One of the most high-profile acquisitions in the smart grid sector was announced on Monday: Siemens finally made a meaningful play for smart meter data and scored eMeter, one of the leading smart meter software companies. For the occasion we have pulled together our recurring smart grid acquisitions list including the new ones we’ve seen in recent months. Per usual, ping me if you see any we’ve 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 | Epyon | Undisclosed, July 2011 | ABB moves into electric vehicle charging infrastructure. |
| ABB | Insert Key Solutions | Undisclosed, Dec. 2010 | The Swiss electrical gear company bought 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. |
| ABB | Powercorp | Undiclosed, Nov. 2011 | Power company snaps up the Australian renewable power automation company. |
| 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 | Undisclosed, Dec. 2010 | The 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, Jan. 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 folds Eka’s wireless network product into its automation system. |
| EnerNOC | Energy Response | Undisclosed, July 2011 | EnerNOC grabs a demand response provider in Australia and New Zealand. |
| EnerNOC | Cogent Energy | Undisclosed, Dec. 2009 | The 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 | $7.9 million, Sept. 2007 | EnerNOC buys energy procurement service provider. |
| EnerNOC | South River Consulting | $4.75 million, May 2008 | EnerNOC adds on more energy procurement and risk management. |
| EnerNOC | Global Energy Partners | $26.5 million, 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 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 | Converteam, 90 percent | $3.2 billion, March 2011 | GE decided to shell out the big bucks for the French supplier of electrification and automation equipment. |
| GE | Lineage Power | $520 million, 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 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. |
| IBM | Tririga | Undisclosed, March 2011 | IT giant IBM buys Tririga for its smart building software. |
| Itron | Asais | Undisclosed, Dec. 2010 | Smart meter maker buys data analytics and services. |
| 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 the home automation and energy management startup. |
| Qualcomm | HaloIPT | Undisclosed, Nov. 2011 | Qualcomm jumped into electric vehicle wireless charging by buying up New Zealand company HaloIPT’s assets. |
| Schneider Electric | Summit Energy | $268 million, March 2011 | Schneider bought the energy procurement and energy management provider. |
| Schneider Electric | Telvent | $40 per share, or $2 billion, June 2011 | Schneider bids for a company that provides software and IT capabilities for the power grid. |
| Schneider Electric | Luminous Power Technologies | $310 million, June 2011 | Schneider scores 74 percent of the Delhi company, which makes power grid gear like batteries and inverters. |
| Schneider Electric | Vizelia | Undisclosed, Dec. 2010 | Building energy software maker. |
| Schneider Electric | D5X | Undisclosed, Dec. 2010 | Building energy software company. |
| Serious Energy | Valence Energy | Undisclosed | Serious Materials bought energy software company Valence Energy for its building energy management product. |
| Serious Energy | Agilewaves | Undisclosed | Serious Materials expands its energy software with home energy management. |
| Siemens | eMeter | Undisclosed, Dec. 2011 | With one of the biggest moves for the smart grid in 2011, Siemens gets into MDMS. |
| Siemens | Site Controls | Undisclosed, Oct. 2010 | An Austin, Texas–based maker of software to optimize air-conditioning based on occupancy sensors. |
| Siemens | Energy4U | 60% stake, Aug. 2009 | The electrical gear company adds on software for intelligent metering and billing. |
| Siemens | Solel | $418 million, 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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