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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.

Ref. Name A brief description

1 ABB Transformers, Energy Storage Batteryapplications; HCEP Transformers (hydrophobiccycloaliphatic epoxy)

2 A123SystemsProvider of battery technologies; proprietaryNanophosphate technology is built on a new

nanoscale materials

3 Accent S.p.A.

A fabless ASIC provider offering highlydifferentiated design and turnkey services forstate-of-the-art SoC (System-on-Chip) siliconsolutions; Selected by Itron to provide SoC

solution

4 Aclara PLSMeter Transmission Units; Badger ORION RF

Modules; TWACS Technology

5 Advanced Telemetry, LLCProvides graphical representation of consumption;

EcoView Residential and Commercial EnergyManagement

6 AlertMe.com Ltd (UK) Smart Energy and Home Automation Devices

7American Superconductor Corporation

(AMSC)Superconductor cables for Smart Grid

8 Apollo Solar

Provides solar photovoltaic power electronics in afull line of inverters, charge controllers, andcommunications modules that integrate intoelectric power systems; Smart Grid Inverter

9 AREVA T&D

It designs, manufactures and supplies a completerange of equipment, systems and services for allstages in the transfer of electricity, from the

generator to the large end-user; e-terraApplication Suite; Intelligent Electronic Device

(IED)

10 Arkados, Inc.

Arkados designs, develops, markets, and sellstechnology and solutions enabling broadband

communications over standard electricity lines("the powerline network")

11 Beacon Power Corp.Develops and deploys flywheel-based Energy

Storage Solution

12 Blue Line Innovations Inc.Provides real-time energy feedback products;

PowerCost Monitor

13 Cambridge Consultants

Develops breakthrough products, creates andlicenses intellectual property, and provides

business consultancy in technology critical issuesfor clients worldwide; UMI - a communication

standard for meter communication


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14 Capstone Metering, LLC (US)Manufacturer and supplier of Water meters

(IntelliH2O)

15 Certicom Corp.Certicom Device Authentication Service for ZigBee

Smart Energy; A subsidiary of RIM Limited

16 Cisco Systems, Inc In-home devices

17 Comverge, Inc.

Maingate Home, PowerPortal IHD; Digital ControlUnit; Programmable Communication Thermostat;Received ZigBee Smart Energy Certification for

IHD in September 2009

18 Control4 Corporation

Home automation system; Universal remote

control

19 Cooper Power Systems, Inc.

AMI modules incorporated into Sensus, Itron,Landis+Gyr and Elster; Outage Advisor and

VARAdvisor; Energy Harvesting (EH) Power Supplytechnology

20 Coulomb Technologies, Inc. (US)Provides products and services that include plug-in

vehicle charging infrastructure, which includesChargePoint Networked Charging Stations

21 CURRENT Group, LLCProvides real time distribution grid visibility

through intelligent sensing and analytics;CURRENT Smart Transformer Station

22 DIEHL Energy Solutions Smart meters

23 Digi Internationaldevice networking; wireless M2M products and

solutions

24 Eaton CorporationProvides electrical components and systems for

power quality, distribution and contro

25 Echelon CorporationNetworked Energy Services (NES) meters;

LonWorks; NES Smart IP Meters

26 Echoflex Solutions

Offers solutions for retrofit and energyconservation challenges by allowing building

owners, managers and tenants the option toretrofit incrementally

27 EcoFactorProvides Automated Residential Energy

Management Solution; SaaS based Energy Mgmt.engine

28 Electro Industries/GaugeTech (EIG) Provides power monitoring and control products


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29 Electrovaya Inc.A developer and manufacturer of its proprietary

Lithium Ion SuperPolymer battery systems

30 ELO Sistemas Eletronicos (Brazil) A leading metering provider for the South Americamarket with offices in Brazil and Chile

