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A Blockchain-Enabled Smart Meter for Clean Power Trading?

GreenTechMedia

Blockchain’s energy sector uses range from the highly speculative—think peer-to-peer energy trading using cryptocurrency raised in initial coin offerings (ICOs)—to more incremental efforts, grounded in real-world challenges of operating an increasingly decentralized power grid. are testing it out. are testing it out.

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Everledger and Ford introduce battery passport pilot

Charged

Digital transparency company Everledger and Ford have launched a battery passport pilot for tracking EV batteries. The battery passport concept was launched by the Global Battery Alliance (GBA), a multi-stakeholder alliance that brings together 110 leading international organizations,” says Everledger.

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Accelerating energy transition by forming virtual power plants on blockchain

Renewable Energy World

Indeed, technological advances such as Blockchain technology are key enablers to form VPPs and facilitate the orchestration of a diverse set of DER assets. At the same time, Australian households’ enthusiasm for deploying batteries resulted in the installation of 23,796 batteries with a combined capacity of 238 MWh during 2020.

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First e-bus battery passports coming in Europe

Smart Energy International

Turkey headquartered bus and coach manufacturer Temsa is set to be the first e-bus company to implement battery passports. The implementation of the battery passports, which will be established with blockchain traceability solution provider Minespider, will ensure that Temsa is compliant with the EU’s new battery regulation.

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Canadian utility creates marketplace for DER households using blockchain technology

Renewable Energy World

Canada’s largest municipally-owned electric utility has launched a pilot program that allows customers with distributed energy resources (DERs) to participate in an energy marketplace using blockchain technology. Twenty-one households in Ontario will participate in the three-month pilot program.

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Technology Trending: Cyber protection for space data, battery passport, battery for hot climates

Smart Energy International

Protecting satellite imagery from fraud, Citopia network for a global battery passport and a high performance non-flammable battery option for warm climates are on the week’s technology radar. Information that would be included would be on the battery’s composition, its state of health, history and more. Have you read?

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First carbon neutral apartment building coming on blockchain

Smart Energy International

Australian blockchain pioneer Powerledger’s Montreal Commons project is set to be one of the world’s first carbon neutral apartment buildings. During times of peak demand they can then buy back electricity from the on-site battery at an agreed price.