Seven Up and Coming Smart Grid Software Companies to Watch

By Chris de Morsella on April 15, 2009 7 Comments Advanced Metering Infrastructure, AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies, AMI, Arlington, Bloomington, Boulder, BPL Global, decision management, Ecologic Analytics, Electric Power Research Institute, electric utility, energy companies, energy storage integration, EPRI, Excel Energy, GoingGreen East, GridPoint, Jackson, Pittsburgh, plug-in electric vehicles, Redwood City, silicon valley, Silver Spring Networks, smart grid, Smart Grid software, smart meters, SmartSynch, SSI module, Sunnyvale, Tendril Networks, Transaction Management System software, Tropos Networks, wireless IP network

The Smart Grid will require substantial information processing, storage and data mining resources. An entire new software sector is rising to meet the challenges and fill the many new needs opened up by its arrival. Spending on the smart grid is estimated to be $165 billion over the next 20 years (Source: EPRI) and a good portion of this will be on software and data services. Here is a list of seven of the up and coming software companies that are actively offering software for the Smart Grid, for Smart Meters, for Power Analytics, for systems focused on improving the energy efficiency of the grid, and for energy management systems for homes and businesses tied to Smart Grid networks and designed to operate with it.