November 9th, 2020
Via Energy Central, an article on how peer-to-peer electricity trading and blockchain enable decentralized renewable solutions: Peer-to-peer (P2P) electricity trading model was born as a consequence of the increasing deployment of distributed energy resources, increasingly owned by the end consumers. P2P electricity trading is based on an interconnected platform, that serves as an online marketplace […]
Read more »Sydney’s New Flexible Water Prices
October 3rd, 2020
Via Medium, an interesting look at an innovative smart water pricing mechanism being used in Australia where the price of water in Sydney is now based on dam levels, enhancing resilience to climatic extremes while ensuring adequate revenue for capital expenditures: In water resource management, economic theory suggests that demand for water should behave like […]
Read more »September 28th, 2020
Via Bloomberg, a report on a new water futures contract: If the record heat and wildfires ravaging California weren’t a clear enough sign that the climate is changing, then consider this: Wall Street is about to start trading futures contracts on the state’s water supply. The contracts are the first of their kind in the U.S. and […]
Read more »What Recent Trials Teach Us About Peer-To-Peer Power Trading
August 31st, 2020
Via Power Technology, an article on one of the most recent peer-to-peer energy trading trial, and what it can teach early adopters: Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading continues to undergo trials across the world, looking at how it might change energy generation and consumer attitudes to renewable energy. Power Technology took a look at how one […]
Read more »July 4th, 2020
Via Eco Business, a report on technology which allows rural solar panel owners to sell excess power to neighbors, improving income and access to clean energy: A start-up that helps rural Bangladeshi owners of home solar power systems trade their surplus electricity with their neighbours won an international award for climate change innovation Thursday. SOLshare, set […]
Read more »Enabling Resilient, Low Cost, and Localized Electricity Markets Through Blockchain P2P & VPP Trading
July 1st, 2020
Via Power Ledger, further insight into an Australian solar trial of peer-to-peer energy trading: Power Ledger’s solar energy trading trial of 48 households in Fremantle, Western Australia, finds peer-to-peer energy trading technically feasible. Report finds use of Virtual Power Plants could increase localised energy autonomy and deliver a lower cost grid. Recommends a dynamic feed-in tariff […]
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