Using EURO1k, Meteomatics provides weather data at a resolution of 1 km and detects small-scale phenomena such as thunderstorms or hail up to 72 hours in advance. In this way, the company improves forecasts and helps to identify risks at an early stage.
To what extent is your company a pioneer in combining entrepreneurship and sustainability?
You can’t talk about sustainability without talking about climate. And we’re a weather company. If anyone should take that seriously, it’s us. So we’ve built our stack to reflect that. Meteomatics develops and operates Meteodrones, UAVs that collect atmospheric data with high precision. They serve as a modern alternative to radiosondes, which are single-use sensors attached to helium-filled weather balloons that drift off and are lost in the environment after each flight. Our Meteodrones come back intact to the launch site and can be reused. On the computational side, our API and high-resolution EURO1k weather model run entirely on Meteomatics’ own server infrastructure, powered by 100% renewable energy. But the sustainability impact extends beyond our own operations. A significant share of our customers operates in the renewable energy sector. A grid built on solar and wind is only manageable if you can predict the sun and wind, kilometre by kilometre. EURO1k and our API deliver high-resolution forecasts that let operators schedule generation, balance the grid and trade with confidence, making renewables cheaper and more competitive against fossil fuels. Precise weather data is what lets renewables run a grid at all, and keep expanding.
Did you know that…?
That one of our Meteodrones now sits in the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne, among the locomotives, aircraft and spacecraft that shaped how the country moves and measures the world. For a company still young, seeing a piece of our own engineering placed in that company is a quiet kind of milestone. It tells us the Meteodrone is understood not only as a commercial instrument, but as part of a longer Swiss story of precision and exploration.
The model allows a much more precise forecast. Image by Meteomatics AG
How do you manage to survive in the market?
Continuous innovation is the foundation. From proprietary drone technology to in-house weather modelling, we build the tools we need rather than depend on third-party solutions. That independence gives us both quality control and the flexibility to move fast.
Our client portfolio is also a stabilising factor. Our customers span energy, aviation, insurance, defence, public authorities, and more… so we are not tied to the ups and downs of any single industry.
Who is behind EURO1k?
EURO1k started as a vision from Meteomatics founder and CEO Dr. Martin Fengler, the conviction that 1km numerical weather prediction could be made commercially viable and operationally reliable. From there, it was built entirely in-house by a multidisciplinary team of engineers and meteorologists based at our headquarters in St. Gallen. No external partners, no outsourced development. The model is ours from the ground up.
Nominated Solution: EURO1k – European weather model for accurate forecasts
Company: Meteomatics AG
