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2/21/2012

Featured Articles » Smart Appliances and Grids Could Change our Lives Forever » ComEd Details Improvements as a Response to 2011 Outages » U. of Minnesota Plans to Build a Smart Grid from the Ground Up-and a Community to Use It   Sponsored By: China Telecom WEBINAR: Catch the Eyeballs in the Internet Community of Most Netizens Wednesday February 29, 2012 TIME: 2:00pm ET/ 11:00am ET REGISTER TODAY This Webinar takes a close look at China and global Internet market and how China Access and Global Transit Internet product offered by China Telecom can benefit you to reach to the eyeballs in the Internet community of most Netizens. You'll hear real examples of prestigious ISPs/ICPs successful stories leveraging on China Telecom's global Internet infrastructure, IPv6 technology and 'e-surfing' mobile Internet access service.   Top Stories » South Campus Development for OATI Starts » Cinterion Supplies Miniature M2M Module to Linyang Electronics » A123 Systems to Supply Energy Storage Batteries to U.K.'s Power Grid Operator   From The Expert Corner February 21, 2012 Smart Grid Industry Invested $10.6 Billion in Deals in 2011 By Cheryl Kaften TMCnet Contributor During the past five years, the smart grid sector has seen a marked upsurge in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, with an increase in both the number and value of deals closed. As utilities worldwide retrofit their systems to provide better service and pricing, the supply side is working overtime to meet worldwide demand for state-of-the-art platforms and to provide ever-more-sophisticated technology. Indeed, according to a recently released research report, "The Smart Grid Business 2011 to 2016,” the value of pure smart grid M&A deals grew from a total of $134 million in 2007 to $10.6 billion in 2011. During 2010, approximately 68 deals were sealed, representing an average value of $155 million each. In the following year, 2011, 49 deals were closed, at an average value of $225 million. As much as 90 percent of the purchase price was financed by cash in 2009, falling to the 70 percent range during the next two years. The researchers expect this figure to surge again -- if not by quite as much -- to around 75 percent by 2015... Read More    Featured Videos Interview with Wind Currents    Featured Resources » A Guide on the Challenges and Opportunities for Smart Grids » Competing in the information era: A smarter approach to smart grids.   TMCnet's Blogs » FCC Now Requires VoIP Outage Reporting » How to set your Continent on Fire, Listen to Europe   Featured Channels » Solar Power » Renewable Energy » Smarter Utility - ATT   Visit smart-grid.tmcnet.com for the Latest Smart-Grid News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Smart-Grid Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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