Tag: smart grid

Ausgrid zeroes in on network faults 
By Brett Winterford | Jul 7, 2011 | Comment Now 
Smart grid provides faster response to outages.
 
Vic smart grid success hinges on incentives 
By James Hutchinson | Jun 3, 2011 | Comment Now 
Treasury warns electricity retailers to pass on savings.
 
NBN Co buys Austar wireless spectrum for $120m 
By Ry Crozier | Feb 17, 2011 | 2 Comments 
Second time lucky for asset sale?
 
British giant BAE acquires Sydney's Stratsec 
By Nate Cochrane | Nov 30, 2010 | Comment Now 
BAE's local IT security operations to merge with Stratsec.
 
Streaming data threat to smart grid 
By Nate Cochrane | Nov 25, 2010 | Comment Now 
Cost savings to be balanced against potential risks.
 
Energy Australia taps long-term evolution wireless 
By Nate Cochrane | Nov 23, 2010 | 1 Comment 
Fourth-generation broadband smart grid trial supplied by Ericsson.
 
How utilities will profit from your data 
By Nate Cochrane | Nov 17, 2010 | 2 Comments 
Information about what you do at home is the next gold seam for cash-strapped utilities.
 
NBN Co willing to move on points of interconnect 
By Nate Cochrane | Nov 16, 2010 | 7 Comments 
Small service providers need to "step up" to have their voices heard, says NBN Co design engineer Peter Ferris.
 
EnergyAustralia taps Cisco for smart grid 
Nov 15, 2010 | Comment Now 
First order for IPv6 networking in 25 substations could lead to state-wide rollout.
 
Government signs off on $100m smart grid plan 
By Nate Cochrane | Oct 8, 2010 | Comment Now 
EnergyAustralia consortium finally picks up the cheque.
 
CSIRO engineers study off-the-grid tech 
By Nate Cochrane | Sep 27, 2010 | Comment Now 
CSIRO scientists turn to biology, computer science to model next-gen electricity network.
 
CE and whitegoods vendors at war over smart grid standards 
By Nate Cochrane | Mar 25, 2010 | Comment Now 
Australia in the crossfire as standards bodies step in to secure smart grid.
 
ACMA tells power companies to use spectrum or lose it 
By Nate Cochrane | Mar 24, 2010 | 2 Comments 
Smart grid industry must get its wireless response on the rails.
 
ZigBee and Wi-Fi to build smart grid protocol 
By Nate Cochrane | Mar 18, 2010 | Comment Now 
Smart energy tie-up reduces risk, speeds standards acceptance.
 
Victoria renews map contract with Logica 
By Nate Cochrane | Mar 15, 2010 | Comment Now 
Paper and floppy disks stand in the way of efficient data handling.
 
Bill shock risk to smart grid 
By Nate Cochrane | Feb 24, 2010 | 1 Comment 
Resistance to smart meters threatens to brown out national plans.
 
Utilities seek Jetsons for home of the future 
By Nate Cochrane | Feb 9, 2010 | Comment Now 
Save the planet by blogging.
 
Video: Software to light up the dark grid 
By Nate Cochrane | Dec 15, 2009 | Comment Now 
IBM's Neill Roberts explains how analytics lifts a utility's IQ.
 
Auditor-General slams Victorian smart meters 
By Nate Cochrane | Nov 12, 2009 | Comment Now 
Even the testing process should go back to the drawing board, Des Pearson says.
 
New alliance seeks cleaner, smarter power 
Apr 23, 2008 | Comment Now 
A new alliance of government and industry stakeholders has been formed with the goal of overhauling the nation's existing power grid to become more environmentally friendly.
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