Services: Services: Radiometer calibration, collector testing, data and solar radiation forecast

Products: Products: Solar map of uruguay, typical meteorological year for solar energy applications

Operational: Current time: Measured data, satellite information, estimates and solar radiation forecast

Consultation and advisory services

  • ADME (Electricity Market Administration) – Assessment of the capacity to generate wind and solar energy forecasts based on multiple WRF runs. January 2017 – May 2017. Through Fundación Julio Ricaldoni. Manager for LES: Rodrigo Alonso-Suárez.
  • ADME (Electricity Market Administration) – Survey of wind and solar resource forecasting strategies and diagnosis of national alternatives. May 2016 – May 2017. Through Fundación Julio Ricaldoni. Manager for LES: Rodrigo Alonso-Suárez.
  • CTM (Salto Grande Technical-Mixed Commission) – Development of a computational tool to include in the functioning of the turbines of the Salto Grande Dam. Active since October 2016. Manager for LES: Rodrigo Alonso-Suárez.
  • MIEM/DNE (Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining) – Assessment and evaluation of the Uruguayan Technical Specifications (ETUS) for solar thermal installations. Active period: 2020. Through the Faculty of Physics. Manager: P. Galione.
  • MIEM/DNE (Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Minería) – AECID (Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development) – Complementarity analysis of wind and solar resources for use in large-scale electricity generation in Uruguay. Via Fundación Julio Ricaldoni. Active period: 2016. A team was formed with researchers from the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Environmental Engineering (IMFIA) and the Institute of Electrical Engineering (IIE) of the Faculty of Engineering. Via Fundación Julio Ricaldoni. Manager for LES: G. Abal, R. Alonso-Suárez.
  • MIEM/DNE (Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining) – AECID (Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development) – Generation of the Typical Meteorological Year (AMT) for four towns in Uruguay.  Active period: 2015-2016. Via Fundación Julio Ricaldoni. Manager for LES: R. Alonso-Suárez, G. Abal.
  • MIEM/DNE (Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining) – Complementarity of renewable resources (solar-wind) and its correlation with the demand for electricity. Via Fundación Julio Ricaldoni. Active period: 2016. A team was formed with researchers from the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Environmental Engineering (IMFIA) and the Institute of Electrical Engineering (IIE) of the Faculty of Engineering. Via Fundación Julio Ricaldoni. Manager for LES: G. Abal.
  • MIEM/DNE (Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining) – Complementarity of Renewable Energies in Uruguay and valuation of projects to filter their variability. Via Fundación Julio Ricaldoni. Active period: 2014-2015. A team was formed with researchers from the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Environmental Engineering (IMFIA) and the Institute of Electrical Engineering (IIE) of the Faculty of Engineering. Via Fundación Julio Ricaldoni. Manager for LES: G. Abal.
  • MIEM/DNE (Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining) – Consultation for solar equipment in the Flamarion complex. Active period: 2015-2016. Manager for LES: I. Bove.
  • MIEM/DNE (Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining) – Development of low-cost solar thermal energy equipment. Active period: 2015-2016. Manager for LES: I. Bove.
  • MIEM/DNE (Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining) – Assessment on instrumentation and measurements of the solar resource. Active period: January to March 2014. Via Fundación Julio Ricaldoni. Manager for LES: G. Abal.
  • MIEM/DNE (Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining) – Blended training in solar thermal energy installations Through Fundación Julio Ricaldoni (January – April 2013). Manager for LES: G. Abal.

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