It was a true pleasure welcoming participants from around the world to Galzignano for this year’s International Conference on Energy & Meteorology.
During the event, we’ve shared knowledge, sparked ideas, and built new connections across the energy and meteorology communities — all in the spirit of advancing climate resilience and the global energy transition.
A heartfelt thank you to our speakers, organising and scientific committees, and to each of you who contributed with your expertise, questions, and energy to make ICEM2025 a success. You can revisit the programme — including plenary sessions, workshops, and a selection of oral presentations.
We look forward to continuing the conversation — and seeing you at the next edition!
PROGRAMME AND PRESENTATIONS
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All the slides and posters presented at ICEM 2025 (except for those either not received or for which approval has not been granted by the author) are available at the links on the programme below.
13:30-18:30 | FREE ONSITE EVENT Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate & Energy Workshop: Data, Tools and Applications for the Energy Sector Featuring a contribution from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) Click here for the programme and free registration |
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| 18:30–19:30 | ICEM 2025 Registration & Check-In Welcome Drinks |
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| 08:00–09:00 | Registration | ||
09:00–10:40 | Plenary Session Sala dei Giganti Chair: Jan Dutton (Prescient Weather Ltd) |
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09:00–09:50 09:50–10:40 | Speakers Debra Lew Director (ESIG), USA Impacts of a Changing Climate and a Changing Grid on Reliability Bruno Meyer Secretary General (GO15 Power Grid Operators), France Net Zero and Energy Transition: The Role and Importance of Power Systems |
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| 10:40–11:10 | Coffee Break | ||
11:10–12:50 | Poster session Sala dei Giganti Chair: Hannah Bloomfield (Please refer to the final entry in the programme below for the complete list of posters) |
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| 12:50–14:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00–15:40 | Parallel Sessions | ||
| Sala Petrarca | Sala degli Scrovegni | Sala dei Giganti |
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| Climate & Energy Modelling Chair: Laurent Dubus | Energy Systems and Extreme Weather Risk Management Chair: David Pozo-Vazquez | Forecasting for Energy Planning and Operations Chair: Stefano Alessandrini |
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| 14:00–14:20 | Resilience to climate variability in Australia's electricity grid under future energy system scenarios Author: Doug Richardson | Sensitivity of extreme residual load events on wind and solar installed capacity in Germany Author: Lucie Chabert | Short-term forecast predictability of the past, current and future UK wind fleet Author: Gabriel Dantas de Oliveira Rolim |
| 14:20–14:40 | Climate2Energy: consistently modeling interconnected impacts of climate change on energy systems Author: Jan Wohland | WITHDRAWN: Forecasting and Decision-Making in Extreme Power System Situations Author: John Zack | Benefit of increasing the number of weather models used as input of solar and wind energy forecasts Author: Olivier Vannier |
| 14:40–15:00 | Towards enhanced capabilities for “Energy System Impacts” modelling in CMIP7 tosupport the next IPCC report and beyond Author: David Brayshaw | Generating extreme windstorm event sets to determine reasonable worst case scenarios Author: Anna Whitford | RMAPS-WIND: an Operational Numerical Weather Prediction System tailored for Wind and Solar Power Service in China Author: Min Chen |
| 15:00–15:20 | Influence of Climate Change on Dynamic Line Ratings in Great Britain Author: Gareth Harrison | Identification of Extreme Energy Events caused by renewable energy forecast errors Author: Matthias Zech | Leveraging Spatially Explicit Data for Accurate Renewable Energy Forecasting Author: Eloi Lindas |
