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What does digital art have to do with sustainability?

GreenBiz

Blockchain-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) recently have made a big splash in the art world and beyond. In addition to generating both headlines and confusion, NFTs have drawn attention to the high carbon footprint of certain blockchain applications. We now have a misconception that blockchains are equal to energy and climate impact.

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Blockchain demonstrated for smart grid cybersecurity

Smart Energy International

Blockchain has been demonstrated to validate communication among devices on the smart grid and thereby enhance its resiliency. Equipment settings are collected at frequent intervals and compared to the last good configuration saved in the blockchain. Have you read? Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Energy transmission on the blockchain conceptualised

Smart Energy International

Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have devised a physics-based cryptocurrency that links electricity and blockchain technologies. On the one hand is the blockchain-based ‘stablecoin’, which is a cryptocurrency with a stable price relative to an external currency or asset.

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A Blockchain-Enabled Smart Meter for Clean Power Trading?

GreenTechMedia

Blockchain’s energy sector uses range from the highly speculative—think peer-to-peer energy trading using cryptocurrency raised in initial coin offerings (ICOs)—to more incremental efforts, grounded in real-world challenges of operating an increasingly decentralized power grid. are testing it out. are testing it out.

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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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$38 million renewable fund to offset blockchain energy use in US

Smart Energy International

Green cryptocurrency mining demonstrated Energy Web, RMI, AIR partner on green blockchain action. In time, the goal is for its blockchain to become carbon negative. Filecoin Green was developed in partnership with Energy Web as a showcase of a cryptocurrency decarbonisation initiative.

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European Grid Operators Move to Scale Up Blockchain Platform for Batteries

GreenTechMedia

Three major European grid operators are rolling out a new blockchain platform to tap the growing penetration of small-scale distributed energy resources for grid balancing. As behind-the-meter resources like batteries, heat pumps and electric cars proliferate, challenges remain in finding ways for them to benefit the wider grid.