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Join Nick for an AMA on our main Telegram group on Wednesday, the 13th of May at 5PM GMT+3⚡️

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Join Nick for an AMA on the Telegram group tomorrow at 12.30-13.30, GMT+3⚡️

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Back in April, together with other European grid operators, Elering organised a Europe-wide competition to select pilots of innovative energy products and services which need access to metering data.
Proud to be one of the winners!


https://www.estfeed.eu/en/pilots
"One of the reasons that blockchain is so uniquely applicable to the energy industry – and particularly to power procurement for business – is that it can connect energy expenditure by end users back to generation projects in a way that’s reliable, transparent and secure." - Nick Martyniuk

https://dynamicbusiness.com.au/topics/small-business-resources/how-smaller-companies-can-accelerate-their-shift-to-renewables.html
In ECOGENERATION August’s issue our co-founder & CTO Kaspar comments on WePower making it possible for a small business to “get the slice of PPA pie” (p. 14) https://www.ecogeneration.com.au/pdf/ECO_AUG_2020_web.pdf
"In Australia, Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) have become the vehicle for businesses to tap into renewable energy by agreeing to a sizable power offtake, typically consisting of solar and wind-generated power. This is where the $2M threshold would come into play, effectively making direct purchasing of renewable energy a non-starter for small businesses. The traceability of blockchain technology, however, enables these large deals to be broken down, “tokenising” that power as a usable offtake itself, while still being linked to the larger source it was taken from. This effectively brings the cost down as low as $100k – a game-changer for small businesses. " - explains Nick in his article.
For a full read, please click:
https://insidesmallbusiness.com.au/planning-management/how-australias-small-businesses-can-lead-transparent-sustainability
Our CISO Michael will be taking a part in CIGRE SC C5 panel discussion: https://www.cigre.org/event/other-events/2020/FR/paris/four-blockchain-energy-projects---panel-discussion

Established in 1921 in Paris, France, CIGRE is a global community committed to the collaborative development and sharing of power system expertise. The community features thousands of professionals from over 90 countries and 1250 member organisations.

CIGRE has created a working group (C5.30) to investigate the use of blockchain in electricity power markets. This group started work in May 2019.

The working group’s first phase, Exploration, was an assessment of the potential value and uses of block chain technologies in energy markets and power systems.

The second phase, Assessment, is a review of a range of trials and examples of early adoption of projects that use block chain. Forty operational projects have been selected and assessed against a standard assessment framework.

During this panel discussion, invited speakers will describe four operational blockchain projects which they have implemented.
On 09.14th our CISO Michael will be presenting the topic “B2B clean energy market: enabling digital affordable PPA’s” in B4utilities event.
You can join event online for free - https://www.crowdcast.io/e/b4utilities--september/register
Add AMA session with Nick on September 9th, 11am (EEST) to your calendars!
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Smart meter data “has literally your entire pattern of life and behaviour through just monitoring where you live and what you do in your home.” - says our co-founder and CTO Kaspar in the article on how intimate data about the private lives of millions of Australians will be analysed and monetised by a partnership between a New Zealand company and a subsidiary of the world's biggest retailer, Amazon.
"There was a time where we didn't recognise that what posts you 'like' on Facebook is very private and identifiable — smart meters are the same way," Kaspar also said.

Read all the article here:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-07/amazon-will-soon-see-inside-millions-of-aussie-homes/12582776?fbclid=IwAR1EPk9FS5dgCX2vRK9QN3X6TmrTvv7SFmjYwn2gNQiSLsGowx0qeR7wvN4
AMA session update:
9th of September 11am (EEST) Nick will join us on the main group for an AMA session.
We want to inform you that for the first part of AMA session where Nick shares the updates, group will be MUTED. Meaning no one except the admins will be able to post any comments.
Group members can freely post their comments and questions once Nick is done with the first part of a session.

This format of AMA session is going to be tested with the support of community. You are very welcome to share your thoughts on this format of AMA sessions in the main group.
It’s never been a better time for steel manufacturers to invest in renewables.
WePower provides one of the heaviest emitters of carbon pollution with the possibility to take advantage of multiple renewable energy projects and technologies to maximise renewable energy uptake while minimising cost.
https://www.climatecontrolnews.com.au/renewable-energy/real-savings-in-green-steel