Snow & Water Digital Twins
We help companies increase the value of renewable energy and utilities assets through geospatial and Machine Learning technologies Book an introductory callSnow & Water Digital Twin for Trading and Generation Optimization
Wegaw is the underlying technology to a sustainable energy future. Through the power of geospatial fusion, we help companies around the world to optimize assets by better monitoring and forecasting water & snow resources.
Up to 50%
Error Reduction in Water Forecasting
through calibrating water inflow models with Snow Water Equivalent
+5%
MWh Price Optimization in Energy Trading
through snow water equivalent monitoring for long term water forecasting.
+10%
Increase in Energy Generation
through water and snow melt monitoring for short term water forecasting.
Up to 3%
New Income Increase
by updating trading models based on long term water inflow forecasting.
Snow & Water Digital Twins Through Geospatial Fusion Technology
Several geospatial data inputs are combined with state-of-the-art Machine Learning methods, to enable both historical and near real-time analysis of snow and water data in any given region.
Soil Water Content
SWC Daily
Soil moisture and water content up to 300 cm below the ground.
Snow Height
HS Daily or 3-6 Day Period
Globally available, high-accuracy HS maps and statistics with a regularly updated temporal resolution.
Wet & Dry
Wet & Dry Snow Weekly
Information on wet and dry snow extent for early snow melt detection.
Snow Water Equivalent
SWE Daily or 3-6 Day Period
Water volume estimation through globally available, high-accuracy SD maps and statistics.
Explore our snow water equivalent (SWE) and snow height (HS) products for the hydropower industry
Use our interactive maps and graphs to discover the relationship between snow characteristics and downstream flow at different times throughout the year.
Download our detailed technical reports
See how we compare and assess our SWE and HS datasets against those from the SLF in Switzerland, and independent sources Canada, Norway and the United States of America.
Why Wegaw?
We help utilities, asset managers and energy producers to optimize resources, increase trading efficiencies and reduce cost of data acquisition through our snow & water digital twins.
No need for in-situ hardware & no regional dependencies:
our cutting-edge integrative and proprietary technology combines Machine Learning with geospatial data analytics across multiple inputs for local insights for even the most inaccessible areas.
Near real-time model calibration:
our geospatial fusion technology, which is driven by open and exclusive datasets from partners all around the world, delivers a near real-time snow & water digital twin with unprecedented accuracy.
Highly scalable and secure:
SaaS-based with demonstrated global deployment supported by robust software architecture, all developed and managed in Switzerland.
Internationally accredited R&D:
our services have been internationally and nationally accredited through partnerships with the European Space Agency and the Swiss Space Office since 2018, as well as academic collaborations with UCL and Imperial College London since 2021.
Ingrained end-to-end sector expertise for ESG impact:
clean energy production and trading, accompanying the digital transformation and sustainability transition of both old and new industry players.
International talent ecosystem:
dynamic team of experts and synergistic advisers, delivering commercial value through scientific insights for our partners and clients.
Trusted by global & local leaders
Our commitment to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals
A successful global transition to clean energy will require substantial investment into new technologies and infrastructure.
We offer a cost effective solution for renewable energy asset optimisation.
Global warming – which has now reached 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels – is mainly driven by anthropogenic emissions. To limit warming to below 1.5°C, countries have united in their commitment to transition to clean energy within fast-approaching targets.
The elimination of atmospheric CO2 caused by the burning of fossil fuels, can only be achieved through the effective management and efficient use of renewable energy resources. By relying on our SaaS based system, energy producers and traders around the world can position themselves competitively to deliver on their decarbonisation plans.
Multinational & Multidisciplinary
Ion Padilla
CEO & Co-Founder
Niamh French
Spatial Data Scientist - AI & Earth Observation
Daria Lüdtke
COO & Geospatial Technologist
Ignacio Ponsoda Llorens
Full Stack & Geo Development
Thomas James
CTO - Product & R&D
Corinna Frank
Hydrology Engineer
Gonzalo Alvarez
Head of IT
Marc González Fortí
Key Account Manager
Matt Elgin
Head of Business Development
Jules Gros-Daillon
Atmospheric Data Scientist
With growth comes opportunity. Whilst focusing on new market prospects, resource expansion and solutions development, we will continue to enhance our capabilities.
If you would like to help us empower sustainable energy transitions and believe that your skills set would be a great attribution to our team, please send your CV to our HR department by clicking here.
From Mountain Resorts to Transforming the Energy Industry.
We started offering alpine tourism destinations and ski resorts ways to improve their operations through space data. And it worked so well that we pivoted our solutions to solve a broader range of sustainability challenges faced by the energy industry: We now deploy our refined technology and solutions for companies to generate more value by optimizing renewable energy assets.
We are hungry, daring and ambitious. It shows in our track records from CERN, UCL, technology companies like Hewlett Packard and impact institutions like the United Nations. The combination of different disciplines like telecommunications engineering, geospatial technology and environmental science is key to how we innovate. We love to co-create, and it shows in how we work.
Today, we offer a game-changing ecosystem to help forward-thinking energy companies transition towards clean energy.
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