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Solarplaza Shines Light on Blockchain Green Energy Prospects

Published on January 27, 2017 January 22, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Amidst growing experimentation, a mix of factors leads energy industry pros to believe Africa has is fertile ground for applying blockchain in the power-energy sectors.

Blockchain Underpins Germany’s NEW 4.0 100 Percent Renewable Energy Plan

Published on January 15, 2017 December 27, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Envisaged as a milestone on the path to a distributed, all-renewable energy infrastructure, Germany’s NEW 4.0 project is to make use of a Blockchain-based platform that incorporates smart contracts, a distributed ledger and open smart energy exchange.

UK Blockchain Startup Aims to Revamp Energy Sector from the Top-Down

Published on January 12, 2017 December 15, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Electron is working with U.K. gas and electricity market stakeholders in a bid to convince them of the advantages and benefits to be gained from migrating from a hodgepodge of systems currently used to track ownership and operation of grid assets, customer billing, accounts and the like to an open, yet all but incorruptible distributed online ledger and transaction system, such as its Ethereum Blockchain-based platform.

Can Blockchain Gain Traction in Power and Energy Markets?

Published on January 12, 2017 December 1, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Touted as the next ¨transformational¨ digital information and communications technology, interest and investment in Blockchain projects and ventures is diffusing out from banking and financial services to include power and energy markets. Several issues serve as barriers, however.

Energy Industry First: Siemens, LO3 Energy to Link Blockchain Trading, Microgrid Management Technology

Published on January 23, 2017 November 22, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Brooklyn, New York’s LO3 Energy is at the leading edge of a fundamental restructuring and retooling of energy production and distribution. A partnership with Siemens should give the startup a big ¨leg up¨ as it seeks to expand use of its Ethereum Blockchain-based, P2P microgrid distributed energy trading software.

LO3 Energy Takes Blockchain Microgrid Energy Trading Platform Down Under

Published on January 12, 2017 November 7, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Brooklyn, NY-based LO3 Energy is leveraging initial demo installations in the U.S. in a bid to expand globally. Management on Nov. 3 announced it has established itself in Byron Bay, Australia where it is in discussions with local energy market players to build demo installations and pilot P2P energy trading platforms based on Ethereum smart contracts and blockchain RDBMS technology.

Finnish Research Team Lays Out Blockchain Microgrid Platform Development Model

Published on January 21, 2017 October 13, 2016 by Andrew Burger

The ETLA research team identifies and defines a target state and use case — an adaptive distributed energy resource management platform for an apartment building owned by a Swedish housing society — and proceeds to elaborate how blockchain can be used in concert with other available and required technological components to design and build one.