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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.

Smart Grid

  • Smart Grid Interoperability Panel: Who to Call

    The federal smart grid standards-setting effort has a new advisory board. Google’s Vint Cerf shares honors with industry giants in leading the group.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John November 20, 2009
  • Duke Energy Wants to Own Every Piece of the Smart Grid

    Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers sees the utility owning and controlling solar panels and energy management systems in customers’ homes.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John November 19, 2009
  • Smart Grid Roundup: Comverge Earns and Xcel Looks at Peak

    Comverge reports third quarter earnings, Echelon seeks to sell smart meters in Brazil, and Xcel wants to try peak pricing in Boulder’s SmartGridCity.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John November 9, 2009
  • Japanese Vice Minister Talks CO2 Reduction, Smart Grid

    Tetsurou Fukuyama, Japan’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs discussed the environmental policies of the Hatoyama administration at the Smart Energy Symposium 2009.

    Policy

    Tech-On! November 9, 2009
  • Smart Grid’s Low-Tech Savings: Fewer Truck Rolls

    Utilities can use high-tech smart grid systems to cut down on low-tech energy costs, says Oracle’s Linda Jackman.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John November 6, 2009
  • EnerNoc Finally Turns a Profit

    The Boston-based company reported its first profitable quarter as a public company. That may be good news for smart grid prospects on public markets.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John November 5, 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
  • 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
  • GridPoint Gets Into Solar Integration With SMUD, ComEd

    GridPoint will help Sacramento’s municipal utility and Chicago’s Commonwealth Edison manage solar power on their electricity grids.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John November 3, 2009
  • Silver Spring vs. Grid Net: Now vs. the Future

    Silver Spring Networks’ wireless mesh has lots of utility customers. Grid Net says its WiMax-based technology is better.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John November 3, 2009
  • The Smart Home That’s Tuned to the Weather

    Forget waiting for smart meters. EcoFactor says it can create a thermal profile of your home and manage it over broadband.

    Home Area Networks

    Michael Kanellos November 3, 2009
  • Will Solar Crash the Smart Grid?

    Utilities don’t have much time to revamp their grids to accommodate the growing popularity of rooftop solar. Here are some technologies that could help.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John November 2, 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
  • Microgrids: $2.1B Market by 2015

    Microgrids – experimental islands of renewable power – will be a small but growing piece of the smart grid market, Pike Research says.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John October 28, 2009
  • DOE’s $3.4B Smart Grid Grant Program: The Winners

    The Department of Energy has chosen 100 smart grid projects to receive $3.4 billion in matching grants. Here’s the list.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John October 27, 2009
  • Smart Grid Gets $3.4B in DOE Stimulus

    The DOE has given out $3.4 billion to 100 commercial-scale smart grid projects. Florida, Baltimore, San Diego utilities are early winners.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John October 27, 2009
  • Trilliant Sells Software to British Gas

    The Redwood City, Calif.-based smart grid networking company has landed a software-only deal to support British Gas’s plans to deploy 17 million smart meters.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John October 27, 2009
  • Silver Spring, AEP Team on Smart Grid

    The big utility will use Silver Spring Networks for an expanded smart grid rollout in Ohio that will include smart meters and distribution automation.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John October 20, 2009
  • Boeing Pushes Into Smart Grid as Defense Biz Gets Tight

    Boeing’s defense chief says the company is looking to smart grid to make up for declines in big-ticket military contracts.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John October 14, 2009
  • Smart Grid Stimulus: A Dead End Without Smart Pricing

    The promise of the smart grid is to move from demand destruction to value creation. But how do we get there?

    Grid

    David J. Leeds October 13, 2009
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