A smart grid software startup raises $15 million from Japanese conglomerate Mitsui.…
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Braemar closes $300M fund for energy tech
At least one venture firm is still standing strong behind energy technology. Ten-year-old Braemar Energy Ventures announced on Wednesday that it has closed its latest third fund, of $300 million, to invest in energy technologies.…
Read MoreStartup building super grid hub raises funds
Tres Amigas, a startup with an audacious proposal to build a transmission hub to connect the U.S.’s three major grids in the east, west and Texas, is raising funding to try to move forward with its design.…
Read MoreSiemens backs home energy startup Tendril
Power gear giant Siemens announced on Monday that it has invested in, and will also market technologies from, home energy startup Tendril. Tendril sells software and devices that monitor and manage the home energy consumption of consumers.…
Read MoreVIDEO: How Viridity Energy Is Marrying Big Data & Energy
We can't get enough of companies using smart algorithms and data management to make the power grid run more smoothly and to promote energy efficiency. Viridity Energy is a great example and watch my video interview with Viridity Energy SVP Laura Manz.…
Read MoreViridity Energy Takes Demand Response to Military Bases
Viridity Energy is competing for a Defense Department contract to control power use at federal and military facilities, and has already signed up one military base customer. That's a big prize for a startup, if it can scale to match its demands.…
Read MoreGreen:Net 2011: Announcing Our 10 Big Ideas Winners
Presenting our 10 Big Ideas winners, which are some of the most innovative in the digital energy space, and have novel "Big Ideas" for how to use information technology to fight climate change. The winners will present at Green:Net 2011 on April 21 in San Francisco.…
Read MoreNegawatts vs. Megawatts: What’s the Right Price?
A new rule giving demand response "negawatts" an equal price as megawatts of generated power on energy markets is meant to make the grid more efficient and power more affordable. But what if it backfires?…
Read MoreIntel, Braemar, Invest in Viridity Energy for Smart Grid
Intel Capital and Braemar Energy have invested an undisclosed amount of funding into Viridity Energy, a startup which makes software that dynamically manages power loads on the grid in terms of energy pricing, renewable energy generation and energy storage.…
Read MoreSmart Grid Grants: Underground Wireless and Battery-Assisted Circuits
The Department of Energy quietly handed out about $19 million in grants this week for five interesting smart grid experiments, including underground wireless communications and energy storage circuits.…
Read MoreStartups Team Up to Remake Grid Transmission
Transmission lines -- which carry power from power plants to the distribution point where electricity can then light up our houses -- are getting an unusual dose of the entrepreneurial spirit. Transmission super hub startup Tres Amigas and smart software energy startup Viridity Energy have teamed up.…
Read MoreHow Much Could Conan O’Brien Make Online?
It’s not clear where Conan O’Brien will end up when he finally departs NBC (s GE), but some have suggested he take…
Read MoreThe Tech Vendors That Will Cash in on the Smart Grid Stimulus Funds
In a couple months the $3.4 billion in stimulus funds for smart grid projects will be doled out to about 100 utilities…
Read MoreWhat the Smart Grid Stimulus Funds Will Do For Startups
Scan our list of the companies lining up to get a piece of the roughly $4 billion in stimulus funds for the…
Read MoreSmart Grid Stimulus Funds: Demo Projects, Partners Emerge
The first wave of applications for a piece of the almost $4 billion in smart grid stimulus funds were due the first…
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