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Tasmania reaches 70% smart meter milestone

Smart Energy International

Tasmania’s energy minister Nick Duigan has reported that 70% of residential and business customers now have a smart meter. This is in line with the state government target of 100% rollout to homes and businesses by the end of 2026 and well in advance of the national target of 2030. Have you read?

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Smart water metering pilots in Western Australia

Smart Energy International

Western Australia’s Water Corporation has launched a two-year 16,000 smart water meter pilot in Perth running to 2025. Now the intent is to take advantage of technological advances to improve the safety, reliability and efficiency of meter readings while providing customers with a better online service. Have you read?

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Australian VPP project to access 2m smart meters for load control

Smart Energy International

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced funding for Intellihub in a virtual power plant (VPP) project to leverage a network of 2 million smart meters and interface with over 140,000 customer energy resources for optimised load control. On behalf of the Australian Government, ARENA has announced AU$9.75

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Leveraging smart meter data analytics for proactive grid management

Smart Energy International

With grid management proving a perplexing conundrum, smart meter data management continuous to prove the way forward for ensuring optimised control and efficacy for utilities. Australia has seen a rapid increase in residential rooftop solar installations, which makes voltage management increasingly difficult to coordinate.

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Victoria utilities to lead flexibility market development in Australia

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Together the two utilities deliver electricity to around 1.27 million homes and businesses in Melbourne’s central business district and inner suburbs and about two-thirds of regional Victoria. Have you read?

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Intellihub acquires energy tech company GreenSync

Smart Energy International

The acquisition is expected to unlock gigawatts of behind the meter renewable generation and consumer flexibility. The acquisition brings together Australia and New Zealand smart metering Intellihub’s advanced smart metering platform with GreenSync’s cloud-based distributed energy resource interoperability software deX.

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Australian government dedicates AU$3bn to grid upgrades

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billion) to expand and modernise electricity grids in Perth, the South West and in the North West Pilbara region. Upgrading the SWIS and NWIS networks The SWIS is WA’s main electricity network and serves more than 1.1 million residential and business customers in Perth and across the South West.