GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 21, 2020
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.
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 23, 2021
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. Subscribe to Renewable Energy World’s free, weekly newsletter for more stories like this.
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The Verge: Energy
JANUARY 24, 2024
Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images Data centers could gobble up twice as much electricity by 2026 thanks in large part to cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). In London, data center electricity demands have made it harder to develop more housing.
The Verge: Energy
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
More Bitcoin is mined in the US than anywhere else in the world , a trend that has sparked legal battles over the impact energy-hungry crypto mines have on the power grid, nearby communities, and the environment. Industry groups were quick to challenge the move in court.
Smart Energy International
JULY 21, 2022
In the recently completed “NETZlabor Intelligentes Heimladen” (Intelligent home charging) project, eight households in Wangen in the Allgaeu, Germany, used an electric car for all journeys over the course of six months. The grid operator wanted to find out what challenges a local power grid faces as a result of the ramp-up of electromobility.
Smart Energy International
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Currently, each of Ontario’s 58 local electricity utilities have different procedures for connecting new public EV charging stations, with different timelines, information requirements,and responsibilities for customers, the Ontario government said. By 2030, there are expected to be more than one million EVs on the road in Ontario.
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 21, 2020
“The project is exploring how distributed energy resources can be used to restore power in the highly unlikely event of a total or partial shutdown of the national electricity transmission system,” said National Grid in a report published last month. million ($13.5 million) in backing from the U.K.’s
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