Vendors for Smart Products and Services

Whos Who in Smart Grid and Smart Metering

Vol 2-2010
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The table below summarises the list of Vendors for Smart Products and Services.

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Name
ABB A123Systems

A brief description
Transformers, Energy Storage Battery applications; HCEP Transformers (hydrophobic cycloaliphatic epoxy) Provider of battery technologies; proprietary Nanophosphate technology is built on a new nanoscale materials A fabless ASIC provider offering highly differentiated design and turnkey services for state-of-the-art SoC (System-on-Chip) silicon solutions; Selected by Itron to provide SoC solution Meter Transmission Units; Badger ORION RF Modules; TWACS Technology Provides graphical representation of consumption; EcoView Residential and Commercial Energy Management Smart Energy and Home Automation Devices Superconductor cables for Smart Grid Provides solar photovoltaic power electronics in a full line of inverters, charge controllers, and communications modules that integrate into electric power systems; Smart Grid Inverter It designs, manufactures and supplies a complete range of equipment, systems and services for all stages in the transfer of electricity, from the generator to the large end-user; e-terra Application Suite; Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) Arkados designs, develops, markets, and sells technology and solutions enabling broadband communications over standard electricity lines ("the powerline network") Develops and deploys flywheel-based Energy Storage Solution Provides real-time energy feedback products; PowerCost Monitor Develops breakthrough products, creates and licenses intellectual property, and provides business consultancy in technology critical issues for clients worldwide; UMI - a communication standard for meter communication

Accent S.p.A.

4 5 6 7

Aclara PLS Advanced Telemetry, LLC AlertMe.com Ltd (UK) American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) Apollo Solar

AREVA T&D

10

Arkados, Inc.

11 12

Beacon Power Corp. Blue Line Innovations Inc.

13

Cambridge Consultants

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Name
Capstone Metering, LLC (US)

A brief description
Manufacturer and supplier of Water meters (IntelliH2O) Certicom Device Authentication Service for ZigBee Smart Energy; A subsidiary of RIM Limited In-home devices Maingate Home, PowerPortal IHD; Digital Control Unit; Programmable Communication Thermostat; Received ZigBee Smart Energy Certification for IHD in September 2009 Home automation system; Universal remote control AMI modules incorporated into Sensus, Itron, Landis+Gyr and Elster; Outage Advisor and VARAdvisor; Energy Harvesting (EH) Power Supply technology Provides products and services that include plug-in vehicle charging infrastructure, which includes ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations Provides real time distribution grid visibility through intelligent sensing and analytics; CURRENT Smart Transformer Station Smart meters device networking; wireless M2M products and solutions Provides electrical components and systems for power quality, distribution and contro Networked Energy Services (NES) meters; LonWorks; NES Smart IP Meters Offers solutions for retrofit and energy conservation challenges by allowing building owners, managers and tenants the option to retrofit incrementally Provides Automated Residential Energy Management Solution; SaaS based Energy Mgmt. engine Provides power monitoring and control products

15

Certicom Corp.

16

Cisco Systems, Inc

17

Comverge, Inc.

18

Control4 Corporation

19

Cooper Power Systems, Inc.

20 21 22 23 24 25

Coulomb Technologies, Inc. (US) CURRENT Group, LLC DIEHL Energy Solutions Digi International Eaton Corporation Echelon Corporation

26

Echoflex Solutions

27 28

EcoFactor Electro Industries/GaugeTech (EIG)

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Name
Electrovaya Inc. ELO Sistemas Eletronicos (Brazil) Elster Metering Holdings Ltd. Embedded Automation

A brief description
A developer and manufacturer of its proprietary Lithium Ion SuperPolymer battery systems A leading metering provider for the South America market with offices in Brazil and Chile EnergyAxis System; acquired EnergyICT NV in September 2009; part of Elster Group A privately held company that designs, manufactures, and markets products and services for home automation, media centers and embedded systems; mHome and mStation Zigbee chipsets; unveiled EM300 Series ZigBee SoC; Chips used by Landis+gyr, Elster Develops and manufactures compact, high performance lithium-ion batteries to power the next generation of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicles; EnerDel is its subsidiary Monitoring dashboards for Homes Provides The Energy Detective (TED 5000) home energy monitors; TED 5000 is an official device selected by Google Monitoring dashboards for Homes; Dashboard, Socket, Power Strip and Consumer Portal a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors; ColdFire MCU Provider of appliances, lighting and integrated industrial equipment, systems and services Smart Meters; GE Home Energy Manager for Net Zero Homes by 2015 Provides stateof-the-art display technology (based on ZigBee) to enable consumers understand and control their energy use Acquired by Silver Spring Networks in September 2009 Manufacturer of integrated automation and security products for residential and commercial premises

33

Ember Corp. (US)

34

Ener1, Inc.

35

Energate

36

Energy, Inc.

37

EnergyHub, Inc.

38

Freescale Semiconductor

39

GE Consumer & Industrial

40

GE Energy (US)

41

Green Energy Options Ltd. (GEO)

42

Greenbox Technology Inc.

43

Home Automation, Inc. (US)

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Name
Honeywell International Inc.

