Cloud Seeding Market by Type and Geography - Forecast and Analysis 2022-2026

The cloud seeding market share is expected to increase by USD 42.54 million from 2021 to 2026, and the market’s growth momentum will accelerate at a CAGR of 6.06%.

This cloud seeding market research report provides valuable insights into the post-COVID-19 impact on the market, which will help companies evaluate their business approaches. Furthermore, this report extensively covers the cloud seeding market segmentation by type (aerial-based and ground-based) and geography (North America, Europe, APAC, South America, and the Middle East and Africa). The cloud seeding market report also offers information on several market vendors, including AFJETS SDN BHD, American Elements, Artificial Rain LLC, Cloud Technologies GmbH, Ice Crystal Engineering LLC, METTECH, ModClima, NAWC Inc., RHS CONSULTING LTD., Snowy Hydro Ltd., South Texas Weather Modification Association, Water Corp., and Weather Modification Inc. among others.

What will the Cloud Seeding Market Size be During the Forecast Period?

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Cloud Seeding Market: Key Drivers, Trends, and Challenges

Our researcher studied the historical data for years, with 2021 as the base year and 2022 as the estimated year, and produced drivers, trends, and challenges for the cloud seeding market. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for the cloud seeding market has been impacted significantly, but a holistic analysis of drivers will help in estimating exact demands and refining marketing strategies to gain a competitive advantage.

Key Cloud Seeding Market Driver

The growing focus on regulating weather patterns is one of the key factors driving the global cloud seeding market growth. Cloud seeding techniques can increase cloud precipitation and boost snowfall or rainfall. Commercial use such as the utilization of aircraft or ground-based cloud seeding to ensure regular environmental conditions around runways has been mainly employed. Regular cloud seeding activities are required because severe weather, such as hail, ice, or fog, can make it difficult for aircraft to take off and land. Weather patterns are being significantly impacted by the rise in global warming and the rise in carbon footprint, which is being fueled by a variety of industrial and other commercial activities. Major seasons, including summer, winter, and monsoon are becoming erratic worldwide. Extreme weather conditions, heat and cold waves, and destructive storms are predicted to increase in frequency during the forecast period. Nearly a quarter of the planet, including developed nations with significant economies including the US, Russia, China, the UK, India, and the UAE, had the hottest temperatures on record in 2021. Environmental scientists have developed a cloud-seeding method for regulating the weather in such circumstances. Such factors are expected to drive the growth of the global cloud seeding market during the forecast period.

Key Cloud Seeding Market Trend

The use to reduce the adverse impact of natural disasters will fuel the global cloud seeding market growth. Cloud seeding technology can significantly lower the disastrous effects of climate change. When utilized in cloud seedlings, chemicals like sodium chloride and silver iodide can hasten the precipitation of rain clouds and lower the projected overall damage. For instance, a cloud containing extremely heavy snow or rain particles that is headed toward populated areas may be seeded in a jungle environment. Cloud seeding will make sure that calamities and cloud precipitation can be reduced. The environmental changes brought on by rising pollution and unpredictably bad weather have a devastating effect globally. Flash floods, thunderstorms, erratic rainfall, heat waves, and hailstorms are more frequent occurrences that do significant harm to human society. In the US, there are on average about a thousand incidents of hail storms every year, and that number keeps rising. Such negative impacts of natural disasters can be prevented through cloud seeding, which is expected to drive the growth of the global cloud seeding market during the forecast period.

Key Cloud Seeding Market Challenge

Challenges in commercializing cloud seedling technology are the major challenge to the global cloud seeding market growth. The complex process of altering the weather using cloud seeding has the potential to have long-term effects on the earth's atmosphere if it is performed too often. Although cloud seeding has been employed for many years, the widespread commercial acceptability of the technology is hampered by the lack of clear evidence regarding its success rate. The inability to perform cloud seeding on every cloud is another significant barrier to commercial acceptability. For the best outcomes, there must be an ideal set of weather conditions, such as a minimum density of seedable clouds. To eliminate these drawbacks, sophisticated weather forecasts and monitoring technology is needed, which reduces the commercial potential of cloud seeding. Such factors are expected to hinder the growth of the cloud seeding market during the forecast period.

This cloud seeding market analysis report also provides detailed information on other upcoming trends and challenges that will have a far-reaching effect on the market growth. The actionable insights on the trends and challenges will help companies evaluate and develop growth strategies for 2022-2026.

Parent Market Analysis

Technavio categorizes the global cloud seeding market as a part of the global specialty chemicals market. Our research report has extensively covered external factors influencing the parent market growth potential in the coming years, which will determine the levels of growth of the cloud seeding market during the forecast period.

Who are the Major Cloud Seeding Market Vendors?

The report analyzes the market’s competitive landscape and offers information on several market vendors, including:

 

• AFJETS SDN BHD
• American Elements
• Artificial Rain LLC
• Cloud Technologies GmbH
• Ice Crystal Engineering LLC
• MET TECH
• ModClima
• NAWC Inc.
• RHS CONSULTING LTD.
• Snowy Hydro Ltd.
• South Texas Weather Modification Association
• Water Corp.
• Weather Modification Inc.

