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The Big Picture (Infographic): Power Sector Digitalization Use Cases
In a recent article in the journal Energy, experts from universities in Portugal, Switzerland, the U.S., and Romania identify digitalization as a pivotal phenomenon affecting the electricity sector, alongside other “megatrends” such as decarbonization, decentralization, and deregulation. Despite the increasing focus on the effects of digitalization on power systems, the authors highlight a notable gap: […]
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Press Releases
Voltus and Coinmint Partner to Reduce Energy Consumption and Bolster Grid Reliability
SAN FRANCISCO & BOSTON, March 15, 2022 – Voltus, Inc. (“Voltus”), the leading distributed energy resource (DER) software technology platform, and Coinmint, LLC (“Coinmint”) a leading blockchain data center company, today announce they are supporting grid reliability by delivering 100 megawatts (MWs) of demand response to the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO). Located in […]
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Blockchain and Energy Innovation Marches On
Even in a pandemic, energy innovators are developing blockchain technology to implement powerful changes. From automating crude oil trading to amplifying the impact of renewable energy sources, innovations harnessing blockchain technology are likely to change the energy industry in profound ways. Inventors, enterprises, and investors who act today to obtain patent protection for their early […]
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NAESB’s First Move to Set Energy Digitalization Standards Heavily Focused on Blockchain, Cybersecurity
The North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB), a wholesale and retail natural gas and power industry forum comprising 300 corporate members, will initially focus its standards development to support cybersecurity and blockchain out of 11 digital technologies it identified that are quickly transforming the energy space. The board’s April 2019–formed Digital Committee, which comprises 16 […]
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Electricity trading based on blockchain launches in German municipality
Joint press release Press by Siemens and AÜW Zug/Kempten, October 22, 2020 As part of the pebbles research project, Siemens, the regional utility Allgäuer Überlandwerk (AÜW) and their project partners are developing a local electricity market using blockchain technology. Today, the parties launched pebbles’ electricity trading platform, bringing them one step closer to creating […]
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Kirtland Resiliency Project Unveiled — Featuring BlockEnergy, the Future of Renewable, Utility-Distributed Power
NEWS PROVIDED BY Media Lab One, LLC September 01, 2020, 21:11 GMT SHARE THIS ARTICLE Realtime system BlockEnergy Smart Platform System Interface located at Kirtland Air Force Base, (KAFB). The large LED screens is where BlockEnergy comes alive, allowing anyone to see the movement of energy throughout the BlockEnergy system in real time. Upcoming residential […]
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Report: Blockchain Not Well-Suited to Transactive Energy
Blockchain—a distributed database technology that allows a network of parties to securely transact with each other—has been hailed as a game-changing innovation in the power sector for its potential to
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How the DOE Plans to Modernize the Grid in the Near Term
Twenty-three projects chosen by the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to its 2019 Grid Modernization Lab Call provide a broad look at the critical issues that are roiling the nation’s power sector, as well as the tools and technologies that it has determined will best bolster the grid of the future in the near […]
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Blockchain Pilot Shows Promise for Grid Balancing
A blockchain pilot wrapped up by European transmission operator TenneT and storage solutions provider sonnen Group this May showed “tremendous potential” when used to network decentralized home storage
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Energy Web Foundation Surpasses 100 Affiliates En Route to Becoming Largest Energy Blockchain Ecosystem
Zug, Switzerland (March 12, 2019) —The Energy Web Foundation (EWF) today announced it has officially signed more than 100 Affiliates. In addition to developing the enabling core blockchain technology, EWF has assembled the industry’s largest energy-blockchain ecosystem comprising diverse energy companies, utilities, grid operators, renewable generators, software developers, commercial end-use customers, and startups. Several major […]
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