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AlertMe Raises £8M for Home Energy Management

The Cambridge, U.K.-based startup is seeking to bring its energy management devices into homes as an add-on to its home security systems – a strategy shared by others in the field.

Applications

  • Honeywell’s OpenADR Plans for SoCal Edison

    Honeywell’s $11.4 million DOE smart grid grant will help Southern California Edison turn down power using an emerging standard called OpenADR.

    Applications

    Jeff St. John November 17, 2009
  • Demand Response: The Standards Race Begins?

    LBNL’s OpenADR is a standard to make automated demand response and real-time power pricing quick and easy. Is the fragmented market ready for it?

    Applications

    Jeff St. John November 12, 2009
  • Is GridPoint the Sugar Daddy of Smart Grid?

    GridPoint’s buying spree continues with ADMMicro, which manages commercial and industrial energy use. Is the startup buying its way into every smart grid market?

    Applications

    Jeff St. John November 9, 2009
  • Intel’s Home Energy Management Plan, Part II

    Intel is eager to be a player in the home energy management market, and says consumers will turn to TV for displaying their energy consumption data.

    Home Area Networks

    Michael Kanellos November 4, 2009
  • PG&E’s Smart Grid Challenges and Solutions by the Region

    The big California utility has to think regionally when planning smart grid projects like plug-in vehicle charging systems, says PG&E’s Andrew Tang.

    Applications

    Jeff St. John November 4, 2009
  • Smart Grid Roundup: The Future of the Grid

    Silver Spring and Grid Net are fighting for the future of the grid. Utilities are revamping their grids for solar. And more.

    Smart Grid

    Frank Smith November 4, 2009
  • Smart Grid: What a Week That Was

    The Obama administration unfurled $3.4 billion in smart grid stimulus funds, among other news.

    Smart Grid

    Michael Kanellos October 30, 2009
  • Mitsubishi Plug-In Hybrid Supplies Electricity to Home

    Mitsubishi’s PX-MiEV plug-in hybrid concept car can supply electricity stored in its on-board lithium-ion batteries to electric appliances in a house.

    Transportation

    Tech-On! October 22, 2009
  • Microsoft to Play Utility Technology Matchmaker

    Microsoft has a new platform meant to make it easier for utilities to integrate its software with smart grid technologies. What else is it planning for the utility industry?

    Applications

    Jeff St. John October 14, 2009
  • What the DOE Wants in Smart Grid Grant Applications

    Given the current beltway brouhaha about whether the economy needs another multi-hundred billion dollar fiscal boost, the DOE will likely fund most of the $3.4 billion in SGIG grants sooner, not later.

    Smart Grid

    John Kelley August 20, 2009
  • Smart Grid 2.0: ‘The Soft Grid’

    As existing smart grid sub-markets become tougher places for upstarts to enter the market, don’t be surprised to see VCs flocking to an emerging application segment of the grid – “The Soft Grid,” as GTM Research is defining it.

    Smart Grid

    David J. Leeds August 17, 2009
  • Defining an End-to-End Smart Grid

    As predicted, 2009 has become a banner year for smart grid, but until now the term has yet to be fully defined.

    Smart Grid

    David J. Leeds July 23, 2009
  • Energy Efficiency: Good Idea, Not Enough Believers

    The CEOs of Duke Energy and San Diego Gas & Electric say not enough is done to promote energy efficiency despites a lot of discussion between policy makers and the utility industry.

    Grid

    Ucilia Wang June 24, 2009
  • Microsoft Launches Home Energy Site, Sees Devices, Demand Management in Future

    Microsoft Hohm is a free home energy management site that will soon be available throughout the United States. But that's just the first step in a plan that includes home energy management devices like thermostats and smart plugs.

    Applications

    Jeff St. John June 24, 2009
  • This Week in Grid: Changing Execs, Cisco Steps Up and GE Gets Metered

    Smart grid executives make moves. GE and Whirlpool want to put communications modules in their appliances. And Duke taps Cisco to build an end-to-end smart grid architecture.

    Grid

    Frank Smith June 11, 2009
  • MicroPlanet: Fine-Tuning Voltage for Power Savings

    The Seattle-based company makes devices that regulate voltage flowing into buildings, which can shave 5 percent to 8 percent from power usage.

    Grid

    Jeff St. John June 4, 2009
  • Smart Grid Q&A: Sunil Cherian

    In this series from Jesse Berst's Global Smart Energy and Michael Butler's Cascadia Capital, leaders share their opinions on the future of the grid. This eighth installment features Sunil Cherian.

    Grid

    Jesse Berst and Michael Butler May 27, 2009
  • Smart Grid Q&A: Terry Mohn

    In this series from Jesse Berst's Global Smart Energy and Michael Butler's Cascadia Capital, leaders share their opinions on the future of the grid. This seventh installment features Terry Mohn.

    Grid

    Jesse Berst and Michael Butler May 26, 2009
  • M2M Brings Demand Response to Farmers

    The company helps farmers shut down water pumps to meet utility peak energy demand reduction goals, as well as control center-pivot irrigation systems for increased efficiency. 

    Grid

    Jeff St. John May 22, 2009
  • DOE Lifts Smart Grid Stimulus Cap to $200M

    The Department of Energy is boosting the cap on stimulus grants for smart grid projects after complaints that the original $20 million cap was too low. Also on Monday, DOE emerged with a list of proposed standards for smart grid technologies.

    Grid

    Jeff St. John May 18, 2009
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