Power Ledger is a blockchain-based platform that allows users to trade environmental commodities and invest in renewable energy. With Power Ledger technology installed, producers of solar power energy will have the option to sell it to their neighbors rather than spilling it back into the electricity grid.
In this article, you will find a list of all of the Power Ledger partnerships, customers, projects as of 2020. If I have missed any out please let me know in the comments below and I will be sure to add them.
Also, don't forget to check my previous partnership lists on PUNDI X, NANO, and VERGE.
List Of Partnerships, Customers, & Projects;
- American PowerNet
- Sharing Energy
- Silicon Valley Power
- E-NEXT
- Clearway
- KEPCO
- Innovations Central Midlands WA Inc, BSC Solar, Sonnen, and CleanTech Energy
- Sharing Energy & eRex
- SEDA
- Powerclub
- BRPL
- EPC Solar Group
- Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation
- Element47
- Powerclub, Sonnen, and Natural Solar
- Perdaman Advanced Energy
- Alperia SpA
- ekWateur
Partnerships, Customers, & Projects In Detail;
1. American PowerNet
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November 2018: Power Ledger deployed its P2P renewable energy trading platform at the American PowerNet headquarters in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. American PowerNet, an independent power supply company that provides retail and wholesale electricity supply, will be using the xGrid platform to trade solar power with neighbors that are connected in the immediate office park. This allows American PowerNet to be able to sell the solar power generated on its office roofs and car park to the office park and provide its neighbors with the option to use clean and green renewable energy.
With this project, there is a total of around 3.5MWh of solar energy that is generated each month by PowerNet, and around 40% of this energy is purchased by neighbors directly from them.
2. Sharing Energy
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January 2019: Power Ledger entered into a partnership with Sharing Energy, a provider in the installation of solar energy, to drive renewable energy trading in Japan. The partnership initially started with the Power Ledger platform allowing Sharing Energy to track renewable energy consumption from 100 of its customers across Kansai, Chubu, and Kyushu.
At the time, the partnership was expected to grow from 100 rooftops to over 55,000 rooftops by the end of 2020. Sharing Energy will be using Power Ledger’s P2P platform to facilitate electricity trading between sellers and buyers by using real-time data from existing smart meters.
3. Silicon Valley Power
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May 2019: Power Ledger and SIlicon Valley collaborated to implement a blockchain based solution trial for measuring and monetizing renewable electricity discharged to vehicles. It was intended to create a system that could monetize the electric vehicle charging infrastructure to create a potential for tokenized carbon credit trading.
This trial was held in Santa Clara in which the Power Ledger platform was linked to a 370kW solar system and 49 electric vehicle charging stations. The solar and charging data produced was recorded as smart contracts that created Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) certificates which were sent to Silicon Valley Power’s wallet for them to be able to monetize their electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
4. E-NEXT
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June 2019: Power Ledger partnered with E-NEXT, a subsidiary of Austria’s top five largest energy utilities. The partnership was set to enable Power Ledger’s energy trading platform, xGrid, available to 10 Graz households to enable those with rooftop solar panels to sell excess renewable energy to their neighbors
Graz is part of Austria’s Smart City project that explores new energy technology to enable them to reach zero carbon emissions by 2050.
5. Clearway
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June 2019: Power Ledger entered into a partnership with Clearway Energy Group, a renewable energy developer, owner, and operator. The partnership was created to develop a platform to trade Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) within the USA. RECs represent proof that one MWh of electricity was generated from an eligible renewable energy source.
RECs are mandatory in 29 US States and electricity companies are required to supply a portion of their electricity from renewable energy sources each year. Some of these companies just buy these RECs to meet these energy quotas.
This partnership will allow Clearway to use Power Ledger’s TraceX product to be able to track RECs through the power of blockchain technology from the point of creation to sales and transfer of the REC.
6. KEPCO
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August 2019: Power Ledger began a partnership with KEPCO, a Japanese utility provider, to provide a demonstration and proof that the P2P surplus power transaction can be completed autonomously and automatically with cryptocurrency in both detached houses and condos. This was only the first phase of the partnership.
In phase 2, KEPCO was to use Power Ledger’s uGrid platform to create, track, trade, and provide a marketplace for the settlement of Renewable Energy Certificates and Non-Fossil Value (NFC) certificates that were generated by the rooftop solar panels.
Within this project, over 70 kWh of solar energy is traded per week with over 1,500 energy transactions processed.
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December 2019: Power Ledger announced that they had extended their trial with KEPCO to continue creating and tracking Renewable Energy Certificates as well as solar trading.
7. Innovations Central Midlands WA Inc, BSC Solar, Sonnen, and CleanTech Energy
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September 2019: Power Ledger entered a joint partnership with Innovations Central Midlands WA Inc, BSC Solar, Sonnen, and CleanTech Energy to trial its P2P technology outside of the metropolitan area. This project was the first regional applications of technology in which commercial buildings will trade excess solar energy between each other in Western Australia.
