This is the first in a series of blog posts on blockchain governance. This blog explains what blockchain governance is and lays the groundwork for deeper study. Let’s begin with an example to understand the need for governance structures for blockchain solutions. Suppose an electricity transmission company supplies electricity to your house in New Delhi, […]
TERI develops blockchain-enabled prototype to help you sell solar power — by your phone
TERI has developed a platform to facilitate peer-to-peer transactions of solar energy among consumers in the same neighbourhood Imagine selling electricity generated from your rooftop solar power plant to your neighbour from your smartphone, that too at a rate more than what you are currently compensated for. Not only this, you also have the option […]
UP govt introduces blockchain to allow trading of surplus solar power
State power utilities UPPCL and UPNEDA have launched an ambitious pilot in select government buildings in Lucknow that have installed rooftop solar power plants The Uttar Pradesh government has introduced the blockchain technology to the rooftop solar power segment, allowing consumers to trade their surplus solar energy. Two state power utilities — UP Power Corporation […]
Blockchain Solving The Energy Crisis In Africa
Blockchain technology’s use of a non corruptible ledger brings an exciting change to the future of the energy industry. Like other Ethereum networks, cities will utilize Smart Grids to have an online register that stores all the information running through a municipality. This decentralization of data will give consumers total over where they source their […]
BSES launches blockchain tech platform for power trading
In a major environment-friendly digital initiative, Delhi electricity distribution company (discom) BSES on Wednesday announced that BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd (BRPL) has partnered Australias Power Ledger, a global leader in blockchain technology, to launch consumer-to-consumer (peer-to-peer or P2P) solar power trading on a trial basis. A BSES statement said that Power Ledger’s blockchain-based platform can […]
Thailand’s PTT, Partners in Blockchain-Based Renewable Energy System
“We founded the Energy Web Foundation and launched the Energy Web Chain because we see blockchain technology as a crucial accelerant of the global energy transition toward distributed, customer-centric, low-carbon systems,” BANGKOK – Thailand’s state-owned energy company, PTT, has partnered with the nonprofit Energy Web Foundation to create a new blockchain-based renewable energy system. Their […]
The Energy Sector Gets Its First Custom-Built Blockchain
Energy Web Foundation’s long-awaited EW Chain goes live this week, as the energy sector takes a leading role in blockchain development. Blockchain’s energy industry promise has come a step closer to reality with the launch of the first public, open-source, enterprise-gradeblockchainfor the sector. The Zug, Switzerland-based Energy Web Foundation (EWF) this week said its blockchain, […]
Japanese utility TEPCO uses blockchain to trial bi-directional energy system of the future
Tokyo’s main power company is using blockchain distributed ledger technology to assess how customers on its new renewable energy tariffs could use solar, batteries and electric vehicles to trade energy via the grid. TEPCO, formerly the monopoly utility supplier and grid operator for a large region surrounding the Japanese capital city, launched TRENDE, a renewable […]
Iberdrola Uses Blockchain to Authenticate Clean Energy for Corporate Customers
The new approach makes it cheaper and easier for corporate customers to track clean energy that they purchase. The Spanish utility Iberdrola this month said it had used ablockchainplatform to certify delivery of green energy to one of its corporate customers. The company used a platform developed by Energy Web Foundation (EWF) to provide real-time […]
4 Energy Blockchain Companies You Should Watch in 2019
Winners are starting to emerge in the distributed-ledger-for-energy landscape. Which energy blockchain companies should you keep an eye on in 2019? After a year in which new energy blockchain concepts seemed to crop up on an almost weekly basis, in theory there should be plenty of ventures to choose from. To narrow things down, we […]
