as recalled, the most frequent questions were: “ Why should i believe your predictions? ”. That concern directly influenced the philosophy of the company: “ We focus on achieving climate forecasts increasingly precise, always with real data validated and adapted to the needs of the renewable sector ”, says.

Today, climate forecasts Geoskop offers long-term, with direct applications in the planning and operations of wind and solar projects anywhere in the world. Its evolution has been remarkable but, as noted by the CEO, “ our Dna shuffling remains the same: to improve the accuracy of forecasting models of the long term ”.

A key factor in this growth has been its focus on renewable energies. As Saladich, “ Are received in a very positive in this sector, which enabled us to learn from their needs and generate a real impact, not only for our clients, but also socially. ”

Such learning had led the company to take a step further. The experience of Geoskop stressed the need for tools that offer not only climate predictions, but also translated into practical and useful information for decision-making. This thought emerged SKOP, a platform that brings the climate intelligence to a new level.

Model Geoskop total rainfall in Utiel - Requena, Valencia

SKOP: a disruptive climate intelligence

SKOP is the first technological solution which transforms the global climate forecasts in practical information for decision-making in the renewables sector. Thanks to the support of CDTI Innovation through Neotec, programme funded with european funds of the mechanism for the Recovery and Resilience, Geoskop has enhanced the algorithms of this platform and achieve a qualitative leap in the accuracy and in his abilities.

The solution is based on various algorithms and proprietary knowledge resulting in two main climate forecasts, offers a one-year period, designed to improve the operation through the advance of the impact of climate on your business; on the other, provides projections, far-reaching more than 50 years, which permit the effects of climate change in strategic decision-making.

On this basis, one of the most outstanding features of SKOP is its ability to integrate the predictions in the medium and long-term horizons. Although they are very different, both seeking the same objective: to be really useful for the industry of renewables. To ensure the effectiveness of the predictions in those two periods, Geoskop applies a key concept called predictive boom, which assesses the quality of each forecast on the industry standard Saladich. As explains: “ Every horizon requires specific algorithms, metrics adapted and Unique ways to validate this bonanza, but in both cases we started with a common element: we use client data as the central reference. This allows us to generate predictions with real added value ".

In order to put this into practice, the basis of SKOP combines climate models, observations from satellites and geographic data with information provided by clients, looking for reliability and accuracy. According to the CEO, “ All predictions are based on the customer and are continuously validated with him. In this way, we provide useful information to reduce uncertainty in decisions of some importance ”.

The horizon of SKOP: more precision and focus on renewable energy sources

Following this approach, SKOP would continue to evolve with the support of the artificial intelligence. New models, constructed from the advanced techniques of correcting bias increasing accuracy promise of the platform.

Currently, the focus remains in the renewable sector. “ Be pragmatic and specialized agencies is key, ” explains Saladich, which adds: “ Before are able to expand to other sectors, we are deeply understand its functioning and ‘ speak their language ’, ensuring that the climate intelligence translates into Useful solutions and not just into data ”.

Anticipating extreme events

One of the greatest challenges of climate science remains the prediction of extreme events such as rains or intense storms, owing to factors difficult to anticipate, as the time, the intensity or duration. Even so, Geoskop has made significant progress. According To Saladich: “ The project with the european space agency (ESA BIC Barcelona), develop, global climate models capable of simulating up to 100 years of settings. This allowed us to anticipate successfully extreme events, such as DANA of 2024 in Valencia or storm Eowyn in Ireland and United kingdom ”.

Although it is not yet possible to determine the exact form and intensity of these events, the results achieved show the quality and the real potential of algorithms, available for any user on the continentalSustax.

Sustax: platform climate intelligence

The future of Geoskop: transparency, internationalization and scientific ambition

For now, the future of the company focuses on transparency, internationalization and scientific ambition. “ We want you to make informed decisions, based on validated data metric and objective, in opaque predictions. ” this clearly has enabled Geoskop expand internationally since the beginning, with customers in europe, latin america and Asia. also collaborate with international companies of great relevance means that we are changing the way in which the private sector perceives the climate prediction and that our work is a real impact on energy transition, ” says the CEO.

For its part, in the short and medium-term seeks to refine and Geoskop standardise their learning algorithms to provide in-depth assessments of solar and wind resource with the maximum reliability, a goal in the already working together with the european space agency (ESA Philab Net). In the longer term, the company aspires to become its methodology in reference to the industry, integrating renewable climate intelligence as a standard in decision-making. Even look beyond our planet: “ In ten years or perhaps more, we would like to bring to the science in the generation of climate models to exoplanets, a challenge that we believe will be key in the next phase of space exploration. This objective are aligned with our collaboration and reflects our vocation of long-term innovation, ” concludes Saladich.

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