A blockchain-based smart grid: towards sustainable local energy markets

By Esther Mengelkamp, Benedikt Notheisen, Carolin Beer, David Dauer, Christof Weinhardt. Computer Science - Research and Development, 2017

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Subfields: Control and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Information Systems

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How Green FinTech Can Alleviate the Impact of Climate Change—The Case of Switzerland (2020, neutral): “[57] Computer Science – Research and Development A blockchain-based smart grid: towards sustainable local energy markets Develops a market design and simulation study about blockchain effects on sustainable local energy markets.”
A Survey and Evaluation of the Potentials of Distributed Ledger Technology for Peer-to-Peer Transactive Energy Exchanges in Local Energy Markets (2019, positive): “As stated before, to enable P2P energy transactions between prosumers and active users within a LEM context, DLT appears to be a promising solution [48], [49], as it avoids the need of an intermediator and can guarantee near real-time transactions.”
Blockchain in Industries: A Survey (2019, background): “potential to reduce energy costs [55] as well as increase resiliency [56].”
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Blockchain Practices, Potentials, and Perspectives in Greening Supply Chains (2018, background): “Supply chains [6], real estate [7,8], government [9], healthcare [10], and energy sector [11] use cases have been some effective applications.”
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