There have been so many acquisitions in the smart grid sector as of late; we’ve been updating the tally every couple of months. Since December, there have been a couple more, including Tririga and UISOL, so we’re updating our list once again. Let me know if there are any I missed.
| Acquirer | Acquired | Price, Date | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABB | Ventyx | “Close to $1 billion,” March 2010 | The Swiss electrical gear company adds on smart grid software. |
| ABB | Insert Key Solutions | Undisclosed, Dec 2010 | The Swiss electrical gear company bought up a share of the German solar concentrating company. |
| ABB | 35% of Novatec Solar | Undisclosed, March 2011 | The Swiss electrical gear company bought a stake in concentrating solar gear. |
| ABB | Obvient | Undisclosed, Jan 2011 | The Swiss electrical gear company adds on more smart grid software. |
| Alstom | UISOL | Undisclosed, March 2011 | The French power giant acquired UISOL, which is a key player in the open source demand response standard OpenADR. |
| Alstom & Schneider Electric | Transmission and distribution biz of Areva | $3.25 billion, July 2010 | The two power giants team up to buy Areva’s T&D division. |
| AT&T | Xanboo | Not disclosed, Dec 2010 | U.S. telecom giant will buy decade-old home automation and energy management Xanboo. |
| Black & Veatch | Enspiria | Undisclosed, March 2010 | The consulting and engineering company beefs up its integration capabilities. |
| Cisco | Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence | Undisclosed, January 2009 | Cisco buys up building and IT networking system. |
| Cisco (equity investment) | Grid Net | Undisclosed, Sept. 2009 | Cisco invests in smart meter maker Grid Net, which has a first product built on WiMAX. |
| Cisco | Arch Rock | Undisclosed, Sept. 2010 | Cisco finally showed its smart grid wireless card by buying up Arch Rock. |
| Constellation Energy | CPower | Undisclosed, Sept. 2010 | Power company Constellation Energy plans to fold CPower into its demand response portfolio. |
| Cooper Industries | Eka Systems | Undisclosed, April 2010 | Cooper fold’s Eka’s wireless network product into its automation system. |
| EnerNOC | Cogent Energy | Undisclosed, Dec. 2009 | Demand response player moves into energy efficiency business. |
| EnerNOC | SmallFoot | Undisclosed, March 2010 | The demand response player buys wireless tech for small commercial buildings. |
| EnerNOC | eQuilibrium Solutions | Undisclosed, June 2009 | EnerNOC adds on energy and carbon accounting software. |
| EnerNOC | MDEnergy | $7.9M, Sept. 2007 | EnerNOC buys energy procurement service provider. |
| EnerNOC | South River Consulting | $4.75M, May 2008 | EnerNOC adds on more energy procurement and risk management. |
| EnerNOC | Global Energy Partners | $26.5M, Dec 2010 | EnerNOC keeps expanding beyond demand response with Global Energy Partners acquisition. |
| EnerNOC | M2M Communications | Undisclosed, Jan 2011 | EnerNOC keeps expanding beyond demand response and buys up a company that turns down agriculture systems. |
| GE | Remote Energy Monitoring | Undisclosed, Jan 2011 | GE bought up smart meter tech startup Remote Energy Monitoring. |
| GE | Opal Software | Undisclosed, Oct 2010 | GE buys Opal Software, which makes software and services for smart grid network testing and management. |
| GE | Lineage Power | $520M, Jan 2011 | GE acquired Lineage Power, a provider of gear for data center and telecom power conversion. |
| GridPoint | V2Green | Undisclosed, Sept 2008 | The smart grid company adds on electric vehicle smart charging. |
| GridPoint | Lixar SRS | Undisclosed, June 2009 | GridPoint moves into home energy management. |
| GridPoint | ADMMicro | Undisclosed, Nov 2009 | The smart grid firm tackles energy from the commercial and industrial sectors. |
| Honeywell | Akuacom | Undisclosed, May 2010 | Building automation giant buys into open source demand response, OpenADR |
| Honeywell | E-Mon | Undisclosed, July 2010 | Building automation giant buys into submetering gear and software |
| Itron | Asais | Undisclosed, Dec 2010 | Smart meter maker buys data analytics and services. |
| IBM | Tririga | Undisclosed, March 2011 | IT giant IBM buys Tririga for its smart building software. |
| Johnson Controls | EnergyConnect | $32.3 million, March 2011 | Johnson Controls bought software-assisted demand response company EnergyConnect. |
| Motorola | 4Home | Undisclosed, Dec 2010 | The cell phone maker and communications company buys home automation/energy management startup. |
| Schneider Electric | Summit Energy | $268M, March 2011 | Schneider bought the energy procurement and energy management provider. |
| Serious Materials | Valence Energy | Undisclosed | Serious Materials bought energy software company Valence Energy for its building energy management product. |
| Siemens | Energy4U | 60 percent stake, Aug. 2009 | The electrical gear company adds on software for intelligent metering and billing. |
| Siemens | Solel | $418M, Oct. 2009 | Siemens made an early move into the solar thermal market. |
| Silver Spring Networks | Greenbox | Undisclosed, Sept. 2009 | Smart grid network player jumps into home energy management. |
| SmartSynch | Applied Mesh Technologies | Undisclosed, Nov. 2008 | The smart grid network maker buys a competitor to grow. |
| Trilliant | SkyPilot | Undisclosed, May 2009 | Smart grid network maker acquires wireless mesh network maker. |
| Tendril | Grounded Power | Undisclosed, Oct 2010 | Tendril bought Grounded Power for behavioral analytics. |
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