01-02-2013, 02:18 PM
Smart Grid, Smart City presentation
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Overview
Australian Government — up to $100 million to deliver a commercial-scale smart grid rollout
Pre-deployment report released late September - Smart Grid, Smart City: A new direction for a new energy era
Report recommended Smart Grid, Smart City proceed
Detailed project guideline package released late October – a ‘how to apply’ guide
We’re now ‘on the market’
Objectives of Smart Grid, Smart City
Deploy a commercial-scale rollout to demonstrate the business case for smart grid applications and technologies
Build public and corporate awareness of the economic and environmental benefits of smart grids - obtain buy-in from industry and customers
Gather data to inform a possible national, industry-led deployment
Investigate synergies with other networks - gas and water and the National Broadband Network
Smart Grid, Smart City and the NBN
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is a $43 billion Australian Government initiative to bring fibre-to-the- premises (FTTP) technology to 90% of Australian homes over 8 years
The successful consortium will be required to explore the interoperability of smart grid technologies and applications with FTTP technology
Smart grid communications platforms are expected to comprise a range of technologies; FTTP will be one