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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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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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Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Still Looks Like a Distant Prospect

GreenTechMedia

It’s been more than half a decade since grid watchers first began talking about the concept of trading energy with your neighbors across peer-to-peer platforms. Such pitches often come with promises of lower electricity prices and more stable grids. “The electricity system in the U.S. an expert says. van Soest said.

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Smart Energy Finances Weekly: Asian stakes and the race to net zero

Smart Energy International

In this iteration of Smart Energy Finances Weekly, the Asian region shows interest in smart metering and electric vehicle (EV) expansion while flexibility and energy storage continue to prove key markets in the European domain. million smart meters currently deployed and operational. Trilliant’s APAC expansion.