Project description DEENESFRITPL The added value of seasonal climate forecasts for integrated risk management decisions The core aim of the EU-funded SECLI-FIRM project is to demonstrate how the use of improved climate forecasts can help reduce risk as well as cost of decision-making processes, by assessing the impact of climate information on operational planning and portfolio management. The project will develop a purpose-built comprehensive data set with more than 10 independent seasonal forecast systems on a single platform. It also intends to advance online visualisation tools in order to try characterise end-user requirements and associated decision-making issues for a wide range of stakeholders. Outcomes will ultimately optimise climate prediction performance, quantify the value adding of climate forecasts to decision-making, and help embed seasonal forecasts in industry's decision processes. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The central objective of SECLI-FIRM is to demonstrate how the use of improved climate forecasts, out to several months ahead, can add practical and economic value to decision-making processes and outcomes, primarily in the energy sector, but also in the water sector. Specifically for the energy sector, SECLI-CLIM will assess the impact on operational planning and portfolio management, such as hedging and asset optimization, thus enabling quantification of the value-add provided by seasonal forecasts which have been calibrated, evaluated and tailored for each specific application. Improvements in management decisions will ultimately lead to an improved supply-demand balance and therefore to a more efficient energy system, particularly with respect to renewable energy, with corresponding benefits for climate change mitigation. A simple, but effective, methodology will be used to assess value added. A control case will only utilise climatological conditions based on historical averaged values – currently the most common approach – while a test case will also consider individually optimised and tailored state-of-the-art probabilistic seasonal forecasts. This will be done for nine case studies for Europe and South America: recent seasons with anomalous/extreme climate conditions leading to problematic and quantifiable impacts for the energy and/or water industry. Crucially for success, the case studies will be co-designed by industrial and research partners.These case studies will provide the basis for developing pilot climate services for a number of specific applications, allowing evaluation of the added value of near real-time information for decision making. Thus SECLI-FIRM will promote research advances in the optimization of seasonal forecasts for specific applications (e.g. by evaluating both local processes and large-scale teleconnections), as well as promoting the uptake of seasonal forecasts by industry and hence expansion of the climate services market. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancecrisis managementengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyhydroelectricitynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management Keywords SECLI-FIRM Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.5. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Main Programme H2020-EU.3.5.1. - Fighting and adapting to climate change Topic(s) SC5-01-2016-2017 - Exploiting the added value of climate services Call for proposal H2020-SC5-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SC5-2017-OneStageB Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA Net EU contribution € 1 036 273,29 Address Earlham road NR4 7TJ Norwich United Kingdom See on map Region East of England East Anglia Norwich and East Norfolk Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all ENEL GLOBAL TRADING SPA Italy Net EU contribution € 913 215,00 Address Viale regina margherita 125 00198 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE Italy Net EU contribution € 238 325,00 Address Lungotevere grande ammiraglio thaon di revel 76 00196 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 MET OFFICE United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 688 423,75 Address Fitzroy road EX1 3PB Exeter See on map Region South West (England) Devon Devon CC Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UL SERVICES SPAIN SL Spain Net EU contribution € 385 748,05 Address Caravel la la nina 12 planta 3 08017 Barcelona See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. 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