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PowerPod proposes a blockchain-based decentralised EV charging network

Smart Energy International

Technology startup PowerPod is developing a blockchain-based ‘decentralised physical infrastructure network’ (DePIN) of community-owned EV charging stations. To enable the integration, PowerPod is to use the community run blockchain from peaq as the layer 1 backbone. Have you read?

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Blockchain demonstrated for smart grid cybersecurity

Smart Energy International

Blockchain has been demonstrated to validate communication among devices on the smart grid and thereby enhance its resiliency. Digitalising Europe’s energy sector – the strategy Technology changes in the energy sector during the pandemic and beyond. Have you read? Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Blockchain: Opening doors in the energy sector

Renewable Energy World

Blockchain is most commonly known as the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies, the most well-known of which is Bitcoin. But the capability of the technology goes further than just the banking industry as it can also be harnessed to transform the renewable energy industry. What is blockchain?

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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.

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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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Blockchain peer-to-peer energy exchange launches in UK

Smart Energy International

Blockchain energy trading initiative launched in Germany First blockchain platform for green hydrogen tracking developed. We are working together to make the electricity supplied to customers fully traceable to the UK farm where it was produced.”. And this is what UrbanChain is enabling,” states Dan Bates, CEO of Rebel Energy.

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New blockchain crowdfunding platform to launch for solar in Africa

Smart Energy International

The platform built on Energy Web’s open source technology stack is aimed to provide low cost finance for the deployment of solar home systems to communities across Africa and will allow participants to stake Energy Web Tokens (EWT) in exchange for a fixed return. Have you read?