This statistical study of the cloud seeding market encompasses successful business strategies deployed by the key vendors. The cloud seeding market is fragmented, and the vendors are deploying organic and inorganic growth strategies to compete in the market.

To make the most of the opportunities and recover from the post-COVID-19 impact, market vendors should focus more on the growth prospects in the fast-growing segments while maintaining their positions in the slow-growing segments.

The report on the cloud seeding market contains comprehensive market knowledge and an in-depth vendor landscape add-on to an analysis of the key vendors.

Cloud Seeding Market Value Chain Analysis

Our report provides extensive information on the value chain analysis for the cloud seeding market, which vendors can leverage to gain a competitive advantage during the forecast period. The end-to-end understanding of the value chain is essential in profit margin optimization and evaluation of business strategies. The data available in our value chain analysis segment can help vendors drive costs and enhance customer services during the forecast period.

The value chain of the global specialty chemicals market includes the following core components:

• Inputs
• Inbound logistics
• Operations
• Outbound logistics
• Marketing and sales
• Service
• Support activities
• Innovation

The report has further elucidated other innovative approaches being followed by service providers to ensure a sustainable market presence.

Which are the Key Regions for Cloud Seeding Market?

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33% of the market’s growth will originate from North America during the forecast period. The US and Canada are the key markets for the cloud seeding market in North America. Market growth in this region will be slower than the growth of the market in other regions.

The growing focus on regulating weather patterns will facilitate the cloud seeding market growth in North America over the forecast period. This market research report entails detailed information on the competitive intelligence, marketing gaps, and regional opportunities in store for vendors, which will assist in creating efficient business plans.

COVID-19 Impact and Recovery Analysis

The COVID-19 pandemic had an adverse effect on the cloud seeding industry. The imposition of sudden lockdowns and the halt in commercial activities resulted in limited weather monitoring and forecasting activities. Limited data availability on current weather and cloud conditions made it impossible to perform cloud seeding operations. Cloud seeding is primarily practiced by government agencies over large areas. The cloud seeding industry witnessed a slowdown as government agencies focused and allocated funds to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. However, with the start of mass vaccination campaigns in 2021, lockdowns and travel restrictions were lifted and supply chain activity resumed. These factors are expected to drive market growth during the forecast period.

What are the Revenue-generating Type Segments in the Cloud Seeding Market?

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The cloud seeding market share growth by the arial-based segment will be significant during the forecast period. Aerial cloud seeding, which is used in weather modification projects has historically utilized aircraft to target clouds and pull in extra precipitation to increase rainfall. With top seeding, the seeding chemical can be directly injected into the top of the supercooled cloud. The introduction of a seeding substance into a cloud base's updraft is known as base seeding. Such factors are propelling the growth of the aerial-based cloud seeding segment, which, in turn, will drive the growth of the global cloud seeding market during the forecast period.

This report provides an accurate prediction of the contribution of all the segments to the growth of the cloud seeding market size and actionable market insights on the post-COVID-19 impact on each segment.

 

Cloud Seeding Market Scope
Report Coverage	Details
Page number	120
Base year	2021
Forecast period	2022-2026
Growth momentum & CAGR	Accelerate at a CAGR of 6.06%
Market growth 2022-2026	$42.54 million
Market structure	Fragmented
YoY growth (%)	5.1
Regional analysis	North America, Europe, APAC, South America, and the Middle East and Africa
Performing market contribution	North America at 33%
Key consumer countries	US, Canada, China, Germany, and UK
Competitive landscape	Leading companies, Competitive Strategies, Consumer engagement scope
Key companies profiled	AFJETS SDN BHD, American Elements, Artificial Rain LLC, Cloud Technologies GmbH, Ice Crystal Engineering LLC, METTECH, ModClima, NAWC Inc., RHS CONSULTING LTD., Snowy Hydro Ltd., South Texas Weather Modification Association, Water Corp., and Weather Modification Inc.
Market dynamics	Parent market analysis, Market growth inducers and obstacles, Fast-growing and slow-growing segment analysis, COVID-19 impact and recovery analysis and future consumer dynamics, and Market condition analysis for the forecast period.
Customization purview	If our report has not included the data that you are looking for, you can reach out to our analysts and get segments customized.

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What are the Key Data Covered in this Cloud Seeding Market Report?

• CAGR of the market during the forecast period 2022-2026
• Detailed information on factors that will drive cloud seeding market growth during the next five years
• Precise estimation of the cloud seeding market size and its contribution to the parent market
• Accurate predictions on upcoming trends and changes in consumer behavior
• The growth of the cloud seeding industry across North America, Europe, APAC, South America, and the Middle East and Africa
• A thorough analysis of the market’s competitive landscape and detailed information on vendors
• Comprehensive details of factors that will challenge the growth of cloud seeding market vendors

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