Euro2day interview: AI to protect forests from wildfires
Greek financial news site Euro2day interviewed IRIDA co-founder and COO George Diakomanolis about Forest Protect™, IRIDA's AI system for early wildfire detection.
In the interview, George explains how Forest Protect™ was developed while IRIDA took part in the National Bank of Greece's Business Seeds programme, where it later won 2nd prize. He describes how the system combines AI with cameras and sensors to spot fires and smoke at a very early stage, before they spread.
Forest Protect™ is built for remote locations. Units run on solar power with generator backup and connect over satellite (Starlink) where there is no mobile network, so they can protect wind farms and forests far from any grid.
George also discusses the challenges of rolling out early-detection systems in Greece, where many agencies share responsibility for wildfire prevention.
Read the interview: Euro2day, 2 Oct 2024: Irida A.I. Technologies: AI for protecting forests from fires (in Greek)
Read more: Forest Protect™ · Forest Protect wins 2nd prize at NBG Business Seeds
About IRIDA AI Technologies: an Athens-based green-tech company that protects birds, bats and forests at wind farms with AI. Its Bird Protect™, Bat Protect™ and Forest Protect™ systems detect wildlife and wildfire in real time and trigger automated turbine responses through Shutdown on Demand. IRIDA has 643 systems installed and contracted at 93 wind farms in 12 countries on 2 continents. Protecting biodiversity. Enabling wind energy.
