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Visualising wind and flood hazards in Europe

The UK Centre for Greening Finance & Investment (CGFI) is a national centre established to accelerate the adoption and use of climate and environmental data and analytics by financial institutions.

The IEA is part of CGFI and leads on ensuring the…

Monitoring weather and climate risks to electricity networks

Extreme weather events are causing greater uncertainty to infrastructure owners and operators. Physical damage to assets as well as disruption to services and field operations lead to higher O&M costs and potential penalties for regulated utilities. On top of this, climate…

Reducing energy costs in cement manufacture

This project was undertaken for Hanson UK to examine the potential for dynamic load shifting in order to minimise electricity costs and/or CO2 emissions. The overall objective was to identify when energy-intensive processes (such as cement milling) could be shifted to off-peak…

Analysing climate impacts on infrastructure

A drive towards sustainable and future-proofing infrastructure means that climate change is beginning to be embedded into the standards that drive the design and maintenance of industries such as transport, buildings and power distribution networks. Alongside this drive for…

Modelling methane gas emissions using machine learning

The re-development of former landfill sites requires a careful risk assessment of the ground gases that are released to ensure they do not form a hazard to later occupants. Our client deploys sensors that monitor emissions of landfill gases including methane, carbon monoxide,…

Forecasting fog using data analytics

Fog poses a life-threatening challenge to the travelling public. To help address this problem, we investigated the feasibility of developing fog prediction software to provide early warning alerts to Highway’s England to help improve road safety and save the capital costs…

Improving environmental impact assessments using knowledge graphs

Environmental, Social and Health Impact Assessments (ESHIAs) are required by investors and regulatory authorities for large scale engineering and infrastructure projects. The early identification of the impact of such projects on habitats and species can avoid significant…

Making climate science accessible - VIEWpoint Brazil

The WCSSP brings together weather and climate expertise from the UK and partner countries to focus on the global challenges of climate and extreme weather events. It is funded in the UK by the Newton Fund and delivered by the UK Met Office.

Since 2014…

Predictive Maintenance for Wind Turbines

In this project, our analysts worked with a wind farm operator to investigate the likely reasons for observed operational reductions in turbine availability and production output during operational wind windows (wind speeds >3ms-1 and <25ms-1) and to explore the…

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