Australians can now exchange solar energy credits for beer with blockchain

Victoria Bitter has partnered with blockchain energy trading platform Power Ledger to allow customers to earn beer with surplus solar energy.

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Solana Launches SOLAR Bridge; Bringing Arweave’s Decentralized Storage to Its Blockchain 

The Solana blockchain is taking little time to expand as it recovers from a significant downtime earlier this week. In its latest development effort, the blockchain announced a partnership with decentralized data storage protocol Arweave.

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Bering Waters Solves Critical Issues for Blockchains of the Future With Solana and Arweave

Bering Waters Tech has announced the launch of the SOLAR Bridge to actively push the boundaries of blockchain’s scalability by building a game-changing bridge between...

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SunSpec uses blockchain to standardise solar panels

The goal of the alliance is to streamline the use of solar panels and...

The post SunSpec uses blockchain to standardise solar panels appeared first on Coin Journal.

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Power Ledger Report Suggest Its P2P Energy Trial is Ready for a Real-World Use

Power Ledger, a blockchain startup focusing on energy conservation through blockchain and based out of Australia, recently concluded its trial run for a blockchain P2P project for solar energy trading and released a report for the same suggesting the trail was a success.

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Power Ledger’s Blockchain P2P Energy Trial ‘Technically Feasible,’ It Says in New Report

A solar energy trading trial run by blockchain startup Power Ledger has found its initiative to be "technically feasible."

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Blockchain P2P Energy Trading Proves Workable and Popular in Australian Test

An Australian government-backed trial of P2P solar trading using blockchain found that the technology is popular and technically feasible.

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CryptoCompare CEO: sell-off is a result of the coronavirus pandemic

Anna Tutova: What is your background? How did you get into blockchain industry?  Charles Hayter, Founder&CEO CryptoCompare: I worked in finance as an analyst covering multiple sectors from solar through to oil and gas and quants.

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SatoshiPay integrates MoonPay for fiat XLM purchases in Solar wallet

SatoshiPay, a blockchain payment technology company, has announced that the newest release of its Stellar (XLM)-based wallet Solar; will allow users to purchase Stellar Lumens (XLM) using their credit/debit card or Apple Pay directly within the app via EU-based payment processor MoonPay.

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Karvuon focuses on Mongolia’s key natural resources to establish sustainable blockchain infrastructure for global energy management

Blockchain meets renewable energy. While renewable energy has made its presence felt, the global demands continue to outpace the available supply of alternative sources such as wind, solar, and hydro.

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RUON.AI Announces Patents and Successful Upload Of SovereignSky Space Blockchain

Within just a decade, mankind will be well on the way to ending extreme world poverty. A new, encrypted Wi-Fi network will connect people on Earth. And a near indestructible blockchain financial system and global currency will exist off-world, invulnerable to the effects of war, conflict, solar flares, meteor impact, global catastrophe, cyclones, banking and market collapse and other catastrophic events.

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Power Ledger, Indian Government to Boost Renewables With P2P Energy Trading Initiative

Australian blockchain startup Power Ledger will pilot a peer-to-peer solar energy trading platform alongside an Indian utility firm and a government agency.

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Blockchain P2P Solar Energy Trading Goes Live in India

Uttar Pradesh, the largest state in India by landmass and population, has become the first in the country to launch a blockchain-powered solar energy trading infrastructure. The pilot project will see state government buildings generating electricity using solar rooftops — which will then be sold to neighboring households and office spaces using Power Ledger’s blockchain […] The post Blockchain P2P Solar Energy Trading Goes Live in India appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Vermont Power Utility Partners With Blockchain Firm for Local Solar Energy Sales

Vermont utility Green Mountain Power and LO3 jointly launched a pilot project that enables homeowners with solar panels to sell surplus power to businesses

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India: Major Electricity Firm Adopts Power Ledger (POW) DLT Solution

BSES, New Delhi’s major electricity distribution company has integrated Power Ledger’s (POW) distributed ledger technology (DLT) solution into its processes to allow residents to trade their excess solar energy in a frictionless way, reports Energyworld on November 14, 2019.

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Power Ledger Launches a Blockchain Energy Trading Software, Virtual Power Plant, in Australia

Power Ledger, an Australian blockchain company, is launching blockchain technology in South Australia in partnership with a local energy retailer, Powerclub. With the new blockchain technology, Australians will be able to pool excess solar energy and battery storage into a Virtual Power Plant, which enhances effective management and exercises significant control over their energy. Like […]

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Malaysia to trial Power Ledger blockchain energy trading platform

Malaysia to trial Power Ledger blockchain energy trading platform - CryptoNinjas Power Ledger, the developer of a blockchain-enabled energy trading platform to make markets more efficient, announced today it has partnered with Malaysia’s Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) to launch a pilot trial of its blockchain-backed energy trading platform.

