NEWCASTLE has been chosen to be Australia’s first ‘‘smart city’’.

Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water Senator Penny Wong announced in Newcastle today that a consortium led by EnergyAustralia had won the Federal Government’s $100-million Smart Grid Smart City bid.

Senator Wong said the project, which involves the country’s first commercial-scale smart grid, would help Australians to save energy, connect renewable energy to the grid and to tackle climate change.

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