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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

  • Arcadian’s Smart Grid: Licensed Spectrum Network to Own or Rent

    Arcadian has built a 56,000-square-mile wireless smart grid network for Minnesota utilities using licensed spectrum.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John September 25, 2009
  • A123 Closes Above $20: 50% Jump on IPO

    It’s one of the biggest IPO starts in green since First Solar in 2006.

    Batteries & Storage

    Michael Kanellos September 24, 2009
  • Smart Grid Standards Roadmap Unveiled

    The 90-page draft lays out 77 proposed standards for smart grid, and 14 “priority” areas where it will rush standards development.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John September 24, 2009
  • Balance Energy Wants to Build Microgrids, Starting With San Diego

    The arm of defense contractor BAE Systems is working with San Diego Gas & Electric on a $212 million project to build a regional microgrid – a potential model for similar projects elsewhere.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John September 23, 2009
  • GridWeek: Chu Lays Out DOE’s Smart Grid Vision, Standards to Come

    Energy Secretary Steven Chu briefed an international audience on America’s broad-ranging smart grid goals. Next up is a new round of federal smart grid standards due Thursday.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John September 21, 2009
  • IBM, Cisco Look to Tie Up Smart Grid Partners

    IBM has launched a broad-based smart grid software platform with utility and vendor partners, and Cisco has formed an ‘Ecosystem’ of IP-ready vendors and a utility advisory board.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John September 17, 2009
  • Ambient Extends Smart Grid Contract With Duke

    Ambient will supply communications gear for Duke’s multi-million smart meter deployments. It’s just one of a number of confirmed and unconfirmed smart grid partners working with the country’s third-largest utility.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John September 9, 2009
  • Grant Watch: Austin Energy, Oncor Seek Millions More for Smart Grid

    Austin Energy wants $123 million for itself and an affiliated nonprofit group for smart grid projects, and Oncor wants $3.5 million for transmission line monitoring.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John September 4, 2009
  • Defense Contractors Pursue the Smart Grid

    Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Raytheon are bringing their cybersecurity expertise to smart grid projects. With utilities under the gun to meet new smart grid security rules, that could be a lucrative market.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John September 4, 2009
  • PG&E Asks Cisco to Help Make 75K Businesses Energy Wise

    PG&E has joined a short list of utilities looking to Cisco to assist its smart grid projects, including an $85 million plan to install energy management systems in about 75,000 businesses.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John September 3, 2009
  • PG&E Wants DOE Dollars for Underground Air Energy Storage

    The utility wants $25 million in smart grid stimulus funds to build a compressed air energy storage system. While it’s one of the most efficient ways to store power on the grid, it also has some severe limitations.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John August 26, 2009
  • SoCal Edison Wants A123’s Biggest Grid Battery Ever

    The utility wants about $60 million in smart grid grants for two ambitious demonstration projects involving GE, Cisco, SunPower, IBM and Boeing. It also wants A123 to build the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery to help manage wind power.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John August 25, 2009
  • BOMA Chicago’s $93M Smart Grid Stimulus Pitch

    The Chicago chapter of the country’s premier building owners trade group is the only non-utility asking for federal smart grid stimulus funds. Does it stand a chance?

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John August 21, 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
  • Feds: Start Applying for 30% Tax Credit for Clean Energy Manufacturing

    The tax credit program is capped at $2.3 billion and is the latest of a series of financial aid initiatives aimed at boosting renewable energy and other greentech manufacturing and job creation.

    Policy

    Ucilia Wang August 13, 2009
  • Sprint Stakes Smart Grid Claim

    Sprint already has about 100 utility customers using its iDEN and CDMA networks for linking smart grid devices. Now it’s announcing that it has broader ambitions in the space – including a push for WiMax in smart grid.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John August 12, 2009
  • PG&E Seeks $42.5M in Stimulus Grants

    Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is the first of California’s big three investor-owned utilities to publicize its request for part of $3.4 billion in federal smart grid stimulus grants.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John August 7, 2009
  • Comverge Boosts Revenues, Narrows Loss in 2Q

    Comverge also has boosted its residential contracts, which differentiate it from its competitors in the business of helping utilities shave peak power demand.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John August 6, 2009
  • Smart Grid Stimulus Applications at $2.85B and Counting

    Duke Energy, National Grid, NStar, PSE&G, Dominion Virginia, PECO, FirstEnergy and Alliant are among utilities announcing smart grid stimulus grant applications before Thursday’s deadline.

    Smart Grid

    Jeff St. John August 6, 2009
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