| 15:20–15:40 | How good are the CMIP6 models in simulating the decadal variability of surface wind in North Sea and its interconnection with the North Atlantic circulation Author: Hiba Omrani | Frequency and spatial extend of heat and cold waves in France and climate change Author: Caroline Cognot | Microscale Artificial Intelligence Wind Speed Prediction for Wind Turbines Author: Jie Yan |
| 15.40–16.10 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:10–18:00 | Workshop session Sala Petrarca “So, you want to start a weather/climate business?” Convenors: Jan Dutton (Prescient Weather LTD) and Ian Harper (MoneyVista) Presentation available here | Workshop session Sala degli Scrovegni Education, Collaboration and Engaging Stakeholders Convenors: Juan A. Añel (Universidade de Vigo), Susana Bayo (INESC TEC) and Ben Hutchins (Univ. Of Reading) | Workshop session Sala dei Giganti Resilience across timescales Convenors: Laurent Dubus (RTE), Laura Di Bernardo, Mario Ciancarini (ENEL) and Annarita Mariotti (NOAA) Presentations available here: - Slide Bevillard - Slide Sharp - Slide DiBernardo |
| 18:00–19:30 | Free time/Networking Break | ||
| 19:30–23:30 | Conference Dinner | ||
| 08:00–09:00 | Registration | ||
09:00–10:40 | Parallel Sessions | ||
| Sala Petrarca | Sala degli Scrovegni | Sala dei Giganti | |
| Weather and Climate Services for Energy Chair: Simon Camal | Energy Systems and Extreme Weather Risk Management Chair: Matthew Wright | Forecasting for Energy Planning and Operations Chair: Georges Kariniotakis |
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| 09:00–09:20 | Pan-European Climate Database v4.2: Updates, validation and potential next steps in wind power modelling Author: Matti Koivisto | A Weather Forecast Archive for Dunkelfaute Forecast Evaluation Author: Jan Dutton | Why Consistency in Temperature Normals Matters: Insights for Transmission System Operators Author: Léna Gurriaran |
| 09:20–09:40 | A novel approach to Environmental Impact Assessments of Offshore Wind Farms in a changing climate Author: Daria Cislo | Enhanced modelling of the hydropower generation in Spain Author: David Pozo-Vazquez | A Machine Learning Approach to Hydropower and Inflow Forecasting in Tanzania Using Random Forest Author: Kristian Lautrup Nielsen |
| 09:40–10:00 | Impact of climate change on Offshore Wind resource along the French coastline Author: Boutheina Oueslati | Energy Systems and Extreme Weather Risk Assessment: lessons from the ENGAGEMENT project Author: Carlotta Zanetti | Modelled Climate Change impacts on the New Zealand Energy system out to 2050 Author: Jen Purdie |
| 10:00–10:20 | Research and Application of Meteorology for Renewable Energy at Tsinghua University, China Author: Yong Luo | High-Risk Zones for Heavy Rainfall in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Western Asia Based on AR6 Climate Projections Author: Poya Fakour | Decadal predictions for the European Energy Sector Author: Benjamin Hutchins |
| 10:20–10:40 | Offshore Wind Energy and Meteorology: Perspectives from an Offshore Wind Developer Author: Jesper Grønnegaard Pedersen | High energy shortfall across 28 European countries during the winter: Investigation of the role of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and stratospheric polar vortex Author: Emmanuel Rouges | Seasonal forecasts of summer extremes for the energy sector over France Author: Naveen Goutham |
| 10:40–11:10 | Coffee Break | ||
11:10–12:50 | Parallel Sessions | ||
| Sala Petrarca | Sala degli Scrovegni | Sala dei Giganti | |
| Weather and Climate Services for Energy Chair: Matti Koivisto | Climate & Energy Modelling Chair: Gareth Harrison | AI in Weather and Climate for Energy Chair: Sue Haupt |
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| 11:10–11:30 | Solar photovoltaic modelling and data in the new Pan-European Climate Database v4.2 Author: Rodrigo Amaro e Silva | Assessing low wind, high demand seasons in Europe using a century of seasonal hindcasts Author: Matthew Wright | Integrating Physics into ML Models of the Atmosphere in Support of Wind Energy Author: Sue Ellen Haupt |
| 11:30–11:50 | Enhanced Climate and Energy Indicators and related Operational Services and Applications Author: Letizia Lusito | Hydro-Quebec’s approaches to integrate climate change in energetic infrastructure: facing challenges and seizing opportunities Author: Jean-Philippe Martin | Leveraging AI Emulators and Rare Event Algorithms to Sample Extreme Weather Events Impacting the Power System Author: Amaury Lancelin |