31 Elster Metering Holdings Ltd.EnergyAxis System; acquired EnergyICT NV in

September 2009; part of Elster Group

32 Embedded Automation

A privately held company that designs,manufactures, and markets products and services

for home automation, media centers andembedded systems; mHome and mStation

33 Ember Corp. (US)Zigbee chipsets; unveiled EM300 Series ZigBee

SoC; Chips used by Landis+gyr, Elster

34 Ener1, Inc.

Develops and manufactures compact, highperformance lithium-ion batteries to power the

next generation of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pureelectric vehicles; EnerDel is its subsidiary

35 Energate Monitoring dashboards for Homes

36 Energy, Inc.Provides The Energy Detective (TED 5000) homeenergy monitors; TED 5000 is an official device

selected by Google

37 EnergyHub, Inc.Monitoring dashboards for Homes; Dashboard,

Socket, Power Strip and Consumer Portal

38 Freescale Semiconductora global leader in the design and manufacture of

embedded semiconductors; ColdFire MCU

39 GE Consumer & IndustrialProvider of appliances, lighting and integrated

industrial equipment, systems and services

40 GE Energy (US)Smart Meters; GE Home Energy Manager for Net

Zero Homes by 2015

41 Green Energy Options Ltd. (GEO)Provides stateof-the-art display technology

(based on ZigBee) to enable consumers understandand control their energy use

42 Greenbox Technology Inc. Acquired by Silver Spring Networks in September2009

43 Home Automation, Inc. (US)Manufacturer of integrated automation and

security products for residential and commercialpremises


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44 Honeywell International Inc.

Provides energy efficiency and renewable energy,including smart thermostats and automated

building controls; Provides turnkey advancedmetering and energy conservation solutions

45 Horstmann Controls Ltd. (UK)Designers and manufacturers of controls for

domestic heating systems and advanced meteringequipment

46 iControl NetworksA software and services company providingbroadband home management solutions;

ConnectedLife Energy Management

47 Intel Inc. Embedded chips

48 Intelagrid Inc. (US)Provides open broadband based smart grid and

smart home products; intelaMeter; ecoStat;ecoSwitch

49 Intellon Corporation

A leader in powerline communications, providingHomePlug compliant and other powerlineintegrated circuits for home networking,

networked entertainment, BPL access, Ethernet-over-Coax (EoC) and smart grid management;

Awarded nearly $5 million in Stimulus funds forthe design of low cost powerline networking chip;

Acquired by Atheros Communications, Inc. inDecember 2009

50 Iskraemeco, d.d.Electric Smart Meters (Distribution Line Carrier &

GSM/GPRS)

51 Itron, Inc. OpenWay CENTRON meters; ERT technology

52 Kamstrup A/S Metering SolutionsEnergy efficient Smart meters consuming only

0.6W of energy

53 KMC ControlsDesigns and manufactures building automationsolutions, HVAC control products and energy

management solutions

54 Landis+Gyr AGGridstream meters, FOCUS meters; ecoMeterP250 Energy Monitor for North American market

55 Lixar SRSA part of Lixar I.T. Inc.; acquired by GridPoint,

Inc. in June 2009

56 Megger Test Sets for Electric Equipment

57 MeterVision, Inc.Retrofit device to read the face of Meters or

Gauges and transmits pictures to Data Centres

58 MicroPlanet Technology CorporationEnergy efficient and voltage

regulation/management devices


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59 mPhase Technologies, Inc.wholly owned subsidiary AlwaysReady, Inc.; New

battery technology (Electrowetting)

60 MTC ElectroCeramics

Supplies piezoelectric ceramic components andultrasonic sensors to major utilities conductingultrasonic measurement of hot and cold water,

heat and natural gas flows; A division of TheMorgan Crucible Company plc;

