# Energy (Page 5)

Two of South Korea’s biggest companies have announced the launch of blockchain products that they claim will shake up the country’s finance and energy sectors.Source: iStock/holgsTelecoms giant KT says it has completed work on a blockchain-powered energy brokerage platform that will...

Cryptocurrency-related innovations are coming thick and fast in Moldova – the latest CIS nation to embrace cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. While the most recent project might be launched in other nearby countries, too.Source: iStock/Federico RostagnoJust days after the country...

The government-owned SP Group, also known as Singapore Power, says it will launch a solar power trading platform that uses blockchain technology in Singapore later this year.Source: iStock/PetmalSP Group says its initiative will allow residential and other small-scale solar energy generators to...

European utilities are planning to use blockchain technology to begin direct trades with one another, Reuters reported. Blockchain in this instance has already been tested by energy operators for wholesale trading, but for now, it will go live only for a selected few.Source: iStock/KinwunEnerchain,...

.Inese Dosé, Senior Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers Latvia.The Blockchain has created an exceptional hype around its utilisation by many industries. The technology facilitates transactions between parties by using computer algorithms without the need for third-party involvement. It...

More power and smaller bills for energy consumers Blokchain based solutions disrupts the energy industry Trials are underway alreadyThe rise of distributed clean energy supplies like solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and batteries is changing the energy power balance between consumers and...

Blockchain technologies could help homeowners sell their green electricity to their neighbours. (Shutterstock) Srinivasan Keshav, University of WaterlooImagine buying a solar panel from a hardware store, mounting it on your roof, then selling the green...