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Synaptec awarded ‘Best Paper’ by CIGRE
23 October 2025 Award-winning paper co-authored by Synaptec now available to download Earlier this year, Synaptec’s Dr Steven Blair and Aneesh Chandran co-authored a paper which was selected as ‘Best Paper’ at the CIGRE Symposium 2025 in Trondheim, Norway. We are...
New technology to tackle energy sector’s £1million per day Achilles’ heel
1 May 2025 New technology developed in Scotland looks set to tackle one of the most expensive and disruptive problems facing the global energy sector. A single high-voltage cable fault in transmission networks and offshore wind developments can cost up to £1million...
Scottish tech to save offshore wind sector millions in losses and insurance claims
Published in Energy Voice on 8 January 2024Glasgow-based Synaptec lands order to monitor latest phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm A Scottish firm has developed revolutionary technology to tackle the top cause of offshore wind financial losses and...
A power system story
11 July 2024Once upon a time, all electrical power systems were “top down”. It all started in the late 19th Century with a plethora of individual, non-standardised, small and local electricity systems, often consisting of a single generator powering a public lighting...
Thoughts on my recent US trip: exploring measurement technologies and other power system innovations
06 June 2024I recently returned from a couple of weeks of events in the US. I finally made it to my first ever (physical) IEEE PSRC/PSCC meeting in Buffalo, NY. This was a great experience (even given the ritual humiliation where first-timers need to stand up in front...
Megger and Synaptec announce strategic alliance to provide grid infrastructure monitoring solutions
20 February 2024 Online monitoring specialist Synaptec and leading test and measurement company Megger have formed a strategic alliance with the aim of offering complete end-to-end solutions for the commissioning, protecting, and performance management of electrical...
Power grids instrumentation specialist Synaptec raises £6.5M to fund expansion plans
6 February 2024 Synaptec Ltd, a leading innovator in monitoring and protection solutions for power network operators, has raised over £6.5M in funding to support its rapid expansion, including development of new manufacturing facilities in Scotland. Established in...
What do Distributed Electrical Sensing and your bathroom mirror have in common?
12 January 2024All of Synaptec's sensors are passive Intuitively, we all know what 'passive' means: not doing anything. An engineer might get more technical and say it means being incapable of power gain. A scientist might get even more esoteric and say it means being...
Pioneering our Solution to Net Zero: Synaptec with support from NZIP
Discover how Synaptec, with support from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP), is pioneering a groundbreaking solution to the challenge of integrating cleaner energy sources into our power systems while maintaining simplicity and reliability. Through NZIP support,...
Synaptec chosen as a 2023 WIRED Trailblazer by WIRED Magazine and HSBC UK
Synaptec are delighted to have been chosen as a 2023 WIRED Trailblazer by WIRED Magazine and HSBC UK, which recognises innovative and inspiring businesses solving the social, economic and environmental issues of our time.Synaptec's CEO and founder, Dr Philip Orr said:...
Synaptec co-founder to lead £10M EPSRC Prosperity Partnership to build digital twin of future UK energy networks
Synaptec’s co-founder and Applications Director, Prof. Campbell Booth, has – as part of his role as Professor and Vice Dean of Research at the University of Strathclyde – been awarded a prestigious Prosperity Partnership project worth almost £10 million through...
Introducing the Passive Secondary Converter
As our business continues to grow, with a wealth of live deployments around the world, we are pleased to announce a revision of our core electrical sensors, making them universally deployable and hardened. Launching in June 2023, we introduce the Passive Secondary...