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Power Ledger Blockchain Energy Trading Platform To Try P2P Energy Trading In Australia

In collaboration with the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu in Western Australia, blockchain-based energy trading firm Power Ledger has launched a trial of its blockchain-based power management technology in rural areas.

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Power Ledger Launches DLT Platform to Foster Clean Energy Monetization

In a blog post on September 9, 2019, Power Ledger (POWR), an Australian energy trading software company and distributed ledger technology (DLT) project, announced that it has begun the first trial of its blockchain-based peer-to-peer (P2P) technology in rural areas, to enable commercial buildings to monetize their excess solar energy.

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Blockchain Energy Startup Power Ledger Extends P2P Power Trading Trial

Power Ledger announces the continuation of its P2P solar power trading trial in Australia

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Austrian Blockchain Energy Trading Company Power Ledger to Deploy P2P Solar Energy Distribution

Energy trading company Power Ledger has partnered with a subsidiary of one of Austria’s top five largest energy utilities Energie Steiermark, to deploy a peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading network in and around Graz.

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Vectorium Plus ICO

Vectorium Islands are places where the collectivity can produce renewable energy and cryptocurrecy. Those Islands produce power energy value combining wind, solar and waste by a virtuous ecosystem regulated by blockchain and Artificial Intelligence.

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ABB Launches Blockchain Pilot for Solar Energy Sector

ABB in collaboration with Evolvere and Prosume has launched a pilot to explore how blockchain technology can advance the solar energy market

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Facite ICO

Blockchain Business Model In Kazakhstan The main goal of the Facite investment project is to develop the financial and economic environment in Kazakhstan using blockchain technology. The Facite Foundation built and operates a mining center in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan based on geographical conditions, government policies, and electricity schemes for the mining industry.

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5 Most Cringeworthy Theories for the Bitcoin Price Surge

By CCN: The bitcoin price moves in mysterious ways. Many theories have been put forth in an attempt to explain its meteoric rise this week. From the alignment of the contents of the solar system, to the magic touch of Justin Sun, here are the five most cringeworthy.

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A Town In Switzerland Uses Blockchain To Trade Solar Energy Between Neighbors

The Swiss city of St. Gallen is now using blockchain technology to trade excess solar energy between residents, marking… The post A Town In Switzerland Uses Blockchain To Trade Solar Energy Between Neighbors appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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Ikea Creates a Blockchain Solar Powered Miniature Village Prototype

One of the world’s best known furniture company with yearly revenue of $40 billion has designed an entire village at a scale of 1:50. The playful prototype by Ikea’s innovations... The post Ikea Creates a Blockchain Solar Powered Miniature Village Prototype appeared first on Trustnodes.

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Japan’s Kyocera Solar Power Provider And LO3 Energy Test Blockchain Virtual Power Plants For Energy Benefits

Blockchain Technology Proves To Be Helpful In New Use Case with Power Supplier Kyocera – Energy Distribution The benefit that blockchain technology offers is that it can track nearly anything. With a code or even an identifying number, the distributed ledger can follow along with various types of products and currency. Kyocera, a solar power […]

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Solar Power Supplier Kyocera Teams up With Blockchain Firm to Improve Energy Distribution

Japan’s solar power supplier Kyocera has partnered with LO3 Energy to test blockchain-based virtual power plants for improved energy distribution

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Blockchain Advances In Africa, Overcoming Funding Hurdles

Cryptocurrencies and the underpinning blockchain technology have continued to transform lives in Africa. The technology has been applied in Kenya to boost agriculture by Twiga Foods. In Uganda, millions of households have been connected to solar power by a crypto initiative.

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Power Ledger Blockchain Firm Signs Deal with Japanese Green Energy Supplier

Western Australian blockchain startup Power Ledger will partner with Japanese renewable energy firm Sharing Energy. The deal will see he solar panel provider team utilise Power Ledger’s distributed ledger to track consumption of clean energy.

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Electricity Consumption of Bitcoin is a Non-Issue: Solar Energy is Free in Some Regions

Bitcoin and its trustless, decentralized design requires a unique process called mining that validates each transaction being added to its underlying blockchain. The process involves solving complex mathematical equations, and typically requires some serious computer processing power, and even specially-designed hardware, to validate each block.

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Trading Platform Paxful Completes Construction for Second School in Rwanda

Children in the Rwandan village of Kasebigege are being given a greater chance to pursue a sound education as construction on a new school, developed by bitcoin marketplace Paxful, has been completed.

