Country Energy has foreshadowed a significant body of work ahead between the electricity sector and the Government to work through overlaps between smart grids and the national broadband network.
The utility’s general manager for strategy, Ben Hamilton, told an Australian Information Industry Association lunch today that connectivity alternatives for Country Energy’s intelligent network project had been assessed.
He said it was likely the network backbone would be a mix of technologies.
“Given the geographic spread of locations, in all likelihood there’ll be a mix of our own assets for network control as well as existing carrier assets,” Hamilton said.
“The NBN also becomes a consideration now. It’s likely the NBN will give us some backhaul capability between some towns [we service].”
Country Energy’s project has been running for about 18 months. At its heart is a residential smart grid trial and a “demonstration house” in Queanbeyan, a suburb outside Canberra.
via Country Energy adds NBN to smart grid thinking – Networking – Technology – News – iTnews.com.au.
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