energy management

ESG and shareholder activism: A tsunami is coming to Silicon Valley

With the increase in attention on ESG issues over the past few years, it’s easy for companies to assume that we’ve reached the crest of the ESG wave. However, we are only at the early stages.

Plume raises $300M as it passes 1.2B devices in 35M homes using its smart Wi-Fi service

Plume — a communications startup that partners with carriers to provide smart mesh Wi-Fi to improve broadband connectivity in homes, and then offers other smart home services on top of that netw

How to meet the demand of EV infrastructure and maintain a stable grid

A combination of a new blueprint for managing energy on the grid plus behavior change is needed.

New York’s David Energy has raised $4.1 million to ‘build the Standard Oil of renewable energy’

“We intend to build the Standard Oil of renewable energy,” said James McGinniss, the co-founder and chief executive of David Energy, in a statement announcing the company’s new $19 million s

Digital electricity supplier Tibber closes $65M Series B led by Eight Roads, Balderton

Tibber, a “digital electricity” supplier that uses AI to switch around power for houses based on their predicted levels of consumption, has closed a $65 million Series B round led by Eight

View, the dynamic glass company that raised $1.1 billion from SoftBank in 2018, is laying people off

View, a 13-year-old, Milpitas, Calif.-based company that makes dynamic glass designed to reduce heat and glare as well as lessen eyestrain, has cut an unknown number of employees, including at a plant

At CES, Schneider Electric unveils its own upgrade to the traditional fusebox

As renewable energy and energy efficiency continue to make gains among cost-conscious consumers, more companies are looking at ways to give customers better ways to manage the electricity coming into

Electric vehicle charging software EV Connect raises $12 million

EV Connect, the Los Angeles-based company that sells software to manage electric vehicle charging, has raised $12 million in a Series B round led by investors Mitsui & Co. and Ecosystem Integrity

The man behind Tesla’s Powerwall is now pitching an all-in-one power management system for homes

Arch Rao, the former head of product at Tesla who was behind the company’s Powerwall home energy storage is system, is back with a new company pitching energy management and efficiency for homes

Known for its electric scooters, Gogoro moves toward its future as a mobility platform

Founders Fund invests in Tibber, a Norwegian AI to smartly manage energy

You probably have one electricity supplier for your house. But these days the average household could probably buy from several such companies; it just can’t easily access the marketplace of pos

EnergyHub Launches Energy Management System For Consumers

Today, <a href="http://www.energyhub.com/">EnergyHub</a> launched its new, comprehensive, in-home energy management system for U.S. consumers. The system includes the <a href="http://www.energyhub.c

Survey: 36% Of U.S. Adults "Not Concerned" With Electronics Power Consumption

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/tc-powerplant-cc-blatantworld.jpg" class="shot2"></img> Adults in the U.S. could use a little more education on economics and physics, it se

Scientific Conservation Raises $15.6 Million To Help Cut Energy Waste In Commercial Buildings

<img src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0010/7942/107942v1-max-250x250.jpg"> Scientific Conservation Inc. (SCI) — a San Francisco company that makes software to diagnose and help

Smart Energy Consultancy, Gridpoint, Raises Another $23.6 Million

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