61 ON SemiconductorSupplies high performance, energy efficient,

silicon solutions; launched integrated Power LineModem for Smart Meters

62 Onzo Ltd In home display devices

63 OpenPeak, Inc.

Provides Home Energy Management Solutionswhich includes communication systems and

devices to enable user control of home energyconsumption; also provides an all-in-one voice,

data and multi-media communications commandcenter with touch screen interface for control ofVoIP telephony, digital media, Internet content,messaging applications and consumer electronics

64 Outpost Central Limited (New Zealand)Provides Smart meters, GPRS Data Loggers, IO

Expansion Modules and Wireless Mesh Hardware;Eclipse Smart Water Meters

65 Pacific Control Systems LLC Provides automation solutions; Announced a newrange of Smart Energy Meters in October 2009

66 PCN Technology

Provides power line communication I/Osubsystems for mission critical communication,

networking and energy management applications.Grid MicroCircuits

67 PowerSecure International, Inc. EfficientLights LED

68 PRI Ltd. (UK)Smart meters and in-home display devices; won acontract in July 2009 with CitiPower and Powercor

for Smart meters

69 S&C Electric CompanyA manufacturer and supplier of equipment for

electric power systems

70 Sensus Metering SystemsSmart Meters, FlexNet; iPerl Water Smart Meter

based on Sterling technology


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71 Sentec LimitedCambridge (UK) based company. Provides SterlingSmart Water Meters; Sensors for Gas and Electric

Meters

72 Siemens Energy (Germany)Smart Power Meters as part of AMIS solution(Automated Metering Information System)

73 Silver Spring Networks Network Interface Cards (NICs)

74 Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Embedded chips; Semiconductors

75 SmartSynch, Inc.

SmartMeters built on its AMIIntelligence Module;Universal Communications Module (UCM);

Launched GridRouter - a universalcommunications solution

76 SSV Software Systems GmbH

Provider of embedded PC and industrialnetworking technology; Developed the Smartmetering gateway for home communication,

called 'EWE Box', in association with FraunhoferInstitute for Solar Energy Systems ISE

77 Stadium ElectronicsProvides Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS);

Manufactures SmartMeter Pre-payment WaterMeters for Universal Metering

78 Stark Software International Ltd (UK)Smart metering for Electricity, Gas and Watersector. Provides Smart meters from Elster, PRI,

Actaris and Iskraemeco

79 STMicroelectronicsA global leader in semiconductor technology;

powerline communication System-on-Chip

80 TaoglasDelivers M2M antenna devices, solutions and

services

81 Tendril Networks, Inc.Monitoring dashboards for Homes; Tendril

Residential Energy Ecosystem (TREE)

82 Teridian Semiconductor Corporation

SoC for Smart Meters and Smart Cards forPrepayment meters; announced first System-on-

Chip for power outlet measurement andmonitoring

83 Texas Instruments, Inc.Provides ultra-low power microcontroller units

(MCU) for electricity and gas metering


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84 There Corporation (Finland)Established in May 2009 by Nokia Smart HomeTeam with expertise in mobile and platform

technology

85 Trilliant Inc. CellReader, CellGateway, MeshGate Gateway

86 TruCheck Metering Solutions Metering Services

87 Valence Technology, Inc.A manufacturer and supplier of lithium iron

magnesium phosphate energy storage solutions

88 Varitron Technologies Inc.

Provides Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS)

in the telecommunications, aerospace, medical,military, and automotive industries; Manufactures

Smart Electric Meters for Trilliant Inc.

89 Watteco SASWatt Pulse Communication (WPC) System on Chip

(SoC) manufacturer

90 Whirlpool Corporation

Smart Appliances (committed to make allappliances Smart Grid compatible by 2015); Smart

Grid compatible Clothes Dryers; Awarded $19million in stimulus funds to design and deploy 1

millon intelligent cloth dryers that can respond todemand response

91 Xemtec AG (Switzerland)Provides solutions based on its non-invasiveretrofit Comet Optical Meter Readers, coupled to

innovative communication devices and softwarepackages

92 Zenergy Power plcSmart Grid devices such as Fault Current Limiter

(FCL)

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