Ecotality buys Innergy for mobile solar and battery technology
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Through acquisitions, Ecotality looks to "roll up" several clean energy-related companies and become profitable next year.
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SunRocket Inc., an Internet phone upstart from Vienna, has struck a joint marketing deal with electronics giant Thomson Inc. to roll out GE-branded cordless phones capable of making calls over the Internet.
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A new company NRG Dock shows off a general-purpose solar panel and battery to power electronics.
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Exelon (EXC:NYSE - news - research) is reportedly in advanced talks to buy New Jersey&#39;s largest utility group, Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG:NYSE - news - research).
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Pacific Gas & Electric, Northern Californiaâs major utility, is announcing a commitment on Wednesday to make one of the largest ever solar power purchases.
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Public Service Enterprise Group, owner of the state&#39;s biggest gas and electric utility, yesterday agreed to be acquired by Exelon in a $12.2 billion deal that would create the nation&#39;s biggest
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Two of the nation&#39;s  biggest power companies are teaming up with a solar start-up to  create one of the world&#39;s largest solar power projects, which  they say could make electricity at a competitive price.
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Heavy users of mobile phones, iPods and other portable devices may want to try on a new coat lined with solar modules and a battery to charge their gadgets on the fly.
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(InfoWorld) - Sun Microsystems plans to buy identity management services vendor Neogent. Neogent sells automated software tools designed to speed up the implementation of identity management systems based on Sun's Java System Identity Manager software. Founded in 1999, the 45-person company is based in Austin, Texas, home to Sun's Waveset group. Sun acquired Waveset, a vendor of network user identity and password management, in late 2003 and has been seeking to establish itself as a major player in the world of identity management. The Neogent acquisition is expected to be completed by year's end, at which point Neogent will be rolled into Sun's services division, according to a spokeswoman with Sun's public relations agency. Terms of the deal, announced Wednesday, were not disclosed.
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Battery Ventures partner Carl Stjernfeldt takes his seat as a new board member at Tejas Networks today, as Wellesley's Battery invests $15 million in Tejas. This is standard practice in the venture capital business except that, in this case, Stjernfeldt's trip to his first board meeting took him nearly 24 hours.
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Iberdrola plans to buy the regional utility owner Energy East Corporation for $4.5 billion in cash.
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Energizer Holdings, the battery maker, will acquire Playtex Products for $18.30 a share.
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A small booth at the back of the show floor is attracting a lot of attention.While I stood around, two people exchanged business cards with the man working the stand, promising to place orders for the product. It was nothing related to the iPhone or the latest mobile social-networking service -- topics that are consuming this year&#39;s CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment conference in San Francisco.Instead, the booth was stocked with a relatively simple device: the Solio, a small solar-powered charger that can power up any mobile phone as well as MP3 players, GPS devices, and digital cameras.A key feature of the Solio is the battery. The solar cells charge the battery, which in turn charges the device. That means you can leave it outside during the day, when you might be using your phone, and bring it in to power the phone overnight. One charge of the Solio can power two mobile phone batteries.The Solio also can be plugged into an electrical outlet so that&#160;people can use whatever power source is available and think of it as their universal charger, said Mike Levin, vice president of business development for Better Energy Systems, the company based in Berkeley, Calif., that makes the Solio.Various models cost from $79 to $199, depending on durability and the speed that the solar panels can charge the batteries. They&#39;re available currently in the United States at outdoor goods store REI and will also soon be available in T-Mobile USA stores, Levin said. The company is working on getting them stocked in the big-box electronics retailers.Solios have been on the market already for a couple of years and a few hundred thousand have sold, Levin said.The most expensive model is made of magnesium oxide and can withstand very hot temperatures. The company is targeting government users and other people who might travel to locations with extreme temperatures for that one.According to research commissioned by Better Energy Systems, an average person who uses the solar capability of the Solio to charge their phone 60 percent of the time would pay off the $100 unit in about 10 years, in terms of electricity savings.While Solios might be a neat gadget for many people, Better Energy Systems has some interesting prospects in the developing world. The company&#39;s sustainability officer is exploring several potential applications, Levin said. One is using the capability of the Solio to power a one- or three-watt LED light. People in developing countries could use the Solio to replace their kerosene-powered lights, which aren&#39;t kind to the environment.In addition, Better Energy Systems is working with the Grameen Foundation&#39;s Village Phone project. The project offers small loans to people who can then buy a mobile phone and rent it on a per-call basis to their neighbors. The project currently relies on batteries to power the phones, but Better Energy Systems is hoping to offer users Solios instead.
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ElectricInvest Acquisitions Ltd., a division of Bahrain-based Arcapita Bank BSC, said Friday it will buy Viridian Group PLC, Northern Ireland's main power supplier, for 1.62 billion pounds ($3 billion).
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Battery and razor maker Energizer Holdings Inc.  said on Thursday it would buy Playtex Products Inc.  in an all-cash deal worth about $1.16 billion to grow Energizer's personal care product range.
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Hynix of Korea has sold its non-memory semiconductor operations to Citigroup Venture Capital for Won954.3bn ($828m) and it will be renamed MagnaChip Semiconductor.
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Spanish power firm Iberdrola is expanding into the US by buying Energy East Corp for $4.5bn.