Part 3: Meet 5 more Smart Grid Companies to Watch contenders

Silver Spring Networks: Silver Spring Networks, a leading smart grid networking platform and solutions provider, has networked over 10 million homes and businesses around the world.  Recent projects include Silver Spring's announcement that they have been selected by Maui Electric Company and the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute at the University of Hawaii to deploy a strategic and innovative smart grid project on the island of Maui; and an agreement to participate in the EcoIsland Partnership, the largest energy  sustainability project in the UK. Silver Spring Networks recognizes the vital importance of consumer engagement in the smart grid, and addressed this in 2011 by creating A Smart Energy Future curriculum to educate teachers, students and their families on how the smart grid addresses our energy challenges. Learn more about Silver Spring Networks >>

Tropos Networks: Tropos continues its wireless smart grid network communications momentum with new customers and ongoing projects at IOUs and MOUs such as DTE Energy, Avista, Fort Collins Utilities and Idaho Falls Power. Recently awarded its 40th patent for broadband wireless mesh technology, Tropos plans significant announcements in 2012 including its January release of its Mesh OS 7.7 that brings enterprise class security to utility’s field area networks and is the first IPsec-based, NERC CIP compliant solution for extending secure wireless communications all the way through substations to distribution automation endpoints. New broadband products and management system offerings are also planned in 2012. Learn more about Tropos Networks >>

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