Energy Monitor: Q&A: How Can AI Help Us Adapt to an Evolving Climate?
AI may help utilities adapt to climate change, reducing power outages caused by extreme weather. Neara's platform predicts threats, aiding resilience.
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Fast Company: Neara Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024
Neara joins Fast Company's 2024 Most Innovative Companies, revolutionizing utility networks with AI for enhanced resilience and efficiency.
TechCrunch: How Neara Uses AI to Protect Utilities From Extreme Weather
Neara uses AI to model power networks, mitigate risks from events like wildfires. Raised $45M, partnered with major utilities for resilient infrastructure.
Euronews: Blackout Fatigue Threatens Our Climate Change Resilience
Facing frequent storms and power outages, it's crucial to adopt proactive measures like "digital twin" modeling and AI. Stress-testing infrastructure is key for swift restorat
TechCrunch: Australia’s Climate Tech Industry Is Booming, but It Could Bust Without Funds
Australia's climate tech startups thrive amid environmental crises, but face capital hurdles. Q3 2023 sees a funding surge, reaching $116 million.
WSJ: Australian Startups Hope New Migration Strategy Fills Skills Shortages
Australia revamps immigration to curb post-pandemic influx, predicting a 14% drop. New visas for green tech aim to attract skilled talent, prioritizing quality over quantity,
TNW: What’s in Store for Europe’s Climate Tech Ecosystem in 2024
Challenges in 2023 for climate tech, but 2024 brings hope with AI growth, sustainability focus, and resilience emphasis in the face of climate change.
BBC: We Want to Let People Know Before Floods Hit Them
As climate change increases flood risks, AI-driven companies like 7Analytics and Neara provide advanced predictions, while Google's Flood Hub offers free global warnings.
ECD: Optimising Australian Networks and Speeding Electrification
Reports show Australia must diversify clean energy. AI unlocks untapped grid capacity, accelerating renewables. Digital analysis is crucial for success by 2030.
SEI: 3 Ways AI Is Improving Grid Resilience and Paving the Way for a Cleaner Future
Outdated grids hinder renewable energy goals. AI enhances resilience by accurate modeling, efficient surveys, and unlocking existing network capacity.
Maddyness: Climate tech is about much more than carbon
Climate tech extends beyond carbon reduction, embracing innovations for resilient infrastructure, renewable energy optimization, and proactive climate action.
Bloomberg NEF: California Tackles Wildfire Risk With New AI-Driven Tech
Southern California Edison Co (“SCE”) has partnered with Neara to build a digital model of SCE’s 50,000 square mile network. As US wildfires increase in frequency and severity
The Engineer: How AI can help free grid capacity
Taco Engelaar, Senior Vice President at Neara, explains how AI and digital line rating can help unlock latent grid capacity and speed up the energy transition.
Clean Technica: Can AI Really Create 3D Models That Help With Wildfire Risk Reduction?
Are we coming to a time in which we’ll be able to simulate and prepare for extreme weather and natural disasters before they happen?
Neara Partners with Southern California Edison to Enhance Wildfire Risk Mitigation
Neara’s AI-enabled simulation and analytics platform augments SCE’s ability to mitigate the effects of extreme weather via modeling network and vegetation risks
Neara Closes $24M Series B to Mitigate Utilities’ Climate Risks and Accelerate Renewable Energy
Prosus Ventures invests in $10M Series B extension, augmenting the company’s AI capabilities in natural disaster mitigation and clean energy integration
Energy Central: Investing in the Grid for Reliability & Resiliency
A reliable, resilient grid requires a two-fold, tightly intertwined approach that simultaneously fortifies our infrastructure while we shift our energy mix to renewables.
Utility Magazine: Embracing technology to safeguard citizens in extreme weather events
In response to the devastating 2022–23 River Murray flooding crisis, SAPN dramatically transformed its flood response with Neara.
Energy Unplugged: Aurora Energy Research Episode 143 feat. Jack Curtis
Neara COO, Jack Curtis, joined Managing Director in APAC and California, Hugo Batten, and Head of Research in APAC, James Ha from Aurora Energy Research.
Renew Economy: Grid has untapped capacity that could be used by renewables. But networks can’t see it.
Investing in the electricity grid for reliability and resiliency is crucial for ensuring a stable and secure energy supply.
Webinar Recap: Automating Spatial Insights – Maximizing LiDAR Adoption & ROI
During our recent webinar, panelists Jessica Slaughter and Jordan Miller highlighted some common barriers for companies looking to optimize their processes utilizing LiDAR.
News 10: South Australian Power Networks Utilizing Neara’s Network Modeling
SA Power Networks used our AI-powered modeling capabilities to bring power line regeneration times down from from three weeks to just five days.
Neara on Energize’s Top 30 Software Innovators of 2023 List
We are honored to be included in Energize Venture's Top 30 Software Innovators for 2023.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Game Changer for Networks and Renewables
Jack Curtis on the new software that reveals how networks have double the capacity to host renewables and storage.
Australian Financial Review: How AI Unlocked Capacity Across NSW’s Energy Grid
The Neara tech model allows infrastructure firms to design or redesign parts of the network, analyse potential risks, and understand its physical constraints.
Ecogeneration: Holistic Data Solutions in the Transition to Clean Energy
Maximising the efficiency of existing grid infrastructure through data is essential as Australia transitions to renewable energy.
Revolutionary self-service automated LiDAR classification now available
Neara, a leading climate tech software platform and provider of 3D interactive simulation models of critical infrastructure, today announced its revolutionary automated LiDAR
Recap: The Evolution of Digital Twins and Virtual Environments
How next generation digital twins are changing asset management and delivering benefits
Endeavour Energy wins Energy Networks Australia 2022 Industry Innovation Award
Delivered in partnership with leading software developer Neara, the digital twin has revolutionized Endeavour Energy’s response to critical emergency events.
Neara Secures USD14M Series B Funding; Expanding Global Focus
Since its Series A funding, Neara has been working with a number of U.S. utilities, helping to pilot a suite of digital solutions.
Neara’s Jack Curtis featured in April issue of Public Utilities Fortnightly
Public Utilities Fortnightly sat down with Jack Curtis, Neara's Chief Commercial Officer, to discuss addressing utilities' challenges from Australia to America.
Neara’s Rob Brook featured in February issue of Public Utilities Fortnightly
Public Utilities Fortnightly sat down with Neara's General Manager-Americas, Rob Brook, to discuss resiliency of critical infrastructure with a digital twin.
Ausgrid partners with Neara to optimize network management and performance
Since its Series A funding, Neara has been working with a number of U.S. utilities, helping to pilot a suite of digital solutions.
Endeavour Energy pioneers Neara digital twin in transition to modern grid
Endeavour Energy is the first electricity network in Australia to deploy an engineering grade digital twin to combat the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events.
Neara teams up with TransGrid and Endeavour Energy in EnergyLab’s Scaleup Program
Neara teams up with TransGrid and Endeavour Energy in EnergyLab’s Scaleup Program for Australian utilities and startups.
Neara on the Square Peg Founder Stories Podcast
Learn about how our executive team - Daniel Danilatos, Karamvir Singh, and Jack Curtis - banded together to create Neara!
Power Lines Pro raises $7.25m in Series A, rebranding to Neara in global expansion
Australian utility SaaS business, Neara (formerly Power Lines Pro), has raised AUD7.25 million in a Series A funding round led by Square Peg Capital.
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