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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.

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Accelerating energy transition by forming virtual power plants on blockchain

Renewable Energy World

Influenced by the increasing penetration of “behind-the-meter” distributed energy resources (DER), power systems are experiencing a paradigm shift from a centralized structure to a decentralized one. million rooftop solar power systems installed in total, as of 31 December 2020. Mohsen Khorasany , TYMLEZ.

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Energy bills on Suffolk industrial estate driven down by peer-to-peer trading

Envirotec Magazine

Energy bills for numerous businesses at a large industrial estate have been heavily reduced by peer-to-peer trading, says UrbanChain, a provider of peer-to-peer energy exchange services. It’s working and it has developed,” said Andy Oswald, who manages West Suffolk Council’s energy generation.

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Ed’s note: Smart meters – still a cornerstone of utility operations

Smart Energy International

Anyone working in the energy sector knows by now that it is undergoing an unprecedented and rapid change, requiring the introduction of many new and previously unknown technologies. But still meters – in many cases now, smart meters – remain the main ‘connection’ with customers and thus the cornerstone of a utility’s operations.

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Blockchain in Europe’s energy sector – policy and regulation

Smart Energy International

Challenges remain for the deployment of blockchain in the energy sector, the EU’s Enerchain project has found. The project, undertaken by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre under an agreement with DG-Ener, was aimed to investigate the applicability and potential of blockchain technologies in the energy sector.

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Technology Trending: REC transactions and energy consumption matching

Smart Energy International

EDF leads a proof-of-concept on automating renewable energy transactions and Eurelectric’s study on the benefits of matching energy consumption with clean energy on a (near) real-time basis are on the week’s technology radar. Have you read?

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DEWA completes smart grid short-term goals

Smart Energy International

Smart meters and network automation were key components of the first phase of DEWA’s smart grid strategy. The strategy has seen DEWA (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority) replace its over 2 million electricity and water metering base with smart meters between 2015 and 2020. Have you read? The AED 7 billion (US$1.9