SYNVERTEC LTD

Their core work

SYNVERTEC is an Israeli deep-tech SME specializing in synchronverter technology — power inverters engineered to behave like traditional synchronous generators, giving grid operators the stability controls they expect from conventional power plants while feeding renewable energy into the network. Their core product addresses one of the central engineering problems of the energy transition: as wind and solar replace thermal plants, grids lose the inertia and reactive power support that kept frequency and voltage stable. SYNVERTEC's approach embeds that behavior into the inverter firmware itself, making renewable sources "grid-friendly" without additional hardware. They moved from a validated concept (SME Phase 1 feasibility, 2015) to a funded full development and demonstration program (SME Phase 2, EUR 987K, 2016–2018), which indicates a market-ready or near-market-ready technology trajectory.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

SYNVERTEC's H2020 participation covers a very short window (2015–2018) and is entirely organized around one technology. The Phase 1 project (2015) left no searchable keywords — consistent with a business idea validation exercise where the work was largely internal. All identifiable technical depth appears in the Phase 2 project (2016–2018), where keywords crystallize around renewable energy, smart grids, synchronous generators, and inverters — the full technical vocabulary of their product. There is no observable shift in focus because both projects are stages of the same development roadmap, not separate research directions. The real signal is the progression from a €50K feasibility grant to a €987K development grant, showing that their core concept survived external EU review and moved into engineering validation.

SYNVERTEC shows a single-technology company that matured one concept from idea to funded prototype between 2015 and 2018; any future collaboration would likely be with organizations deploying or scaling synchronverter-type solutions in renewable energy infrastructure or smart grid projects.

How they like to work

SYNVERTEC has acted as coordinator in both of their H2020 projects, never as a partner — which for an SME signals a company that owns its technology and brings it to the table rather than joining others' projects as a service provider. Their consortium footprint is extremely small: only 2 unique partners across both projects, all within a single country, suggesting they prefer tight, controlled collaborations rather than large multi-partner research consortia. This style is typical of deep-tech SMEs protecting core IP while seeking validation funding.

SYNVERTEC's H2020 network is minimal — 2 unique partners across both projects, all located in the same country (Israel). This is consistent with an SME-instrument company that retained close partners for technical or commercial validation rather than building a broad European research network.

What sets them apart

SYNVERTEC occupies a narrow but strategically important niche: grid-forming inverters that emulate synchronous machine behavior, an area receiving intense attention from transmission system operators and utility regulators as renewable penetration rises. Unlike university groups working on the same concept, SYNVERTEC is a private company with a commercial development mandate, making them a more direct partner for product validation, pilot deployment, or technology licensing. Their Israeli base gives them access to a grid environment actively managing high renewable shares, which doubles as a real-world testbed.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SYNCHRONVERTER
  The SME Phase 2 project (EUR 987,604, 2016–2018) represents the full engineering and demonstration phase of their core product and accounts for 95% of their total H2020 funding.
• Synchronverter
  The SME Phase 1 feasibility project (EUR 50,000, 2015) confirmed commercial and technical viability and directly unlocked the larger Phase 2 grant — a textbook SME instrument progression.