Synaptec Ltd

Company details

Company name Synaptec Ltd
Company type Micro Enterprise (less than 10 employees and revenues less than 2 MEUR)
Industry sector Photonics General
Activity description

Synaptec was founded in 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland with a mission to reduce the downtime and operating costs of electrical power networks by providing cost-effective, high-performance instrumentation capable of underpinning present and future monitoring, protection and control functions – the Smart Grid for Digitalised Energy Transmission. The company is recognised as highly innovative and was a winner at the UK Energy Innovation Awards 2017.

Company website https://synapt.ec/

Project information

Technology platform TP-5: Silicon-based Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) or Chips
Application domain Smart Cities & Smart Living
Project scope

Development of an FBG interrogator for power industry I,V measurements - development of fiber optical measurement device for monitoring current and voltages in power industry

ACTPHAST Partners Tyndall-UCC
Project leader Marc Rensing
Project start April 2019
Project duration 5 months