New research explores peer-to-peer ‘free trade’ of excess energy

Such a market would allow consumers to directly buy from and sell to each other, without utilities or other third parties and distribute extra electricity free of charge

Blockchain energy trading hits Hackney estate

A peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading community could soon bring cheaper energy to social housing residents in London. Machine-learning specialist Green Running’s offshoot Verv has announced the launch of what it claims is the UK’s first such network at the Banister House estate in Hackney. Its blockchain-based solution has received a grant worth more than £100,000 […]