Vic to beat NSW to smart meters
Victoria has announced it will start rolling out smart metering technology via energy distributors by the end of this year.
Victoria has announced it will start rolling out smart metering technology via energy distributors by the end of this year.
Defence, in collaboration with the CSIRO, is close to equipping Australian soldiers with a flexible battery that recharges itself as the soldier moves.
The Australian datacentre industry contends with some of the highest power costs in the world.
Victorian electricity provider Jemena has unveiled a new web portal where customers can monitor their electricity usage via their smart meters.
Western Power is looking to install 10,500 smart meters as part of a four-year smart grid trial.
The Victorian government has forked out AU$6.65 million to hold on to the supercomputing facility that sits at the heart of its Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, and is collocated with IBM's Research Collaboratory.
As part of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Cabinet reshuffle, he has also shifted around portfolio responsibilities, including copyright and classification.
United Energy, Jemena, AGL Energy and Accenture have formed a consortium that hopes to make the city of Frankston in Victoria the national demonstration city for the Federal Government's $100 million in smart grid funding.
The Victorian Government has today released a report carried out by independent consultancy Oakley Greenwood that said the state's controversial smart meter roll-out is set to create up to $5 billion in savings.
Soldiers and sports people will find their health tracked from the inside, as four sport and research organisations pool their research on performance monitoring -- such as pills which measure core body temperature when swallowed and report the data wirelessly.