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Mercom: Battery storage, Smart Grid, and Efficiency Companies Receive Increased Funding in 2017
Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy research and communications firm, recently released its report on funding and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the battery storage, smart grid, and energy efficiency sectors for 2017. In 2017, a combined $1.5 billion was raised by battery storage, smart grid, and energy effficiency companies, an increase from the $1.3 billion raised ...
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Mercom Releases Q1 2020 Funding and M&A Report on Battery Storage, Smart Grid, and Efficiency
Mercom Capital Group found that in Q1 2020, a combined $252 million was raised by battery storage, smart grid, and energy efficiency companies, a 20% increase from the $210 million raised in Q1 2019. One of the report's findings is that venture capital funding (including private equity and corporate venture capital) raised by battery storage companies in Q1 2020 came to $164 million in six ...
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Battery Storage, Smart Grid, and Efficiency Companies Raise $472 Million In VC Funding In Q1 2018
Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the Battery Storage, Smart Grid, and Energy Efficiency sectors for the first quarter of 2018. To get a copy of the report, visit: http://bit.ly/MercomSGQ12018 According to the report, corporate funding in battery storage came to ...
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marcus evans Announces 3rd Annual Electric Energy Storage Conference
marcus evans, a conference producing company, will host the 3rd Annual Electric Energy Storage Conference, January 8-10, 2013 at the Embassy Suites Biltmore in Phoenix, AZ. Twenty-two leading energy storage experts will provide insights on how to advance the technological and economic potential of electric storage operations at this two-and-a-half day event. Energy storage technologies have the ...
By Marcus Evans
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Battery Storage, Smart Grid, and Efficiency Companies Raise Over $839 Million In VC Funding In 1H 2018
Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the Battery Storage, Smart Grid, and Energy Efficiency sectors for the second quarter (Q2) and first half (1H) of 2018. Total corporate funding (including venture capital funding, public market, and debt financing) in 1H 2018 was ...
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Germany Maps Out Financing Plan for Renewable Energies
E-world energy and water 2012 Germany recently passed the 20 percent mark for renewable energy in the electricity mix. And the federal KfW bank group has introduced a new plan to further accelerate this shift to renewables, with increases in multimillion euro business loans now available. As more renewable energy is generated, energy management and storage are also receiving increased focus. ...
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SDTC and Nova Scotia Organizations Announce Collaboration to Support Smart Grid Technologies
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) this week announced a collaboration with the Nova Scotia Department of Energy and Innovacorp, a Nova Scotia crown corporation, on a pilot program to support the development and demonstration of smart grid technologies in Nova Scotia. Innovacorp has teamed up with the Nova Scotia Department of Energy to help Nova Scotia researchers and early stage ...
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The US, Japan, and China Lead the $113.5 Billion Grid Storage Market in 2017
Despite regulatory uncertainty, a highly-fragmented global market, and a risk-averse client base, the demand for energy storage on the grid will zoom to $113.5 billion in 2017, from a $2.8 billion market in 2012, reaching 185.4 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of capacity from 3.2 GWh, according to a Lux Research report. Lux Research analysts developed a dynamic Grid ...
By Lux Research
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Amsterdam, Stockholm, SmartGridCity and PlanIT Valley Emerge as Model Cities of the Future
Amsterdam, Stockholm, Colorado’s SmartGridCity and Portugal’s PlanIT Valley initiative are among the most replicable models for countries scrambling to accommodate an additional 2.7 billion people in the world’s cities by 2050, according to a Lux Research report. Policy and technology must go hand in hand in order to drive the development of ...
By Lux Research
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Beckerman Acquires Antenna Group
Beckerman today announced the acquisition of Antenna Group Inc., a nationally recognized, full-service, strategic communications firm specializing in serving clean technology companies and corporations concerned about sustainability. As a result of this acquisition, Beckerman will fold its clean technology practice into the Antenna Group brand, creating the largest clean technology ...
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Electric Utility Leaders Honored by Energy Central
Three electric utility executives took home key industry leadership awards last week as Energy Central's Intelligent Utility magazine announced the winners of the 6th annual KITE Awards at a gala awards dinner at the White Oaks Plantation, part of Energy Central's Knowledge2011 Executive Summit, held Nov. 7-9, 2011, in Amelia Island, Fla. The KITE Awards (for industry Knowledge, Innovation, ...
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Managing Germany´s Decentralized Power
The greatest challenge facing the energy companies in Germany right now is not making sure that sufficient power is produced, but rather directing that energy efficiently. This, and other related topics, will be discussed at the SMART GRIDS summit from January 28-30 in Berlin, where Germany Trade and Invest will be advising on the industry developments in Germany. "Distribution System Operators ...
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UPS Switches On Smart Grid In London To Super-Charge Electric Delivery Fleet
A UPS-led consortium has deployed a radical new charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid. The breakthrough signals the beginning of the end of a reliance upon traditional combustion engine powered vehicles by allowing UPS to increase the ...
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Smart Grid and Energy Storage on Shetland Demonstrates the Power Of Renewable Energy
The five year long, £18m Shetland-based Northern Isles New Energy Solutions (NINES) project has demonstrated that an islanded electricity distribution system can operate securely with a high penetration of local renewable generation. The project, which was run by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), trialed domestic demand side management (DSM) and large scale energy storage ...
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National Instruments Announces 2012 Green Engineering Grant Program
National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced that it will renew its Green Engineering Grant program in 2012. In the last two years, the program has provided assistance to more than 40 companies developing next-generation control and measurement solutions in the renewable energy market. The program helps small companies and research groups around the world with up to $25,000 USD in ...
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ENN Affirms Commitment to Tackling Global Climate Issues through Transnational Cooperation
ENN, China's leading private clean-energy innovator, spoke Dec. 6th at COP17's "China Pavilion" as one of the main Chinese corporate delegations. ENN, alongside partners such as Duke Energy is using the platform to announce initiatives that call on institutions around the world to join in tackling climate change. In recognition of ENN's contribution to clean energy and of the importance of ...
By Duke Energy
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Germany Still Leading the Green Revolution
Germany Trade & Invest showcases the latest business opportunities at Hannover Messe 2012, the world's leading industrial technology trade fair Solar electricity generation in Germany increased by 40 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the previous year, according to the German industry association BSW. This is yet another indicator of Germany's lead in the green energy ...
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Cisco promotes green innovation through collaboration with X PRIZE Foundation
(Marketwire) - Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has been named the exclusive presenting sponsor of the X PRIZE Foundation's (XPF) Energy & Environment Prize Group, which aims to incentivize a new era of clean, renewable and cost-effective energy. The goal of the sponsorship is to engage in a collaboration with private sector, academia and public sector organizations globally to generate breakthrough ...
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San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) & Solar Solutions for Outage Management
SDG&E will test and deploy various smart grid technologies including energy storage, smart meters, energy-management systems and integrated renewable energy generation. The goal of the three-year project is to demonstrate how to maintain reliability in a more complex grid, leverage distributed resources to benefit the community and electric system, enable more active participation by ...
By Marcus Evans
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Conference to Examine Latest Advances in Grid Modernization
Building on the success of the 2016 edition, the 2nd Annual Grid Modernization Forum, April 3-5, 2017 in Chicago, closely examines lessons learned to date by industry leaders pushing the frontiers of grid modernization and reliability. Key technology innovators and executives will gather to share perspectives on how best to leverage AMI investment, engage the customer, and take the smart grid to ...
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