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My 14 favorite energy stories of 2014
While the rest of the tech world focuses on things like Apple’s upcoming gadgets, which retailer is the latest to get hacked,…
Read MoreSunPower backs Tendril & plans to use its energy software
Decade-old energy company Tendril has struck an important deal with giant solar panel maker and project developer SunPower, the companies announced on…
Read MoreEnerNOC acquires energy analytics startup Pulse Energy
Energy companies have to be software and data-focused companies these days.…
Read MoreThis energy data company is using connected thermostats to slash air conditioning
In a large program in Nevada last Summer, EcoFactor's data analytics beat the competition.…
Read MoreOpower to crank up its demand response program to 1M homes this Summer
Energy software company Opower has built a business off of encouraging utility customers to curb their energy consumption through detailed energy bills.…
Read MoreIn Opower’s 1st earnings report as a public company, it grows sales, widens loss
In its first earnings report as a public company, energy software player Opower (s OPWR) said it’s grown its revenue for the…
Read MoreThe tech trends to watch while America is boiling, storming, burning & drying up
The cleantech crowd was right, at least when it comes to the impact that climate change is having on our planet. Here are some tech trends to watch while the planet is warming.…
Read MoreOpower IPO: A strong debut, up over 20 percent by the afternoon
Opower started trading at $25 per share Friday morning, giving it a big pop from its $19 per share price last night.…
Read MoreOpower prices IPO at high end at $19 per share
Opower has priced its IPO at $19 per share in the late hours before trading on Friday morning.…
Read MoreWith Opower’s IPO, founders show meaningful tech can pay off
Here's to hoping Opower's IPO will kick off a wave of meaningful startups from passionate entrepreneurs.…
Read MoreWhat Opower will need to satisfy Wall Street
Following Opower's IPO, the energy software company will need to grow its products to current utility customers. And bring in new utilities, too.…
Read MoreWhy Nest’s valuation is higher than Opower’s: Hardware, consumers, the home
Now that Opower is going public, its market value is out there -- and it's worth less than a third of another smart energy company, Nest.…
Read MoreOpower sets IPO price range at $17 to $19, could raise $110M
Opower has set the price range on its planned IPO, and it could raise $110 million in the offering.…
Read MoreEnergy data company Opower to raise up to $100M in IPO
Opower is officially planning on going public, as its revenues grow considerably, though it still hasn't turned a profit.…
Read MoreAs utilities face looming disruption, there’s money to be made on both sides
Just how there were winners and losers in the telecom sector, there's starting to be some truly disruptive successful startups that will make money on both sides of the coming energy transition.…
Read More5 utility industry trends to watch this year
The co-founders of Opower tell us about the top 5 trends they're watching when it comes to utilities.…
Read MoreReport: Opower has quietly filed for its long-awaited IPO
After much speculation Opower is planning on finally going public, according to a report.…
Read MoreOpower’s energy savings could power Vegas homes for a year
Energy software startup Opower says it’s now collectively saved 3 terawatt hours of energy — or enough to power the homes in…
Read MoreThe U.K.’s smart meter plan kicks into high gear
By the end of the decade almost all of British homes are supposed to get smart, digital, connected utility meters installed. And the plan is seeing some large contracts handed out to vendors like Landis+Gyr and Telefonica.…
Read MoreUsing data to harness social pressure can be a powerful force for good (video)
Social pressure influences everything in our lives from our habits to our clothing choices to the food we eat. It also can be harnessed as a power tool to reduce energy consumption in our homes.…
Read MoreWibiData gets $15M to help it become the Hadoop application company
Startup WibiData has raised another $15 million and wants to turn the lessons it has learned in the field into generic software that can let anyone build predictive applications on Hadoop.…
Read MoreHow Nest and Opower quietly morphed into competitors
The leading energy data startups Nest and Opower have quietly started to look more like competitors, though with some significant differences.…
Read MoreNest acquires MyEnergy (formerly Earth Aid), moves deeper into utility data
Learning thermostat maker Nest has acquired a Boston-based energy data startup called MyEnergy. The company will help Nest develop its energy data services and continue its missions of working directly with the consumer to reduce home energy consumption.…
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