Microgrid investment in blockchain to be the future of energy systems, says GlobalData
February 28, 2019 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Blockchain microgrids have become a pivotal theme in the rapidly developing energy sector and Amit Sharma, Power Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on this development and what we can expect from blockchain microgrids in the future:
"The global microgrid market size is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15% between 2018 and 2022 and is expected to reach $30bn by 2022. As the market liberalises and renewable energy grows, blockchain offers an effective way to handle the increasingly complex and decentralised transactions between users, large and small-scale producers, retailers, traders and utilities.
"There are more than 150 companies reportedly developing blockchain energy tools and most participants in the nascent market are developing tools for peer-to-peer energy transactions. Other types of transactions for blockchain may include trading renewable energy credits or wholesale energy. There are now over 100 demonstration projects deployed or planned around the world in the electricity industry alone. Energy-focused blockchain startups raised over $300m between Q2 2017 and Q1 2018, and industry experts expect that blockchain investment in the energy sector will reach more than $5.8bn by 2025.
"LO3 Energy, based in New York, along with Siemens Digital Grid and Siemens' startup financier, next47, is working on the Brooklyn Microgrid project. Another firm, Electron, is leveraging blockchain technology to help enable partnerships on the grid in collaboration with French energy giant, EDF. Blockchain plays a key role when companies have shared infrastructure. Power Ledger, an Australian startup which raised AUD34m ($26m) in an ICO, is building platforms to enable commercial operation of microgrids in Thailand and India and two commercial buildings in West Australia.
"Energi Mine, a UK-based startup, has created a blockchain-based platform to reward energy-saving users with tokens they can use to pay their energy bills or charge their electric vehicles. A Singapore company, Electrify, has been running a price comparison marketplace as the country liberalises its electricity market. Grid+, a US startup, will launch its first retail device next year in Texas, using the Ethereum blockchain to allow users, whether they are traditional consumers or owners of solar panels and batteries, to buy and sell electricity at wholesale prices."
Notes to Editors
Information based on GlobalData's reports:
- Microgrids, Update 2018 - Global Market Size, Competitive Landscape, and Key Country Analysis to 2022
- Blockchain in Utilities - Thematic Research
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