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Australia’s Endeavour Energy to upgrade smart meters with sandbox waiver

Smart Energy International

New South Wales utility Endeavour Energy has been granted a sandbox trial waiver to upgrade 5,600 smart meters. The proposal is to upgrade around 5,600 smart meters in parts of greater western Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Southern Highlands and the Illawarra region of New South Wales.

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20 Point-plan for driving 100% smart meter uptake in Australia

Smart Energy International

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has put forward recommendations to drive 100% smart meter uptake in Australia by 2030, as part of a suite of reforms aiming to put customers at the heart of the transition to net zero. Victoria has already achieved universal uptake of smart meters and Tasmania is well on its way.

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Smart Energy Finances: Growth financing for AI-based network resilience

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This week’s Smart Energy Finances looks at an investment round for Neara, an Australian company that has developed a platform that uses AI to help utilities design networks, enhance wildfire and vegetation management programmes and bring renewable projects online faster. million) for Shanghai Electric Energy Storage Technology.

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First carbon neutral apartment building coming on blockchain

Smart Energy International

The project, under way with Perth-based property developer OP Properties, is a 39 apartment building in Fremantle, Western Australia, in which residents will live low carbon through the use of solar panels and battery storage along with Powerledger’s power trading technology to deliver a 50% offset to the building strata levies.

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Jemena trials new LiDAR tech for powerline inspections in Australia

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As part of a trial, the Australian company Jemena is using Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) advanced image capture technology to determine whether overhead powerlines across its electricity network require maintenance. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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ARENA and Shell Energy to demonstrate commercial flexibility in Australia

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Shell Energy’s ‘Commercialising Smart Energy Hubs’ project will recruit at least 40 commercial and industrial (C&I) customer sites to demonstrate flexible demand capacity. On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced AUS$9.1 million ($5.7 million ($19.7 million) in total.

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Western Australia contracts 2.8GWh battery storage

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million) in contracts to deliver the new battery energy storage systems in Kwinana and Collie, together totalling 2.8GWh in storage capacity. Additionally, US-based Power Electronics will deliver 72 inverters for the Kwinana battery and 160 inverters for the Collie battery. China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. billion ($1.8