Prisma Photonics, an Israeli startup using optical fiber expertise to watch large-scale power-utility infrastructure, has opened its first U.S. workplace in Austin, Texas.
Based in 2017, Prisma Photonics works with utilities within the U.S. and Europe to deploy options that determine threats to transmission property in actual time whereas providing line scores to assist utilities adjust to FERC laws and enhance capability on congested networks.
Utility {industry} veteran Ryan O’Keefe will lead the U.S. as senior vp of U.S. gross sales. His profession options stints with cleantech corporations similar to Orsted, NextEra Power Assets and GE.
“Having labored with energy mills, builders and utilities all through my profession, I do know firsthand the obstacles we face in deploying a extra resilient and dependable grid within the face of rising demand and ongoing threats from extreme climate,” says O’Keefe.
“I’m honored to be a part of a staff at Prisma that pioneers a extremely scalable industry-leading resolution for transmission line monitoring. Leveraging our proprietary expertise, we harness present transmission infrastructure, delivering tailor-made real-time information to utilities, enabling them to safeguard their transmission property towards bodily threats and stay in compliance with FERC’s line ranking mandates.”
Prisma Photonics’ optical fiber sensing expertise covers a number of infrastructure sectors, together with energy, oil and fuel pipelines, subsea infrastructure, railways, highways, and different long-range utilities.