| 11:50–12:10 | Attributing Energy Shortage Drivers within Adequacy Assessment: Insights for Policy Author: Niels Van Harten | Meteorological Drivers of Co-Occurring Renewable Energy Droughts in Europe Author: Bram Van Duinen | Assessement of Kolmogorov-Arnold-Networks for Spatio-Temporal Renewable Energy Forecasting Author: Simon Camal |
| 12:10–12:30 | Increased onshore wake effects in France Author: Bénédicte Jourdier | Unraveling the sources of subseasonal predictability with machine learning Author: Angela Meyer |
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| 12:30–12:50 | Multi time step ahead forecasting of global horizontal irradiance based on ensemble model and WRF-Solar Author: Naveen TK |
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| 12:50 – 14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00 – 15:40 | Plenary Session Sala dei Giganti |
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14:00 – 14:50 14:50 – 15:40 | Speakers Dong Zhao General Manager (CMRC), China Meteorological Services for Energy: From Early Warning to Smart Operation Marcus Letzel Head of the Site Analytics and Meteorology Department, (ENERCON), Germany On the rising relevance of meteorology – reflections from the perspective of an onshore wind turbine manufacturer |
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| 15:40 – 16:10 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:10 – 17:00 | Conclusions, Award Ceremony and Closing | ||
| DAY ONE - TUESDAY 03 JUNE 2025 Note that the specified day refers only to the one-minute presentation Posters will remain on display throughout the conference |
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| Poster number | Poster Title | Author | Session |
| 1 | Thoughts on the Pathways for Realizing the Ecological Value of Wind and Solar Energy Development | Xiaoqing Gao | Environmental Impacts of Energy Systems |
| 2 | TWINE: TWInning capability for the Natural Environment | Joana Mendes | Policy, Cross-sectoral Issues, and the Energy-Water-Food Nexus |
| 3 | How can rewetted peatland contribute to energy supply? | Yvonne Scholz | Sustainable Energy Transition and Climate Resilience |
| 4 | More summertime energy droughts in Germany with a larger solar power share | Linh Ho-Tran | Sustainable Energy Transition and Climate Resilience |
| 5 | Strategic deployment of solar photovoltaics for achieving self-sufficiency in Europe throughout the energy transition | Parisa Rahdan | Sustainable Energy Transition and Climate Resilience |
| 6 | Hydro-Quebec’s approaches to integrate climate change in energetic infrastructure: facing challenges and seizing opportunities | Jean-Philippe Martin | Sustainable Energy Transition and Climate Resilience |
| 7 | Weather Driven Complementarity Between Daily Energy Demand at One Location and Renewable Supply at Another: Accounting for the Time Dimension | Frédéric Fabry | Sustainable Energy Transition and Climate Resilience |
| 8 | Can complex soil models and reanalysis data improve underground power cables thermal rating? | Laurent Dubus (Lucas Petit) | Sustainable Energy Transition and Climate Resilience |
| 9 | Resilient Smart Grid Optimization: Integrating Renewable Energy and BEVs for Enhanced Reliability | Aljafari Belqasem | Sustainable Energy Transition and Climate Resilience |
| 10 | Lightning risk at wind turbines over the Eastern Alps and its surroundings | Isabell Stucke | Energy Systems and Extreme Weather Risk Management |
| 11 | Atmospheric Emissions and Solar Energy Forecasting: Linking BVOCs, Wind-Blown Dust, and Energy Trading Strategies | Marina Liaskoni | Energy Systems and Extreme Weather Risk Management |
| 12 | Coping with the Dunkelflaute: Power system implications of variable renewable energy droughts in Europe | Martin Kittel | Energy Systems and Extreme Weather Risk Management |
| 13 | Valuation of social benefits of floods and flash floods adaptation in Northeast Italy | Giovanna Piracci | Energy Systems and Extreme Weather Risk Management |
| 14 | Developing a strategic research collaboration between KNMI and TenneT TSO | Bram Van Duinen | Weather and Climate Services for Energy |
| 15 | The Characteristics and Formation Mechanisms of Wind Energy Resources on the Tibetan Plateau | Rong Zhu | Weather and Climate Services for Energy |
