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Queensland could lead the renewable energy revolution

“New technologies include a solar thermal storage technology pilot, which captures heat from the sun and stores it for future electricity generation…..

Queensland bid for smart grid dollars (Media-Newswire.com) 30 Jan 2010 -A Queensland Government consortium has today launched a bid for $100 million in federal funds to build a demonstration smart electricity grid for Australia.

Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Stephen Robertson said Queensland’s demonstration grid would show how promising new technologies could be successfully applied to the Australian lifestyle, climate and geography.

He said a sustainable future electricity industry would require better use of renewable energy sources and greater understanding of how we use energy.“The Queensland Smart Communities bid would incorporate renewable energy technologies into the electricity network, along with information technology that will help consumers make better-informed and smarter choices about their energy use,” Mr Robertson said.“New technologies include a solar thermal storage technology pilot, which captures heat from the sun and stores it for future electricity generation………..

“The Queensland Smart Communities bid proposes to build a large-scale demonstration Smart Grid, Smart City project in Townsville, with several stand-alone smart grid projects at Zillmere ( in Brisbane’s north ) and Toowoomba,” he said.

“Technologies to be deployed in Townsville would bring a number of new benefits – from giving electricity suppliers a better picture of customer electricity use, to automatically diverting around network faults and allowing a faster response to outages…………
“We hope this will create business opportunities to help power developing Asian economies within defined carbon emissions targets,” Mr Robertson said.

The Federal Government will announce the winning bid of its National Energy Efficiency Initiative in April, with funds to be released in July 2010.

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January 30, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | energy, Queensland, solar | climate change, energy, renewable, solar