Modular power flow control hardware (SmartValve) that pushes power off overloaded transmission lines and onto underused ones.
Smart Wires builds deployable devices that dynamically add or subtract line reactance, letting utilities rebalance flows across an existing network instead of waiting a decade to build new lines. The technology traces back to Georgia Tech research after the 2003 Northeast blackout, and is now sold as a fast route to incremental transmission capacity for load growth and renewable interconnection. The company has raised roughly $633M to date, including a $65M round led by BP Energy Partners aimed at the data center-driven capacity crunch.
- Headquarters
- Durham, NC
- Employees
- 201–500
- Business model
- Hardware + software
- Ownership
- Venture-backed
- Founded
- 2010
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