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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. Australia has the highest uptake of solar globally, with more than 2.68 Increase in DER integration.

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Green Mountain Power pilots blockchain-driven solar for low and moderate income customers

Smart Energy International

Vermont power distribution company Green Mountain Power is piloting LO3 Energy’s Pando local energy marketplace platform. Green Mountain Power’sSun Match’ pilot is aimed to enable low and middle-income customers to benefit from solar power without them having to build their own systems.

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AEP OnSite Partners signs LOI to develop solar field to power cryptocurrency mining

Renewable Energy World

Sangha Systems, developers of an 82-MW cryptocurrency mining facility at a former steel mill in Hennepin, Illinois announced that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with AEP OnSite Partners to develop a 2 – 5-MW behind-the-meter solar power array to begin to migrate its electricity consumption towards clean energy.

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Technology Trending: What to look out for in 2024

Smart Energy International

Decentralisation, blockchain and AI, the future grid and the space race are some of the areas in which numerous advances have been made in 2023 and are set to continue during 2024. Key issues have been around scalability, interoperability and energy efficiency. Have you read?

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DEWA’s space nanosatellite for smart grids is now operational

Smart Energy International

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced the operation of its DEWA-SAT-1 nanosatellite which the company sent into the earth orbit on 13 January 2022. Have you read? The satellite travels at 7.5km per second and across the earth orbit in 90 minutes.

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Tech giants back 24/7 carbon-free energy start-up

Business Green

Google and Microsoft among investors to back FlexiDAO as it seets to roll out its clean power software platform globally. The company's software aims to help companies and governments operate using carbon-free energy round the clock, by certifying and tracing their electricity and its true carbon content.

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A Blockchain Crash Course: How It Can Enable the Clean, Smart Grid

Andrew Winston

This is my attempt at an "explainer" on blockchain, describing it as simply as I can, and exploring how it may help build the clean grid. Blockchain is everywhere — at least when you’re talking about media coverage. In short, in the words of a recent Wired overview of the technology , blockchain creates “tamperproof databases.”