Energy and Blockchain Can They Coalesce?

Can Blockchain be Energy’s Future?

Powered by reliability and transparency, Blockchain technology is transforming industries. Energy Sector can be the next milestone.

It was on the fringes, but now it hogs all the limelight. A few years back, Blockchain technology came into being as a medium to support the Bitcoin revolution. It was meant for that only but sometimes; an idea emerges as all-pervasive. Blockchain’s immense potential to decentralize systems and disrupt the prevalent order was an ability that powered a lot of needs across myriad sectors. Since its inception, it came a long way with lightning speed, and it is about time to witness its overhauling impact.

But does it have enough gusto to impact the evolving energy sector?

Yes, it has. It has the technology to match the step of the advancing technologies that are getting introduced every day in the energy sector. As Market Research Future (MRFR) reports, the Blockchain in the energy market is expected to achieve USD 5,032.6 million in terms of revenue by the end of 2023. This corroborates the claim perfectly. 

Energy Sector: Getting Empowered

It started just over a century ago. Since then, the energy sector has been relying heavily on centralized control. Fossil fuel plants and sprawling grids over acres were a common sight. They still are. The objective was crystal clear: provide electricity and peg the cost. But time is changing. The demand for conventional power sources is receding giving source to the need for sustainable sources such as wind and solar. Government supports are also in abundance as they realized that envisioning future deserves a sustainable present. With conventional methods come carbon footprint, and it could blacken the prospect of a better future. The awareness percolated well to the grass level. It triggered people in installing their own power supplies and riding electric vehicles. And it has given way to microgrids.

What the sector lacks is an effective supply system which would distribute the load without straining the grid much. Blockchain could be the answer. The complexity of the power system requires a frictionless, swift, and secure mode, a kind of transaction whose foundation should be laid upon reliability. Blockchain with its peer-to-peer energy distribution and decentralization could revolutionize the system. In the process, strengthening microgrids and by capitalizing on the idea of sharing, it can reach out to more.

Unblocking Benefits

So, what can Blockchain offer? Although configured to support cryptocurrencies, Blockchain has evolved enough to trigger two schools of thoughts. One believes in fundamentally toppling the existing pattern in favor of a more reliable and effective alternative. The other wants to cash in the features by improving the existing model. What would be the future is now just a speculation, but the impact in either way would be immense.

The best thing about Blockchain is its immutability. It is hack-proof and a boon for security. The system acts as a ledger that would stride along the decentralization of the core. In a peer-to-peer transfer, it can revamp the system as permission from the center is no longer needed enabling individual homes or businesses to sell their excess energy. Start-ups have started implementing this idea.

Grid transactions could profit by securing permission for distribution in less time and then validating transactions swiftly by keeping track of the used energy or, to be more specific, of its sustainability. It could also back the growing demands of electronic vehicles (EV). EVs are about to become a rage, and the only major hindrance it is facing at present is its charging infrastructure. With Blockchain, the public charging infrastructure could transform. It can include more participants who would be ready to sell power. The cost of charging would plummet if the envisioned idea of such caliber could materialize.

AI and IoT could use some hands. With the growing inclusion of internet-connected devices, pressure on grids is bound to increase, and it can collapse anytime. Blockchain can reduce the load by decentralizing the core and make it swifter and seamless.     

Powering Energy Block by Block

The technology is eyeing for a whopping 74.45% CAGR over the forecast period of 2018-2023 as the report on the global Blockchain in the energy market as suggested by MRFR. The market is riding much on the success of Europe. The regional foundation for advanced technologies and demand for sustainable energies are quite strong. Germany is emerging as the flag-bearer. Its economic condition of the country is quite stable than its peers which is enabling them to install trends such as Blockchain to increase growth pockets.

The U.S. market can be deemed as a global leader. A lot of start-ups are mushrooming, and their strategic innovations are opening up avenues for further expansion. The global blockchain in the energy market is expanding with one step at a time, and sometimes, with strong foundations, it is just gliding ahead. That is the case with Europe as their pacts for greener future provides a firm base.

Some Trendsetters. Some Followers.

Some of the companies are setting trends. Innovation for them is the might. Companies such as Grid +, Power Ledger, Greeneum, Grid Singularity are carrying the baton. Others such as WePower UAB (Republic of Lithuania), Conjoule GmbH (Germany), LO3 Energy, Inc (U.S.), BTL Group Ltd. (Canada), Enosi Foundation (Australia), The Sun Exchange (Pty) Ltd. (South Africa), and Electron (Chaddenwych Services Limited) (U.K) are striding along. Their strategic moves and innovations are set to garner profits for the Blockchain in the energy market.

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