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Blockchain Technology Can Solve Africa’s Energy Problems

Despite the abundance of many forms of natural energy in Africa, including solar, wind and hydro, several parts of the vast continent still have no access to 24/7 interrupted electricity.  According to a World Economic Forum report on November 29, 2018, blockchain technology can fix the energy issues of Africa if well utilized.

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Solar Energy-Powered Mining and PoS Could Make Cryptocurrencies Environmentally Sustainable

One of the chinks in the armor of blockchain technology is its intensive energy consumption. However, a report by Harvard Business Review, published November 27, 2018, sheds light on some of the lesser, and even nil, energy-consuming alternatives that can pave the way for DLT to be the global disruptor as it is often deemed to be.

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Korean Power Provider KEPCO to Utilize Blockchain Tech to Build Next-Gen Solar Micro Grid

KEPCO, the largest power provider in South Korea, has affirmed that the company will start using the blockchain technology and other innovative energy solutions in order to develop its next-gen micro grid.

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Solar DAO 2.0: New DAO, Eco-Crowdfunding, New Tokens and Social Responsibility

Solar DAO Blockchain project to release free tokens and build a “green-kickstarter” Ecotopia.

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Energy Sharing Blockchain Project Power Ledger Roadmap Released

This year has not been pretty for most crypto projects in terms of their market value. Some have shrunk and disappeared into the digital ether and obscurity, while others have got their heads down and continued to work on their projects, ignoring the incessant roar of the bears at the door.

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Burstcoin Burstcoin Developers Complete On-Chain Crypto Transaction without the Internet

Burstcoin developer Daniel Jones announced that he managed to complete a blockchain transaction without access to electricity or the internet. The claim first came through his Twitter account, @nixops, on September 15, 2018, where he wrote, “It is with great honor I present to you the first $burst radio transaction.

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Devs used solar-powered radios to complete first ‘off-grid’ cryptocurrency transaction

A group of developers claim to have performed a solar-powered cryptocurrency transaction, using shortwave radios and blockchain tech. While it might not be the world’s first radio-transmitted cryptocurrency transaction, the devs insist it is the first one to be completed entirely off-grid.

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Crypto Startup Taps Larry King in Shared Effort to Combat Climate Change

In a message on GEAR Token’s website, iconic political talk show host Larry King says that global climate change is threatening humanity’s existence and is “a potentially catastrophic issue from the combustion of fossil fuels .

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Solareum Blockchain Project now Live on Four New Exchanges

The Solareum team was present at the just concluded restart week in Rincon where the team is primed to turn Puerto Rico into an eco-friendly solar island for good. The Solareum team have also reached another remarkable milestone by getting their Solareum coin listed on four new exchanges.

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Electrominer ICO

Electrominer is currently developing a cryptocurrency cloud mining platform fueled by portable, solar-powered blockchain datacenter units in Southern California. Electrominer is utilizing clean energy to sustain its selfpowered mining platform.

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Top Three Companies, Solar Energy space uses Blockchain

With its ability to enable peer-to-peer trading of energy credits as well as crowdfunding projects, blockchain is already showing success in the solar energy space. Let’s take a look at the top three companies using blockchain in this sector.

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Top 3 Companies Using Blockchain in the Solar Energy Space

Blockchain technology is here to stay, and it’s going to make the world a better place. At least, that’s the general consensus in the crypto community and slowly (but surely) the wider public as well.

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[promoted] Earning Bitcoin From the Sun

There are over 600 million Africans living without electricity despite an abundance of sunshine and hundreds of thousands of solar projects on the drawing board.

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Blockchain Technology Now Being Utilized for Selling Excess Electricity

The idea behind people selling excess electricity to each other is now becoming a reality through the use of blockchain technology. Australia’s blockchain start-up Power Ledger and Clean Energy Blockchain Network are using blockchain technology to gather and digitize the electricity information of consumers.

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Monetizing Renewable Energy Through Blockchain: Solareum to List SLRM Token on Seven Exchanges

Bitcoin Press Release: Helping mankind by creating a global network of buying and selling of renewable solar energy, Solareum will list its SLRM coin on multiple exchanges for ease of acquisition and trading for users worldwide.

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Akon Is Entering The Cryptocurrency World

Renowned singer Akon, who’s songs include hits like, Lonely, Right Now and Sorry, Blame It On Me, is launching a new kind of cryptocurrency called ‘Akoin’ and it will be available for sale in two weeks in the hope that it will bring more help his Lighting Africa Project, which aims to bring solar power to the whole of Africa.

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