In December 2013, 3TIER was acquired by Finland-based Vaisala Corporation. 3TIER Environmental Forecast Group, Inc. provides renewable energy risk analysis services worldwide. It offers project feasibility, energy marketing, and asset management services for wind, hydro power, and solar energy projects. The company also provides wind prospecting tool, wind GIS data layer, prospecting programming interface, reference wind time series, initial wind project assessment, wind spatial mapping, site climate variability analysis, project resource assessment, comprehensive assessment, wind forecasting, wind performance reconciliation, wind project forensic analysis, seasonal forecasting, and portfolio climate variability analysis solutions. In addition, it offers solar prospecting tool, solar GIS data layer, solar time series, solar site climate variability analysis, solar site resource assessment, solar forecasting, solar performance reconciliation, and solar project forensic analysis solutions. Further, the company provides advanced application, short-range streamflow forecasting, and monitor forecasting solutions. Its products include Firstlook assessment for wind, an online tool that allows users to evaluate a potential site; Fullview that provides comprehensive information to assess the wind resource at various stages during development and planning. The company also provides Powersight Forecast, a wind forecasting tool; and Fullview Assessment, which provides solar assessment mapping and due diligence information for various solar energy projects. It serves renewable energy project operators, developers, financiers, and marketers. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington the firm has additional offices in Panama, Republica de Panama; Brighton, United Kingdom; Madrid, Spain; Bengaluru, India; and Beijing, China.
