News releases

Cuculus selected for Largest Belgian Smart Metering deployment
February 2nd, 2012

Illmenau, Germany - Cuculus GmbH, a developer of smart metering and home control solutions, has been selected to supply its ZONOS platform to Eandis and Infrax’s for their roll-out of 61,000 meters in Belgium. Eandis is a Belgium based operator of grids for the supply of electricity and natural gas. It is headquartered in Melle and has more than 4,000 employees. Infrax is an operator of utility infrastructure including gas piping, electricity and cable networks and the sewer systems. Read more >

Alexander Schönfeldt joins Locamation as Director Sales&Marketing
January 2nd, 2012

Hengelo, Netherlands - Locamation is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexander Schönfeldt as Director Sales & Marketing from 1st of January 2012. Read more >

Cuculus strengthens Supervisory Board
December 5th, 2011

Illmenau, Germany - Cuculus GmbH, developer of smart metering and home control solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Neuhaus and Mr Trienekens to its supervisory board, where they will join Chairman Dr Albert Fischer, Managing Director of Yellow&Blue Investment Management BV. Read more >

Cuculus chosen for one of Germany’s largest Smart Meter deployments
September 15th, 2011

Ilmenau, Germany - Cuculus GmbH, a developer of smart metering and home control solutions, has been selected to supply its ZONOS platform to RheinEnergie to support the roll-out of 30, 000 meters in Germany. Read more >

Tri-O-Gen appoints Hans Mart Groen as Chief Executive
March 1st, 2011

Goor, Netherlands - Tri-O-Gen Group BV, provider of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology for waste heat to power solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Hans Mart Groen as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Read more >

Locamation closes €5 million financing round to accelerate Smart Grid deployment
February 24th, 2011

Hengelo, Netherlands - Locamation, the Netherlands-based developer and supplier of proven smart grid technology, announces the successful completion of its second financing round, raising a total of €5 million. New investor Alliander, a Dutch energy network company, joins existing investors Yellow&Blue and the Management, both of which have increased their stake in this round. The investment will allow Locamation to further develop its product portfolio, strengthen the organizational structure and grow international sales in key markets. Read more >

Cuculus Closes Financing Round
February 18th, 2011

Ilmenau, Germany - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Cuculus GmbH, developer of smart metering and home control solutions, announces the completion of a strategic financing round. The funds will be used to gain market share and establish international presence as well as to further product developments. Existing shareholders will now be joined by T-Venture, the Venture Capital Company of Deutsche Telecom. In February 2010, Yellow&Blue Clean Energy Investments joined KfW, High-Tech Gründerfonds, SIEGMUND Beteiligungsgesellschaft and the Company‟s management team investing €2.6 million. Read more >

Liander makes first significant investment in smart grids by implementing the Locamation SASensor
February 10th, 2011

Arnhem, Netherlands – This month, the Dutch grid manager, Liander, will begin installing innovative operating systems at significant junctions in the electricity grid. These new systems will ensure that power outages are shorter and will allow the energy supply to become more sustainable. Liander engaged Locamation and Liandon to develop this technology. This technology puts Liander at the forefront of international developments. Implementation will take seven years at an approximate annual cost of € 15 million. It is the first significant investment in smart medium-voltage grids in the Netherlands. Read more >

Demand Response provider Entelios completes successful fundraising
February 3rd, 2011

Bonn/Munich, Germany - Entelios AG, a European energy company, today announces the successful completion of its Series A financing round. The round was led by Yellow&Blue Investment Management, a Dutch clean energy investor, and High-Tech Gründerfonds, a German venture capital investor. Established in 2010, Munich-based Entelios is the first nationwide “Demand Response” aggregator and service provider. It has since taken a market leading position. Read more >

Cuculus appoints Kjartan V. Skaugvoll as Chief Executive
November 25th, 2010

Hannover, Germany - Cuculus GmbH, developer of smart metering and home control solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kjartan V. Skaugvoll to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Read more >

Tri-O-Gen, a producer and distributor of ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) machines that allow production of electricity from waste heat, attracts venture capital financing from Yellow&Blue Investment Management
July 26th, 2010

Goor, the Netherlands – Tri-O-Gen Group today announces the completion of a €4.5 million financing round to fund the continued deployment of its ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) units across Europe. The investment round, which was completed by Yellow&Blue Investment Management, a Dutch-based clean energy investor, also included a substantial investment from Tri-O-Gen’s management and founders. Read more >

