IBM has been named systems integration partner for the $100 million smart grid initiative led by the EnergyAustralia consortium. IBM will lead the development of Australia’s first smart grid network, following the formal contract signing of the deal between EnergyAustralia and the Australian Government and work will commence immediately.

A proposal for using sailing ships to generate electricity has been announced by two scientists from the University of California at Davis.  

If you follow the energy sector, you’d be aware that the word “smart” gets bandied about quite a lot. Smart meters, smart cities and smart grids are all the rage. New South Wales based retailer and distributor EnergyAustralia has picked up a neat $100M as the winning bidder for the "Smart Grid, Smart City" project.

Powermat’s perfect power pads place old-fashioned wires firmly into the past, with magnetic induction technology, mats and special receivers truly taking the recharging of gizmos and gadgets into the 21st century!

Electricity utility Western Power has signed a $7 million agreement to continue its long-running relationship with resources software group Mincom.

IBM will provide systems integration and project management services to Western Power's SmartGrid-Advanced Meter Infrastructure project.

IBM has snared a $14.5 million agreement with the Northern Territory's multi-utility provider, Power and Water Corporation, to design and implement an asset management system aimed at delivering electricity, water and sewerage services to the corporation’s 80,000 customers across more than 1.3 million kilometres of the Top End territory more efficiently.

CSIRO announced on Thursday, November 12, 2009, that its new Renewable Energy Integration Facility has opened. The scientific research agency of Australia stated that the facility is "A step towards zero emission communities."

The Federal Government has invited bids to roll out Australia's first commercial-scale smart electricity grid.

Fujitsu has been contracted by Western Australia’s largest electricity generation company, Verve Energy, to design its new energy trading management system, which Verve claims will deliver “significant benefits” to the company and to the state.