GridPoint Named to Global Cleantech 100 List by The Guardian and Cleantech Group
WASHINGTON--GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart grid software, today announced at GridWeek 2009 that it has been named to the Global Cleantech 100 by The Guardian and Cleantech Group™. A field of more than 3,500 companies was considered. GridPoint is demonstrating its software solutions this week during the annual gathering of smart grid thought leaders Sept. 21-24 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.
The Global Cleantech 100 is the first-ever list highlighting the most promising private clean technology companies at the forefront of innovation around the world. Supported by the Carbon Trust, the list represents the collective opinion of leading experts from the Cleantech Network, the de facto industry association of international clean technology investors, entrepreneurs, corporations and other industry insiders. These were combined with the specific input of a panel of 35 experts from well-respected organizations such as Altira Group, Crossover Advisors, Deloitte, Emerald Technology Ventures, Google, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, New York Stock Exchange, NGEN Partners, Nth Power, New Enterprise Associates, Sterling Communications, Tsing Capital and Vantage Point Venture Partners.
For a complete list of the Global Cleantech 100 firms, visit The Guardian at http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalcleantech100 and Cleantech Group at www.cleantech.com/news/awards/globalcleantech100.
“We are honored to be recognized among these innovative companies, and especially pleased to see several smart grid companies represented,” said Peter L. Corsell, CEO, GridPoint. “We look forward to joining our colleagues at GridWeek to discuss the exciting developments in our industry.”
GridPoint’s software aggregates and manages an intelligent network of distributed energy resources that controls load, stores energy and produces power. Utilities efficiently balance supply and demand, improve grid reliability and empower consumers with user-friendly software to manage energy consumption. GridPoint’s solutions include home energy management, load management, renewable integration, storage management and electric vehicle management. With GridPoint’s interoperable enterprise-class server technology, utilities rapidly integrate and manage emerging technologies, resulting in a practical path to developing a clean, efficient 21st century grid.
A Gold Sponsor of GridWeek 2009, GridPoint will demonstrate its innovative consumer portal and home energy management solution, which empowers consumers to optimize energy consumption to reduce their costs and carbon footprint.
GridPoint will also demonstrate its next-generation electric vehicle management software, Smart Charging 3.0, which will help support the largest U.S. deployment of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, a $100 million program of ECOtality’s eTec that will deploy up to 5,000 Nissan LEAF vehicles and a network of up to 12,750 charging stations.
In addition, Michael J. Carlson, Operations, GridPoint, and former CIO of Xcel Energy, will speak on the panel “Storage and Renewables: Beyond Green: Game-changing Power Storage and Production” at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23. The session will examine the ongoing evolution of storage and renewable energy toward broad-based acceptability for both large- and small-scale deployments.
For a detailed schedule of GridWeek’s programs and speakers, visit http://gridweek.com. To learn more about GridPoint’s solutions, visit our new Web site at www.gridpoint.com.
About GridPoint
GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart grid software, enables utilities to easily manage the transformation to a Smart Grid. GridPoint’s software aggregates and manages an intelligent network of distributed energy resources that controls load, stores energy and produces power. Utilities efficiently balance supply and demand, improve grid reliability and empower consumers with user-friendly software to manage energy consumption. Utilities and consumers realize the benefits of energy intelligence with GridPoint’s solutions including home energy management, load management, renewable integration, storage management and electric vehicle management. With GridPoint’s interoperable platform, utilities rapidly integrate and manage emerging technologies, resulting in a practical path to developing a clean, efficient 21st century grid. On the Net: www.gridpoint.com
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