Cuculus exhibits at the Hannover Messe 2010
April 28th, 2010

Hannover, Germany - Cuculus GmbH exhibited at the Hannover Messe for the first time this year. The Hannover Messe is a major showcase for industrial technologies, materials, product ideas and industrial know-how. Read more >

Yellow&Blue Investment Management Leads Financing Round in Cuculus GmbH
February 12th, 2010

Ilmenau, Germany - Cuculus GmbH today announces the completion of a €2.6 million financing round to fund the continued deployment of its smart technologies in the utility and telecom markets. The round was led by Yellow&Blue Investment Management, a Dutch-based clean energy investor. Additional investors are KfW along with existing investors High-Tech Gruenderfonds, SIEGMUND Beteiligungsgesellschaft and management. Read more >

Dutch Companies are Demonstrating Senior Level Commitment to Tackling Climate Change
November 23rd, 2009

Amsterdam, the Netherlands - This is the second year that the Carbon Disclosure Project ("CDP") has reported on the largest 50 companies in the Netherlands. This year's report, sponsored by APG Asset Management and the Doen Foundation, detailed a higher level of companies (90%) reporting on emissions and an increasing number of companies participating in emissions trading. The CDP is an independent not-for-profit organisation holding the largest database of self-reported corporate climate change information globally. Albert Fischer, Managing Director of Yellow&Blue Investment Management B.V., chaired the Netherlands 50 (NL 50) results session at an event hosted by ING in Amsterdam. Read more >

Debate on Commercial Prospects for Energy Cooperatives
October 12th, 2009

Utrecht, the Netherlands - New sustainable energy cooperatives have been started in several Dutch cities in response to the slow implementation of green energy initiatives in the country. These initiatives are funded from the proceeds of the sale of Nuon and Essent to Vattenfall and Eon, respectively. The North Holland Environmental Federation (http://www.milieufederatienoordholland.nl) has organized a debate on the commercial prospects of these new cooperatives on October 15th, 2009. Albert Fischer, Managing Director of Yellow&Blue Investment Management B.V., will participate in the panel discussion along with Bart Heller (Delegate of the Province North Holland), Fred Gardner (Teamwork Technology), Sjef Peeraer (SP Innovation) and Peter van Vliet (iNSnet). Read more >

P21 Successfully Signs Contracts with PT. Solusi Power Indonesia (SPIN) and HiTec Alaswadi from Yemen
October 8th, 2009

Munich, Germany - P21 announced contracts with SPIN and HiTec and the opening up of key markets with its Energy Manager. "Our product is perfectly geared to the needs of the Asian region, Middle East & Africa", says Wolfgang Essig, CEO of P21. "In the greater part of the world mobile communication base stations are powered by diesel generators. With its intelligent control engineering, the Energy Manager achieves diesel savings of up to 70 percent and so cuts CO2 outputs by the same measure. In addition the Energy Manager provides remote site security monitoring, failsafe generator control, battery life extension management and comprehensive environmental and system performance monitoring and logging." Read more >

Yellow&Blue Sponsors the European Energy Venture Fair 2009 in Zurich
September 23rd, 2009

Zurich, Switzerland - Yellow&Blue sponsored the European Energy Venture Fair 2009 at the Swiss Re Center for Global Dialogue in Zurich. The event was a large networking conference for venture capital investment professionals and included guest speakers from industry and academia as well as presentations from a number of energy related technology companies. Among the subjects added to this year’s agenda were energy storage, developments in battery chemistries, smart grids and industrial biotech. Read more >

Large Fuel Cost Savings for Mobile Operators Adopting Greener Energy Solutions
May 8th, 2009

Utrecht, the Netherlands – Yellow&Blue Investment Management leads €10 million financing round in P21 GmbH to support the rollout of energy solutions for mobile operators to cut fuel costs and increase the use of renewable energy. Greener energy solutions are needed because billions of liters of diesel are consumed each year supplying electricity to mobile networks in regions with limited or no access to the grid. According to London-based GSM Association 70-80% of the total rural towers in operation in 2012 will be relying on diesel while 50% of new towers installed in 2012 in emerging markets could be powered by renewable energy. Read more >

Venture Capital Fund Boosts Financial Position of Dutch “Smart Grid” Company
January 27th, 2009

Utrecht, the Netherlands – Scattered wind farms will be easy to connect to electricity networks with the adoption of new “smart grid” technology. This will avoid billions of tons of CO2 emissions each year. It is why Yellow&Blue Investment Management B.V., a Netherlands-based venture capital fund active in the clean energy world, decided to invest millions of Euros in the Dutch “smart grid” developers, Locamation B.V. Read more >