| 16 | Spatial resolved and localized uncertainty analysis of the irradiance product from the CAMS radiation service v4.6 | Jorge Lezaca | Weather and Climate Services for Energy |
| 17 | Advancing Hydropower Climate Indicators for the Energy Sector: European and Global Insights from C3S-Energy | Giovanni Aldrigo | Weather and Climate Services for Energy |
| 18 | Meteonorm Version 9.0 | Michael Schmutz | Weather and Climate Services for Energy |
| 19 | A data-driven approach for harnessing institutional knowledge to improve dataset utilisation | Anna Withford | Weather and Climate Services for Energy |
| 20 | Assessing the reliability of satellite-based solar irradiance forecasts with North Atlantic Weather Regimes | Swati Singh | Weather and Climate Services for Energy |
| 21 | Towards a Climate Service for Future Electricity Supply-Demand Imbalances in Côte d’Ivoire | Nelson Noumbissi | Weather and Climate Services for Energy |
| DAY 02 - WEDNESDAY 04 JUNE 2025 Note that the specified day refers only to the one-minute presentation Posters will remain on display throughout the conference |
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| 22 | A Hybrid Model for Enhanced Wind Speed Forecasting Using RWRF and LSTM Networks | CHENG-YU HO | AI in Weather and Climate for Energy |
| 23 | Intraday solar energy forecast using deep learning models for satellite images processing: current methods and future directions | Nicolas Chea | AI in Weather and Climate for Energy |
| 24 | How Good Are AIFS Forecasts, Really? A Model Performance Intercomparison Study | Stefano Alessandrini | AI in Weather and Climate for Energy |
| 25 | Probabilistic solar radiation forecasting across Europe using deep learning | Angela Meyer | AI in Weather and Climate for Energy |
| 26 | Enhancing Wind Power Forecasting through Quality Control and Data Cleaning | Nicola Pierotti | Forecasting for Energy Planning and Operations |
| 27 | On the optimal selection of meteorological variables as input to machine learning models for forecasting solar irradiance | Boilley Alexandre | Forecasting for Energy Planning and Operations |
| 28 | Total eclipses: a surprising impact on wind assets | Mouhamet Diallo | Forecasting for Energy Planning and Operations |
| 29 | Effect of (un-)certainty of Euro-Atlantic weather regimes on applications in the energy sector | Lotte Hompes | Forecasting for Energy Planning and Operations |
| 30 | Proposed Green grid for green energy production | Musse Mohamud Ahmed | |
| 31 | Resilient Offshore Wind Farm Planning: Integrating Climate Projections and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Optimized Siting in the UK | Sara Ahmed Abdelaziz | Climate & Energy Modelling |
| 32 | Fire danger climate projections for planning a resilient energy system in Italy | Arianna Trevisiol | Climate & Energy Modelling |
| 33 | A case study on the impact of using historical data versus future climate projection for energy system planning | Idunn Aamnes Mostue | Climate & Energy Modelling |
| 34 | Regional Photovoltaics 101: the devil is in the details | Rodrigo Amaro e Silva | Climate & Energy Modelling |
| 35 | Evaluating the Spatial Variability of Solar Radiation across France: A Comprehensive Comparison of CAMS and ERA5 with In-Situ Pyranometric Data | Alan Julien | Climate & Energy Modelling |
| 36 | Wind Power in Italy: A Future Outlook Based on Bias-Adjusted Climate Simulations | Esraa Elmaddah | Climate & Energy Modelling |
| 37 | Evaluation of 'Dunkelflaute' event detection methods considering grid operators' needs | Bastien Cozian | Climate & Energy Modelling |
| 38 | Performance Evaluation of a Simulation Model for Photovoltaic Energy Generation at Two French Sites | Camila Botello | Climate & Energy Modelling |
| 39 | Historical emissions inventory comparisons and generation of emissions perturbations for future CMIP emission scenarios | Penny Boorman | Climate & Energy Modelling |
| 40 | Impact of Stratospheric Sulfate Aerosol Injection on the Photovoltaic Resource in the Iberian Peninsula | Susana Bayo-Besteiro | Climate & Energy Modelling |
PHOTOS
HIGHLIGHTS
The 8th edition of the International Conference on Energy & Meteorology (ICEM) was a great success — bringing together experts, innovators, and leaders from around the world. Here are some highlights from an inspiring and impactful event. Enjoy!