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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.

Grid Storage

  • Smart Grid Q&A: Rick Luebbe

    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 fourth installment features EnerG2's Rick Luebbe.

    Grid

    Jesse Berst and Michael Butler May 21, 2009
  • GE Aims at Energy Storage for Trains, Grid

    Sodium batteries are one of the favored technologies for energy storage, but the only large source is a company in Japan. With its multimillion dollar factory in NY, GE will jump into the market.

    Other Topics

    Michael Kanellos May 12, 2009
  • Top Ten Smart Grid

    What companies are leading the charge toward a smart grid of the future? And, who are the utilities that are taking the lead in giving them a market? We’ve broken down the smart grid sector into a number of broad components areas – smart meter manufacturing, neighborhood-area meter networking and communication, in-home energy management, demand response, meter data management, other smart grid software and services, and the broader role of integrating these areas. 

    Grid

    Jeff St. John April 30, 2009
  • Green Grid: Free Cooling for Data Centers

    The data center industry group has released online tools and maps to help data center operators learn if using outside air for cooling is right for them. Using outside air to replace power-hungry chillers is gaining more widespread acceptance.

    Enterprise

    Jeff St. John April 9, 2009
  • eMeter: Data-Keeper for the Smart Grid

    The San Mateo, Calif.-based startup, which landed a contract with Texas utility CenterPoint on Monday, makes software that manages the flood of data coming from smart meters being deployed by utilities around the country.

    Grid

    Jeff St. John February 2, 2009
  • Cisco's EnergyWise: By the Numbers

    Cisco says it will save you power with a new console that controls phones, PCs, servers and buildlings. Here are there stats on how it works.

    Grid

    Jeff St. John January 26, 2009
  • Will Smart Grid See a Push for Power-Line Networking?

    Rather than using wireless, some companies say utilities should control streetlights and other devices by communcating over the power line.

    Grid

    Michael Kanellos December 3, 2008
  • Peak Power Developing Second Hump

    With peak power demand surging past the traditional 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm window, utilities will have to fight the possibility of more brownouts.

    Grid

    Michael Kanellos October 16, 2008
  • Pentadyne Spins $22M for Flywheels

    The round, from undisclosed investors, brings the California energy-storage company's capital to $68 million, according to previous announcements.

    Grid

    Jennifer Kho September 23, 2008
  • Q&A: MegaWatt Storage Targets Utilities

    The co-founder of the two-year-old startup in California says the company is seeking funding for developing energy storage centers for power companies.

    Grid

    Ucilia Wang September 17, 2008
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