A brief description
Provides energy efficiency and renewable energy, including smart thermostats and automated building controls; Provides turnkey advanced metering and energy conservation solutions Designers and manufacturers of controls for domestic heating systems and advanced metering equipment A software and services company providing broadband home management solutions; ConnectedLife Energy Management Embedded chips Provides open broadband based smart grid and smart home products; intelaMeter; ecoStat; ecoSwitch A leader in powerline communications, providing HomePlug compliant and other powerline integrated circuits for home networking, networked entertainment, BPL access, Ethernetover-Coax (EoC) and smart grid management; Awarded nearly $5 million in Stimulus funds for the design of low cost powerline networking chip; Acquired by Atheros Communications, Inc. in December 2009 Electric Smart Meters (Distribution Line Carrier & GSM/GPRS) OpenWay CENTRON meters; ERT technology Energy efficient Smart meters consuming only 0.6W of energy Designs and manufactures building automation solutions, HVAC control products and energy management solutions Gridstream meters, FOCUS meters; ecoMeter P250 Energy Monitor for North American market A part of Lixar I.T. Inc.; acquired by GridPoint, Inc. in June 2009 Test Sets for Electric Equipment Retrofit device to read the face of Meters or Gauges and transmits pictures to Data Centres Energy efficient and voltage regulation/management devices

45

Horstmann Controls Ltd. (UK)

46 47 48

iControl Networks Intel Inc. Intelagrid Inc. (US)

49

Intellon Corporation

50 51 52 53 54 55 56

Iskraemeco, d.d. Itron, Inc. Kamstrup A/S Metering Solutions KMC Controls Landis+Gyr AG Lixar SRS Megger

57

MeterVision, Inc.

58

MicroPlanet Technology Corporation

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Name
mPhase Technologies, Inc.

A brief description
wholly owned subsidiary AlwaysReady, Inc.; New battery technology (Electrowetting) Supplies piezoelectric ceramic components and ultrasonic sensors to major utilities conducting ultrasonic measurement of hot and cold water, heat and natural gas flows; A division of The Morgan Crucible Company plc; Supplies high performance, energy efficient, silicon solutions; launched integrated Power Line Modem for Smart Meters In home display devices Provides Home Energy Management Solutions which includes communication systems and devices to enable user control of home energy consumption; also provides an all-in-one voice, data and multi-media communications command center with touch screen interface for control of VoIP telephony, digital media, Internet content, messaging applications and consumer electronics Provides Smart meters, GPRS Data Loggers, IO Expansion Modules and Wireless Mesh Hardware; Eclipse Smart Water Meters Provides automation solutions; Announced a new range of Smart Energy Meters in October 2009 Provides power line communication I/O subsystems for mission critical communication, networking and energy management applications. Grid MicroCircuits EfficientLights LED Smart meters and in-home display devices; won a contract in July 2009 with CitiPower and Powercor for Smart meters A manufacturer and supplier of equipment for electric power systems Smart Meters, FlexNet; iPerl Water Smart Meter based on Sterling technology

60

MTC ElectroCeramics

61

ON Semiconductor

62

Onzo Ltd

63

OpenPeak, Inc.

64

Outpost Central Limited (New Zealand)

65

Pacific Control Systems LLC

66

PCN Technology

67

PowerSecure International, Inc.

68

PRI Ltd. (UK)

69

S&C Electric Company

70

Sensus Metering Systems

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Name
Sentec Limited

A brief description
Cambridge (UK) based company. Provides Sterling Smart Water Meters; Sensors for Gas and Electric Meters Smart Power Meters as part of AMIS solution (Automated Metering Information System) Network Interface Cards (NICs) Embedded chips; Semiconductors SmartMeters built on its AMIIntelligence Module; Universal Communications Module (UCM); Launched GridRouter - a universal communications solution Provider of embedded PC and industrial networking technology; Developed the Smart metering gateway for home communication, called 'EWE Box', in association with Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE Provides Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS); Manufactures SmartMeter Pre-payment Water Meters for Universal Metering Smart metering for Electricity, Gas and Water sector. Provides Smart meters from Elster, PRI, Actaris and Iskraemeco A global leader in semiconductor technology; powerline communication System-on-Chip Delivers M2M antenna devices, solutions and services Monitoring dashboards for Homes; Tendril Residential Energy Ecosystem (TREE) SoC for Smart Meters and Smart Cards for Prepayment meters; announced first System-onChip for power outlet measurement and monitoring Provides ultra-low power microcontroller units (MCU) for electricity and gas metering

72

Siemens Energy (Germany)

73 74

Silver Spring Networks Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

75

SmartSynch, Inc.

76

SSV Software Systems GmbH

77

Stadium Electronics

78

Stark Software International Ltd (UK)

79

STMicroelectronics

80

Taoglas

81

Tendril Networks, Inc.

82

Teridian Semiconductor Corporation

83

Texas Instruments, Inc.

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Name
There Corporation (Finland)

A brief description
Established in May 2009 by Nokia Smart Home Team with expertise in mobile and platform technology CellReader, CellGateway, MeshGate Gateway

85

Trilliant Inc.

86

TruCheck Metering Solutions

Metering Services

87

Valence Technology, Inc.

A manufacturer and supplier of lithium iron magnesium phosphate energy storage solutions Provides Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) in the telecommunications, aerospace, medical, military, and automotive industries; Manufactures Smart Electric Meters for Trilliant Inc. Watt Pulse Communication (WPC) System on Chip (SoC) manufacturer Smart Appliances (committed to make all appliances Smart Grid compatible by 2015); Smart Grid compatible Clothes Dryers; Awarded $19 million in stimulus funds to design and deploy 1 millon intelligent cloth dryers that can respond to demand response Provides solutions based on its non-invasive retrofit Comet Optical Meter Readers, coupled to innovative communication devices and software packages Smart Grid devices such as Fault Current Limiter (FCL)

88

Varitron Technologies Inc.

89

Watteco SAS

90

Whirlpool Corporation

91

Xemtec AG (Switzerland)

92

Zenergy Power plc

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