Microgrids and the blockchain are powering our energy future

“There’s a lot of buzz around distributed ledgers at the moment, but those championing their use in the energy sector say they are an ideal solution to a genuine problem. That is, the shared nature of energy resources and the difficulty of tracking the large volume of transactions – from energy supply and demand, to actual sales.”

Read the full story: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/microgrids-wired-energy

(Wired, Oct. 2017)

Offshore wind turbines at Barrow Offshore Wind. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

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