Company profile

Mission and objectives

Primary business of GeoModel Solar is in site qualification, planning, financing and operation of solar energy systems. We are committed to increase efficiency and reliability of solar technology by provision of expert consultancy, access to our databases and development of customer-oriented services.

The Company builds on 20 years of expertise in geoinformatics and environmental modelling, and 10 years in solar energy and photovoltaics. We strive for development and operation of high-resolution quality-assessed global databases with focus on solar resource and energy-related weather parameters. We develop simulation, management and control tools, map products, and web services for fast access to key information needed for efficient system planning, performance assessment, forecasting and management of distributed power generation.

In 2011 GeoModel Solar became a member of EPIA (European Photovoltaic Industry Association). Since 2010 the company is a member of SAPI (Slovak Association of Photovoltaic Industry).

Vision

Based on our scientific knowledge, dedication, and professional attitude we aim to contribute to the change of the global economic strategies towards sustainable energy production and consumption, and support of solar energy. The ambition of GeoModel Solar is to become the industry-leading company in solar radiation modelling, operational supply of weather data, geospatial software tools, and on-line applications. We are dedicated to bring new standards in terms of efficiency accuracy and reduced uncertainty.

GeoModel Solar leaders

Marcel Šúri holds MSc and PhD in geography and geoinformatics. In 2001-2008 he has been working in European Commission’s Joint Research Centre as a co-author of the PVGIS project on solar resource assessment, PV modeling and web mapping. Mr. Suri is active as an expert in the IEA SHC Tasks 36 and 46, and in the COST WIRE action. He is working as a managing director of GeoModel Solar Company.

Tomáš Cebecauer received MSc in geography and PhD in geoinformation science. In years 2005-2008 he has been working in European Commission, Joint Research Centre on a technical development of solar radiation and geographical databases, algorithms, maps and web tools for the project PVGIS. He is currently working as a technical director in GeoModel Solar, responsible for development of climate databases, tools and geoinformation services for solar energy industry.

Artur Skoczek holds a M.Eng in electrical engineering and automatics and Ph.D. in chemical technology, both from AGH, the University of Science and Technology in Krakow. He has worked for the last few years in the fields of photovoltaics on modules qualification and calibration. In particular he has been involved in electrical measurements and evaluation of aging processes of different PV technologies in EC Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy.