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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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Oracles and blockchains – managing climate change in the energy sector

Smart Energy International

Blockchains and oracles present a path forward for the energy industry to modernise infrastructure and meet sustainability goals, a new review reports. The basic premise is that blockchains can be used as a shared backend to store data and host applications that are more secure, reliable, transparent and accessible. Have you read?

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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. The other enabler for VPP is blockchain which has received tremendous attention as a communication framework in recent years. Increase in DER integration. Role of Technology.

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Iberdrola launches blockchain compliance platform

Smart Energy International

Spanish energy giant Iberdrola is at the forefront of promoting transparency with the development of blockchain based compliance system in Spain. The use of blockchain technology guarantees the immutability of the deposited documentation, as well as its creation or modification date, and allows full traceability of each document.

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Energy blockchain startup FlexiDAO secures Google and Microsoft backing

Smart Energy International

FlexiDAO, a Spanish-Dutch startup, is a renewables matching and certification platform built on the blockchain for 24/7 electricity and carbon tracking. First blockchain platform for green hydrogen tracking developed Blockchain in Europe’s energy sector – policy and regulation. Have you read?

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New Hampshire statewide blockchain energy plan recommended

Smart Energy International

A commission on cryptocurrencies and digital assets has called for a legal regime to establish New Hampshire, United States, as a leading blockchain and crypto mining jurisdiction.

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ReBeam – harnessing blockchain to improve the e-mobility experience

Smart Energy International

But that is now open to change with the ReBeam solution from Energy Web, the Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia Group and its German TSO subsidiary 50Hertz and mobility blockchain platform bloXmove. Energy Web develops blockchain-based renewable energy EV charging app Blockchain in Europe’s energy sector – policy and regulation.