advanced metering infrastructure

Singapore-based Semitech today announced that the company has raised $3.4 million AUS — incidentally nearly the same USD amount due to current exchange rates — with an option for up to $6 million more for a total possible haul of $9 million. The Series A round was led by Melbourne, Australia’s Cleantech Ventures. The startup [...]

Read more Semitech lands Series A funding for power line smart grid communications

by Pedro Hernandez on January 19, 2011 · 0 comments

In case there’s any doubt that Cisco is taking the smart grid seriously, Earth2Tech’s Katie Fehrenbacher is reporting today that the computer networking giant is buying up San Francisco-based wireless smart grid networking firm Arch Rock. Terms, as they say, are undisclosed (drat!). The main draw? “Arch Rock’s wireless mesh technology enhances Cisco’s IP-based, end-to-end [...]

Read more Cisco snaps up smart grid firm Arch Rock

by Pedro Hernandez on September 2, 2010 · 1 comment