BPL Global Named Overall GoingGreen East 50 Winner by AlwaysOn
Industry Recognition as a Leading Greentech Innovator
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BPL Global®, Ltd. (BPLG), a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy efficiency and reliability, today was recognized by AlwaysOn as the Overall Winner of its 2010 GoingGreen East Top 50 Private Companies.
“The BPL Global team is honored to be recognized among so many outstanding companies”
"BPL Global is helping to bridge the gap between utilities and the vision of the future smart grid. The company has shown tremendous growth and positioned themselves as one of the leaders in smart grid technology,” said Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn.
GoingGreen East 50 winners are selected by AlwaysOn editors in collaboration with KPMG. Judging criteria included market opportunity, nature of innovation, media buzz and awareness, commercialization and ability to create stakeholder value. The companies must also be located in the Eastern United States and Canada.
“The BPL Global team is honored to be recognized among so many outstanding companies,” said Keith Schaefer, President and CEO, BPL Global. “The quality of technology in the greentech industry has reached the tipping point where it can economically displace traditional technologies with clean alternatives. We appreciate the contributions of AlwaysOn to highlight leading companies like BPL Global, with transformational technologies.”
BPLG is a leading provider of smart gird technology from substations to customer premises. This allows utilities to transform energy efficiency and reliability through integrated management of the electric network. The company has first mover technology that transforms how utilities manage operations by integrating management of grid and customer energy assets including customer load, energy storage, renewables and distributed generation. The BPLG Power SG® enterprise class software platform provides utilities with integrated management of their smart grid. The company provides vertical solutions addressing critical efficiency and reliability needs including demand management, integrated distributed energy management, substation automation and monitoring, fault location and asset protection.
BPLG was founded from the start as a company with a global strategy because electric utilities around the world are facing many of the same issues in providing clean, reliable and affordable electricity in the face of rising energy costs and increased demand. The company has established a local operating presence in the US, China, France, and the GCC to serve their respective regions of North America, Asia, Europe and Middle East. BPLG has experienced strong adoption of its smart grid technology with more than 100 customers around the globe using and benefitting from the company’s solutions.
About BPL Global
BPL Global, Ltd. (BPLG) is a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy efficiency and reliability. The company provides software solutions and services to electric utilities and energy service companies enabling an intelligent grid to more efficiently manage demand, integrate distributed energy resources, improve service reliability, and optimize cost and capital productivity. BPL Global partners with local utilities, Internet service providers, equipment suppliers and financiers to create end-to-end solutions integrating the best in software, communications, hardware and managed services to aggressively deploy smart grid solutions around the world. Part of the clean technology sector of the electric utility industry, our applications provide the critical foundation for a coordinated, intelligent grid to deliver energy more efficiently and reliably for a greener environment. www.bplglobal.net
About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn is the leading business media brand networking the Global Silicon Valley. AlwaysOn helped ignite the social media revolution in early 2003 when it launched the AlwaysOn network. In 2004, it became the first media brand to socially network its online readers and event attendees. AlwaysOn’s preeminent executive event series includes the Summit at Stanford, OnMedia, OnHollywood, OnDC, OnDemand, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, Venture Summit East, GoingGreen, GoingGreen East, and GoingGreen Europe. The AlwaysOn network and live event series continue to lead the industry by empowering its readers, event participants, sponsors, and advertisers like no other media brand.
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Contacts
BPL Global, Ltd.
Thorne King, 724-933-7704
tking@bplglobal.net
