Energy transitions require not only technology innovations but new market arrangements. Our processes identify demand for these new arrangements, and then source, validate and accelerate solutions.

Unlocking innovation today will allow us to most effectively tackle the energy ‘trilemma’ of low cost, low carbon and resilient energy for all. No global organisation exists today to support this innovation. Energy Unlocked aims to fill that gap.

ABOUT
Brooklyn Microgrid is developing a community-powered microgrid here in Brooklyn. This means our participants can engage in a sustainable energy network and choose their preferred energy sources, locally.

A microgrid can operate independently from the larger grid during power outages; providing the neighborhood with a safe, resilient energy grid that can serve as a backup in case of emergencies.

OUR MISSION

Increase the amount of clean, renewable energy generated in Brooklyn by members of the community.

Develop a connected network of distributed energy resources which will improve electrical grid resiliency and efficiency.

Manage these distributed energy resources during power outages and emergencies to protect the community and local economy.

Create financial incentives and business models that encourage community investment in local renewable energy.

Grid Singularity is an Austrian startup developing a blockchain purpose-built for the energy industry, backed by a team of experienced energy market professionals and leading blockchain and smart contract developers, according to its website (see also: Energy Web Foundation).

We are building open source, customized energy exchanges to enable local marketplaces that interconnect to form a smart, transactive grid

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By creating this platform, SunContract gives you the opportunity to become completely energy self-sufficient. Through the platform you can buy electricity, solar power plants, heat pumps and storage units and select between a wide array of energy products and services. For the first time in history you can decide on how much to pay for and to what extent even sell home-generated, green and blockchain-backed energy. You can now build an self-sufficient, eco-frinedly, green energy community.

Electric, shared, connected, autonomous, sustainably-powered, vehicles (EVs) are more than a trend — they represent a necessary technological and cultural shift toward improved efficiency and a shared clean energy future.

Based in Gibraltar, with offices in Merced and Los Angeles, California, EVShare Foundation and partners make it easy for people, goods and power to “go” green. By making ridesharing dramatically cleaner, more energy efficient and enjoyable, EVShare enables commuters to regain time, communities to reach jobs more easily and us all to have a healthier future. EVShare combines the best partners in autonomous vehicle manufacturing, ridesharing, energy storage, energy management, and data management on the Blockchain to create a unified solution to make the dream of clean, sustainable transit possible.

P2P TRADING
This class of Platform Application gives retailers the ability to empower consumers (or in an unregulated environment, the consumers themselves) to simply trade electricity with one another and receive payment in real-time from an automated and trustless reconciliation and settlement system. There are many other immediate benefits such as being able to select a clean energy source, trade with neighbors, receive more money for excess power, benefit from transparency of all your trades on a blockchain and very low-cost settlement costs all leading to lower power bills and improved returns for investments in distributed renewables.

NEO-RETAILER
This class of Platform Application provides Neo-retailers’ with smart demand and supply management, along with almost instantaneous remuneration and payment settlements while managing consumer exposure to the risk of non-supply.

MICROGRID/EMBEDDED NETWORK OPERATOR/STRATA
This type of Platform Application enables electricity metering, big data acquisition, rapid micro transactions and grid management at an unprecedented granular scale. Trading in embedded networks breaks the nexus between generation ownership and energy consumption meaning value can be derived from an investment in DER even if the investor is absent or doesn’t consume all the energy they generate.

WHOLESALE MARKET SETTLEMENT
This Platform Application class offers rapid low-cost and transparent dispatch optimization and management, data aggregation, reconciliation and settlement for wholesale energy marketplaces.

AUTONOMOUS ASSET (AA) MANAGEMENT
This current Platform Application allows for (1) shared ownership of renewable energy assets and (2) trading renewable asset ownership. The AA is able to buy and sell its own electricity and distribute its income to assigned wallet addresses.

DISTRIBUTED MARKET MANAGEMENT
This Platform Application provides optimized metering data, the collection of big data, right to access and dispatch of assets, rapid transaction settlement, network load balancing, frequency management, demand side response and demand side and load management. The optimization of network assets is made viable by the near real-time remuneration of asset owners.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES
This class of Platform Application facilitates real time metering data (interfacing with the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP)), collection of data, user identification and rapid transaction settlement.

POWER PORT
A class of Platform Application whereby virtual pipeline and roadside assistance type assets may be automated via the platform, such as EVs, and can provide a mobile storage discharge facility maintaining energy supplies to predominantly self-sufficient energy consumers.

CARBON TRADING
This Platform Application class offers smart contracts for carbon traders to assure digital transactions across organizations; credibility of asset using immutable distributed ledger technology; and transparency and auditability. It supports reporting and surrendering of carbon credits or certificates to regulatory authorities.

TRANSMISSION EXCHANGE
In the management of transmission networks, the Platform can provide real time metering data, collection of big data, right to access and dispatch assets, rapid transaction settlement, network load balancing, responding to non-stationary energy.