US Senate to Examine Energy Efficiency of Blockchain The U.S. Senate will host a hearing on blockchain’s energy use and whether the tech can be used to protect infrastructure next week.… Read More
Researchers Build Blockchain Electricity Exchange They Say Cuts Waste A team from one of the top universities in China has developed a decentralized exchange, not for crypto assets, but for unused electricity.… Read More
Enosi- Australia’s Blockchain Solution to Energy Crisis Goes Live With Its Energy Trading Platform Blockchain-based energy startup Enosi launches its live energy trading platform; making clean energy trading and adoption possible for everyone. The advent of blockchain technology sparked a variety of innovative concepts across many disciplines. By being a decentralized method of handling things, it makes for a very powerful tool to distribute individual units to anyone, anywhere, anytime. […] The post Enosi- Australia’s Blockchain Solution to Energy Crisis Goes Live With Its Energy Trading Platform appeared first on TechBullion. … Read More
South Korean Telecoms Giant KT Has Built Its Own Blockchain The second largest mobile carrier in South Korea has launched its own blockchain network and aims to apply the tech across several sectors.… Read More
US Government Backs Decentralized Energy Grid With $1 Million Grant A blockchain-focused solar power startup based in Colorado has received a grant of nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy. … Read More
HIVE Blockchain Continues to Expand Clean Energy Footprint. Canada-based HIVE Blockchain (TSX.V: HIVE) is the proud owner of a Norwegian site that was once primed to become the “world’s largest data center.” With some energy infused by new ownership and a clear vision for a site where computing power will be used to mine for cryptocurrency, the site once again has life. And […] The post HIVE Blockchain Continues to Expand Clean Energy Footprint. appeared first on TechBullion. … Read More
Taking Back Power: An Upstart Government Plans to Tokenize Energy The plan is to incentivize solar power generation by circumventing rules inhibiting its adoption made by Madrid.… Read More
Softbank Eyes Carbon Emissions Cuts with Green Energy Blockchain Pilot A group of Japanese firms is planning a blockchain pilot that would allow rural consumers to trade renewable energy.… Read More
Energy and climate change Lebanon’s commitment to combating or mitigating climate change culminated in December 2015 when Lebanon became a signatory to the Paris Agreement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21). Lebanon committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 15 percent by 2030 and up to 30 percent conditional upon the provision of international…… Read More
Wind farms in Lebanon Earlier this spring, Lebanon signed its first-ever power purchase agreement (PPA) for wind energy with three separate consortiums that will build and operate wind farms in Akkar, in the north of the country. The energy ministry’s signing of the agreements represents Lebanon’s first PPA with the private sector in electricity generation as part of efforts…… Read More