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A123 Systems Looks Headed Back to IPO Price

Nearly two months after its successful initial public offering, A123 Systems (AONE) seems headed back to its roots. The company's stock traded at around $15 Friday and dipped into the high $14 range. (I noticed this after getting a stock quote for a ...

From GREENTECH MEDIA, ETF Investor,  22 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Chrysler,  Fiat

Google Doesn't Expect PowerMeter to be Profitable

Ed Lu, the former astronaut who now works as a program manager for advanced projects at Google, says that Google (GOOG) does not see PowerMeter, the software it created for monitoring energy in your home, as a way to make money. "We are not trying to ...

From GREENTECH MEDIA, ETF Investor,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  Intel,  General Motors

Microsoft Turns Sacramento Onto Its 'Hohm' Energy Management Platform

Microsoft (MSFT) turned on the data feeds to its Hohm home energy monitoring platform at a third utility on Thursday – the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. SMUD has 1.4 million customers, and all will now be able to see their monthly power bills ...

From GREENTECH MEDIA, Seeking Alpha,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Sacramento Municipal Utility District,  XCEL ENERGY INC,  Google Inc.,  Silver Spring Networks

Itron, Comverge Test Plug-In Car Charging Control

Add car-charging to the list of capabilities smart meter maker Itron (ITRI) and demand response provider Comverge (COMV) want to offer utilities. Comverge's Apollo software sent signals through Itron's meters via ZigBee Smart Energy Profile to tell ...

From GREENTECH MEDIA, Seeking Alpha,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: General Motors,  Nissan,  Duke Energy,  XCEL ENERGY INC,  Ford Motor Company

Chevy Volt: 12 Months to Go

That means the company's engineers are working under a 12 month deadline. Two of them – Andrew Farah, Volt chief engineer, and Bill Wallace, engineering group manager for GM's self-designed Voltec battery – gave an update on the Volt's progress on ...

From GREENTECH MEDIA, Seeking Alpha,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: General Motors,  Bill Wallace,  Environmental Protection Agency

Demand Response: The Standards Race Begins

Demand response – turning down power at factories, offices and homes to save energy and meet utility peak demands. It's the "killer application" for the smart grid, according to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, capable of ...

From GREENTECH MEDIA, Seeking Alpha,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,  Pacific Gas & Electric,  General Electric

Starbucks Goes Bonkers for LED Lights

Coffee behemoth Starbucks (SBUX) will replace conventional lights with light emitting diode (LED) bulbs in 8,000 stores by March of next year. The switch from incandescents and other vacuum-and-chemical lights to solid state lighting is expected to ...

From GREENTECH MEDIA, Seeking Alpha,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Starbucks Corp,  General Electric

Applied Materials: Plans for Layoffs, Cautious Outlook on Solar

Applied Materials (AMAT) plans to cut about 10-12 percent of its workforce and expects it solar business to break even at least in the coming year. The factory equipment maker, which reported its fourth fiscal quarter earnings Wednesday, remains ...

From GREENTECH MEDIA, Seeking Alpha,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Applied Materials, Inc.

PG&E Sued Over Smart Meters, Slows Down Bakersfield Deployment

When in doubt, sue – and slow down. Complaints for power have now taken the form of a lawsuit. Pete Flores, of Bakersfield, claims in the suit filed last week in Kern County Superior Court that ever since PG&E installed a smart meter at his home, he's ...

From GREENTECH MEDIA, Seeking Alpha,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: PG&E,  Dean Florez

Applied Materials Buys Advent Solar

(AMAT) has purchased most of the assets of Advent Solar in cash to boost its offering of factory equipment for making crystalline silicon cells and panels. Albuquerque, N.M.-based Advent has developed a process that makes use of thinner silicon wafers ...

From GREENTECH MEDIA, Seeking Alpha,  8 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Applied Materials, Inc.

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