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Blockchain: Opening doors in the energy sector

Renewable Energy World

Blockchain is most commonly known as the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies, the most well-known of which is Bitcoin. In a 2018 article, Deloitte forecasted that blockchain will serve as the ‘underlying backbone’ of the energy sector’s transactional infrastructure. What is blockchain?

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Blockchain At The United Nations Leading Solutions To The Global Crisis

Forbes Green Tech

UNGA 2019 is dominated by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how blockchain and related technologies can help expedite the achievement of the goals.

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The Blockchain Opportunity at the Heart of the Flexible Grid

GreenTechMedia

When blockchain arrived on the energy scene three years ago, much of the discussion went straight to disruption and disintermediation. With or without blockchain, the grid is changing. Grid Evolution, Vintage 2019. Blockchain thrives in systems with many intersections and many participants.

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How transforming the mica supply chain transforms lives

GreenBiz

One result of the November 2019 trip to Jharkhand was the creation of a proprietary blockchain-based traceability tool, in which suppliers share their sourcing data with Sourcemap. And because the blockchain creates an immutable record of each transaction, it can prevent illegally mined mica being passed off as legal.

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Watch the Live Broadcast From Blockchain in Energy Forum 2019 [GTM Squared]

GreenTechMedia

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Maritime Shipping – Sector Watch 9 August 2019

CleanTech Group

Once considered slow-moving and outdated, the maritime shipping industry has experienced a recent influx of digitization and the implementation of new technologies, including autonomous ships, blockchain, drones and geospatial analytics.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The next frontier is "connected chemistry," extending the internet of things to "the internet of natural resources," Beck said in 2019. In 2019, it issued a $1 billion sustainability bond , the first corporation to do so. By 2019, the company counted more than a billion total rides, with 2 million annual drivers in more than 650 U.S.