Newcastle to be Australia's first Smart Grid city
Newcastle will be the site of Australia's first commercial-scale smart grid, in a project that will help Australians to save energy, connect renewable energy to the grid and to tackle climate change.
To commence in mid 2010, the $100 million Smart Grid Smart City demonstration project in Newcastle is expected to lead to Australia-wide advances in energy efficiency.
Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water, Senator Penny Wong, today announced in Newcastle that a consortium, led by EnergyAustralia, was the winning bidder. The main demonstration site will be in the city of Newcastle, with other parts of the trial to be conducted in Scone, Homebush, Ku-ring-gai and the Sydney CBD.
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