ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE · RENEWABLE ENERGY

Cem ÖzenPhD

Computational meteorologist.

I build energy forecasting systems and analyse wind resources, combining atmospheric science, machine learning and operational experience in European and Turkish energy markets.

CurrentlyPower & gas forecasting · Meteorological analysis
Cem Özen
European & Turkish energy markets.
PhDMeteorological Engineering
Istanbul Technical University
Energy marketsPower & gas forecasting
Europe & Türkiye
Wind resourcesAssessment, micrositing
& operational analytics

EXPERTISE

Two connected areas of practice.

From operational forecasts for energy markets to the technical assessment of renewable energy projects.

01ENERGY MARKETS

Energy forecasting
& trading analytics

Production systems that turn newly available atmospheric and numerical weather prediction data into country-level energy forecasts and trading insights.

  • Wind, solar, electricity demand, residual load and natural gas demand
  • Data ingestion, quality control, postprocessing and automated delivery
  • Forecast deltas, atmospheric regimes, renewable risk and daily briefings
  • Machine learning and AI weather models, including GraphCast and GenCast
R · Python · NWP · Machine learning · Power & gas
02RENEWABLE PROJECTS

Wind resource assessment
& micrositing

Resource modelling, energy yield analysis and site evaluation for wind and hybrid projects, supported by atmospheric modelling, SCADA data and analytical tools.

  • Long-term correction, annual energy production and uncertainty analysis
  • Layout optimisation, turbine suitability and loss assessment
  • Due diligence, repowering, relocation and hybrid project evaluation
  • SCADA performance diagnostics and automated engineering dashboards
windPRO · Meteodyn · Windographer · QGIS · SCADA

SELECTED WORK

Tools for exploring energy and climate.

OPEN SOURCE · WIND ENERGY

Wind energy yield analysis

Comparing Weibull and nonparametric approaches to represent wind distributions and turbine-specific energy yield.

View on GitHub

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Current work
& broader experience.

My work combines atmospheric science, operational forecasting and hands-on experience in renewable energy.

CURRENT FOCUS

Forecasting for power & gas markets

I build and operate country-level forecasts for wind, solar, electricity demand, residual load and natural gas demand. My work covers the full pipeline: ingesting weather model data as soon as it becomes available, checking its quality, applying machine learning and delivering forecasts for daily trading decisions.

I also analyse forecast changes, atmospheric circulation, teleconnections and model uncertainty to explain what changing weather conditions mean for energy markets, from the short term to seasonal outlooks.

BROADER EXPERIENCE

Renewable projects, analytics & team leadership

My background includes wind resource assessment, micrositing, energy yield and uncertainty analysis, turbine suitability and project due diligence. I have worked on greenfield development, repowering, relocation and hybrid wind and solar studies.

I have led engineering, forecasting and energy trading teams, and connected production forecasts with day-ahead and intraday operations. Alongside that work, I have built R and Python tools for SCADA diagnostics, performance analysis, automated reporting and interactive dashboards.

RESEARCH & EDUCATION

A foundation in atmospheric science.

Istanbul Technical University

2016–2022

PhD · Meteorological Engineering

Short-term wind power generation forecasting by coupling numerical weather prediction models and machine learning algorithms.

2014–2016

MSc · Meteorological Engineering

2009–2014

BSc · Meteorological Engineering

Specialist training

DTU Wind Energy, Risø · Remote Sensing for Wind Energy, PhD Summer School (2019)
EMD International · windPRO Training (2022)

TECHNICAL TOOLKIT

From atmospheric data to working systems.

Forecasting & ML

R, Python, CatBoost, XGBoost, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Keras, H2O

Atmospheric data

WRF, ECMWF / ERA5, GraphCast, GenCast, FourCastNet, RegCM, GRIB / NetCDF

Wind & spatial analysis

windPRO, Meteodyn, WindFarmer, Windographer, PVsyst, SAM, QGIS, GlobalMapper

Engineering & delivery

SQL, Bash, APIs, GitHub Actions, R Shiny, Plotly, ggplot2, Power BI, Quarto

CONTACT

Get in touch.

For energy forecasting, wind resource assessment
and research enquiries.