Smart Grid

US Grid Has $107B in Investment “Gaps” by 2020

US Grid Has $107B in Investment “Gaps” by 2020

Jeff St. John: April 26, 2012

The American Society of Civil Engineers finds that failing to spend on grid upgrades will end up costing U.S. homes and businesses nearly $200 billion by 2020.

Guest Post: Three Areas Where Data Matters for Building Efficiency

Guest Post: Three Areas Where Data Matters for Building Efficiency

Bennett Fisher: April 24, 2012

Data—combined with software to make sense of it all—is driving new trends in building efficiency.

GE, Arista to Build Wind, Solar Battery Backup Systems

GE, Arista to Build Wind, Solar Battery Backup Systems

Jeff St. John: April 24, 2012

Arista promises solar/wind integrated “Power on Demand” via GE’s nickel-salt Durathon batteries.

ABB CEO: Automation, Controls Are Next Targets for Acquisition

ABB CEO: Automation, Controls Are Next Targets for Acquisition

Jeff St. John: April 23, 2012

What do you get for the smart grid giant that has everything?

Silver Spring Launches Smart Grid Pilot in Brazil

Silver Spring Launches Smart Grid Pilot in Brazil

Jeff St. John: April 20, 2012

The IPO candidate launches a 1,000-home pilot in Sao Paulo. There’s a lot of competition for Brazil’s future 65-million smart meter market.

The Networked Grid 100: The Movers and Shakers of the Smart Grid in 2012

The Networked Grid 100: The Movers and Shakers of the Smart Grid in 2012

Jeff St. John, David J. Leeds: April 19, 2012

Who are the leaders of the smart grid industry? Read this to find out.

Gridco Raises $8M for the Digital-Powered Smart Grid

Gridco Raises $8M for the Digital-Powered Smart Grid

Jeff St. John: April 18, 2012

Where will next-generation digital power controls find their way onto the grid?

Smart Grid VC Shrinks to $62M in Q1 2012

Smart Grid VC Shrinks to $62M in Q1 2012

Jeff St. John: April 17, 2012

VC investment into smart grid continues its multi-year slide as stimulus boost fades, while M&A surges to half a billion dollars.

LumaSense and the Smart Grid Sensor Platform-by-Acquisition Solution

LumaSense and the Smart Grid Sensor Platform-by-Acquisition Solution

Jeff St. John: April 16, 2012

Want to acquire your way to smart grid success? Start by buying profitable companies for a niche market.

Taking Solar and Wind to the Next Level on the Grid

Taking Solar and Wind to the Next Level on the Grid

Herman K. Trabish: April 13, 2012

“By connecting it smartly, you are now able to leverage services from it that you didn’t know you had.”

Q1 2012 Green Investment Falls Off a Cliff

Q1 2012 Green Investment Falls Off a Cliff

Jeff St. John: April 12, 2012

Bloomberg New Energy Finance clocks a first-quarter drop in clean energy investment to $27 billion, the worst since Q1 2009.

Guest Post: The Energy Dashboard Delusion, Part 2

Guest Post: The Energy Dashboard Delusion, Part 2

John Pitcher, Rob Watson: April 12, 2012

Investors seem to continually throw money into the same failed energy dashboard strategies over and over again. 

Guest Post: The Energy Dashboard Delusion, Part 1

Guest Post: The Energy Dashboard Delusion, Part 1

John Pitcher, Rob Watson: April 11, 2012

Investors seem to continually throw money into the same failed energy dashboard strategies over and over again.

Xtreme Power to Build 3MW Battery on Kodiak Island

Xtreme Power to Build 3MW Battery on Kodiak Island

Jeff St. John: April 10, 2012

Island grids plus lots of new wind power equals expensive energy storage needs.

The Solar Inverter-Smart Grid Connection

The Solar Inverter-Smart Grid Connection

Jeff St. John: April 5, 2012

Experts at The Networked Grid 2012 lay out the potential for solar PV inverters to manage grid instability—and how regulations can aid or hinder that process.