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Welcome to the Smart Energy Mission Newsletter

The goal of the newsletter is to provide a useful resource to CSIRO’s Smart Energy Mission community by sharing relevant updates on the mission and research news from across the organisation and beyond, highlighting upcoming opportunities, and helping to make connections.

We would love to hear your feedback about how we can make this newsletter more beneficial to your needs. Please email your feedback, ideas and suggestions to the Smart Energy Mission.

The UK Government is providing support for a national living lab

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Curious about how we're creating a living lab that will benefit all Australians?

Our Living Lab will be a real-life energy laboratory, connected to thousands of real people in real environments. It will allow collaborators to engage with the end consumer and better understand how products and services impact their lives and how innovation can impact our decarbonisation efforts.

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Smart Energy updates

Powering change: uncovering Australia's diverse energy transition challenges

We're on a mission to build a sustainable future by engaging communities and addressing diverse living conditions and energy challenges. We undertook a stakeholder consultation about the energy transformation in November 2023. We discovered there is a lack of reliable data from everyday energy users and a limited understanding of how the energy transformation affects society at large. Learn more about what our energy stakeholders had to say in this article.

Enhancing data security in a changing energy landscape

Technology is not just revolutionising our lives, but also our energy sector. The rise of smart appliances, solar inverters, and smart meters offers convenience and efficiency but also brings new challenges to the forefront, particularly concerning data security. In Australia, safeguarding against these risks isn't just about personal privacy—it's about protecting the integrity of our energy infrastructure and ensuring the safety of our nation.

How we’re tackling Australia’s energy transformation

Decarbonising Australia’s power grid presents some major hurdles. But we’re overcoming them through international coordination and collaboration and working towards a sustainable and efficient energy transformation.

CSIRO survey reveals Australians’ attitudes toward the renewable energy transition

Australians have told us what they think about the renewable energy transition and its roll out, in the most comprehensive survey conducted of Australian attitudes to the transition.

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