On August 27–28, 2025, in Neuchâtel, at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM), a LACISE project exchange short visit took place with the aim of reviewing the achieved results and defining the next steps in the research directions of EDI and CSEM in the field of solar radiation forecasting, thereby contributing to the development of more accurate forecasts and models.
The EDI team was led by the Director of the Institute, Modris Greitāns, who together with Bahaa Roustom, Head of Business Development at CSEM, Philippe Dallemagne from CSEM, Petr Korba from ZHAW and Nicolas Guigas from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs in a specially organized session discussed the experience of CSEM and EDI as research institutions in cooperation with industry, intellectual property management and technology transfer opportunities in Switzerland and Latvia, including how to address these issues in the context of the LACISE project.
EDI representatives – Kaspars Sudars, Ivars Namatēvs and Normunds Andžāns – presented a new solar radiation measurement station equipped with a sky camera, radiation sensor, and anemometer for synchronized data collection to improve short-term forecasting of photovoltaic output. They also demonstrated their U-Net algorithm for predicting cloud movements and solar irradiance, highlighting the importance of AI-based methods for renewable integration.
During the visit to Switzerland, EDI learned from CSEM researchers about solar forecasting methods, image and data processing, and discussed combining short- and long-term forecasts as well as opportunities for future international projects, including Horizon Europe..