UP Govt to Pilot Blockchain-Based Solar Energy Trading To Increase Efficiency

UP Govt to Pilot Blockchain-Based Solar Energy Trading To Increase Efficiency

SUMMARY

The government has partnered with Australia’s Power Ledger for the project

The blockchain-powered platform has already been deployed in

The Phase-I of the pilot project is expected to be completed by March 2020

The state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) recently selected India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) to pilot a peer-to-peer (P2P) solar power trading platform in collaboration with Australia-based Power Ledger. The tech startup that claims to have developed a blockchain-enabled energy trading platform which is already being used in Australia, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, the United States and Austria. 

The UP government is the first state government in India to look at blockchain as a means to improve energy distribution and efficiency.

The pilot project proposed by state power utility UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) and UP New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA), will check the feasibility of energy trading through blockchain or a distributed network of solar panels connected to a smart grid where the authorities can track power generation, check the consumption, and trade electricity.

Vinod Tiwari, head of business development and sales at Power Ledger, said that India is a huge market and UP is one of the biggest states in the country for renewable energy. Power Ledger’s platform integrates with smart meter systems to enable households to set prices, track energy trading in real-time through smart contracts executed on the blockchain platform. 

ISGF said that the Phase-I of the pilot project is expected to be ready by March 2020. Once this is done, based on the results and evaluation, the state can then put in place appropriate regulations to promote P2P trading of solar energy. At present, Power Ledger’s platform has already been deployed in several countries globally including Australia, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, the US and Austria among others. 

In a recent report, the blockchain in the energy market was valued at $518.6 Mn in 2018 and is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CARG) of 54.09% during the forecast period between 2018 and 2024. As per BIS research, in a report titled ‘Global Blockchain in Energy’ stated that the market is expected to reach $6.29 Bn by 2024

Last week, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL), a power utility company from Delhi announced that it will be using the blockchain-powered ledger to run a pilot project to enable peer-to-peer (P2P) solar power trading. 

The renewable energy market in India is estimated to be at $17 Bn and is expected to have an annual growth of 15%. In India’s overall power capacity, the share of renewable power has risen to 20% in 2018  from 13% in 2015.

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