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Why carbon tracking and reporting is necessary to hold corporations accountable

GreenBiz

In order to get to enforcement, we need a standardized methodology for measurement of carbon reductions and zero-emission energy that uses internet of things (IoT) sensing, blockchain and artificial intelligence to verifiably track and account for all emissions. Flexidao offers a blockchain platform to track renewable energy generation.

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The secret weapon to boosting your solar company’s ROI? The blockchain advantage

Solar Power World

renewable energy generation; however, according to the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, that number is expected to grow to 48% by 2050. The blockchain advantage appeared first on Solar Power World. By Mark Fisher, VP of marketing, Paystand In 2017, solar energy made up only 11% of total U.S.

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Canadian utility creates marketplace for DER households using blockchain technology

Renewable Energy World

Canada’s largest municipally-owned electric utility has launched a pilot program that allows customers with distributed energy resources (DERs) to participate in an energy marketplace using blockchain technology.

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Accelerating energy transition by forming virtual power plants on blockchain

Renewable Energy World

Indeed, technological advances such as Blockchain technology are key enablers to form VPPs and facilitate the orchestration of a diverse set of DER assets. The number of installed DER is expected to provide up to 45 percent of Australia’s electricity generation capacity by 2050. Increase in DER integration.

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Electrification could squeeze CO2 out of industrial supply chains

GreenBiz

Right now, the corporate gold standard is net zero well before 2050, and companies at the net-zero forefront are saying that they want to halve their Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 2030. Charting a course to 2050. To ensure transparency and traceability, deploying blockchain technology is being explored, Valanko said.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

billion people by 2050. We need to find sustainable and equitable solutions that provide nutritious food to almost 10 billion people by 2050, and remedy the global food inequity that permeates our communities and supply chains. The problem is vast. And we need to do so in a way that reduces the environmental devastation on our planet.

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Changeblock eyes 65 million tonnes of carbon transactions by 2050 after JustCarbon acquisition

Business Green

Blockchain-powered carbon credit platform acquires JustCarbon in effort to deliver 'new level' of market data monitoring, reporting, and validation