This project allowed commercial sites that were feeding excess solar power back into the energy grid to be able to monetize their excess solar energy for the first time. The Power Ledger P2P platform allowed energy trading between the participants that included the shire offices, a visitor center, a swimming pool, a medical center, a sports center, and a local farmer.
8. Sharing Energy & eRex
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October 2019: Power Ledger partnered with Sharing Energy once again, alongside the electricity retailer eRex. This partnership was to trail p2p solar energy trading in the Kanto region to demonstrate how a group of households could trade excess solar energy between each other.
This partnership will utilize the xGrid product from Power Ledger and allow the households in the trial to sell their excess energy at a more competitive price than if they were to sell that energy back to the grid. The Power Ledger technology will integrate with the home’s smart meter system to allow the homeowner to set prices and track energy trading in real-time.
9. SEDA
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October 2019: Power Leger entered into an 8 month P2P trial with Malaysia’s Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) to trial its blockchain energy trading platform. The partnership will allow Power Ledger to demonstrate the ability of its platform to allow users to trade surplus solar energy.
SEDA hopes that the platform will eventually allow Malaysia to grow its photovoltaic (PV) rooftop market and advance the deployment of Distributed Energy Resources in the country.
10. Powerclub
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November 2019: Power Ledger partnered up with Powerclub, an Australian electricity wholesaler, to allow Powerclub Members to pool their net solar and battery storage to act as a Virtual Power Plant. This will allow the members to gain access to wholesale electricity prices with more control over what they pay for their electricity consumption.
The Power Ledger Virtual Power Plant will allow the households to pool their stored solar energy and ell it during periods of high energy demand when the price spikes higher to enable them to reclaim their investment from the solar panels on their rooftops much faster.
11. BRPL
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November 2019: BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL), an electricity distribution company with over 2.5 million customers across South and West Delhi, partnered up with Power Ledger to install a p2p energy trading trial in Delhi, India. The trial will consist of 5-6MW of solar panels to service a group of gated communities in the Dwarka region.
The trial will allow residents with solar panels to sell their excess energy to neighbors instead of putting it back into the grid. This allows the solar panel owners to monetize their energy and gives the neighbors a chance to access cheaper, renewable energy.
12. EPC Solar Group
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November 2019: EPC Solar Group and Power Ledger entered into a partnership to install the Power Ledger software at a commercial site in Australi’s capital city. The Power Ledger platform will allow parties to save on electricity bills by trading solar energy generated by the rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems between each other. They will also be able to sell energy to neighbors who do not have any solar panels on their rooftop.
13. Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation
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November 2019: In collaboration with the India Smart Grid Forum, the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation will join up with Power Ledger in a partnership to introduce blockchain technology to enable P2P solar energy trading in India.
This pilot program was drafter to demonstrate the feasibility of energy trading through blockchain from rooftops with solar power to neighboring households.
14. Element47
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December 2019: Power Ledger made a move to integrate its P2P energy trading platform into a timber-based development in Perth’s easy. The partnership is with Element47, an energy management and embedded network management business, and it will see the Power Ledger platform being integrated into Bluerock Projects DeHavilland Apartments to enable nin households to share and trade solar energy amongst one another.
15. Powerclub, Sonnen, and Natural Solar
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December 2019: Powerclub, Sonnen, and Natural Solar teamed up with Power Ledger to launch a Virtual Power Plant pilot program. Sonnen is the world’s largest solar battery manufacturer and Natural Solar is a leading solar panel provider. The three entities and Power Ledger will join forces to provide the infrastructure required to rollout to the households in South Australia.
Households in South Australia will be able to take advantage of the $4500 battery subsidy scheme and the first 20 Powerclub Members that signed up received a $500 discount.
16. Perdaman Advanced Energy
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January 2020: Powe Ledger purchased a 250kW photovoltaic (PV) system from Perdaman Advanced Energy. This PV rig will use new data management and settlement system from Power Ledger called PPA Vision and it will be integrated through a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement to provide greater visibility on renewable energy sold to consumers.
17. Alperia SpA
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February 2020: Power Ledger secured a contract with Alperia SpA, one of Italy’s largest renewable electricity utility providers with over 280,000 customers. Power Ledger secured the contract after winning the Alperia Startup Factory Innovation Camp.
Power Ledger’s platform will be used to explore a number of new services for Alperia’s commercial and residential customers such as the P2P energy trading system that they offer. The technology will be integrated into the smart meters at Alperia dedicated test site initially and will eventually move onto their consumers.
The trial ran from January 2020 until May 2020 with the option for an extension to provide Power Ledger services to Alperia’s customers at scale.
18. ekWateur
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April 2020: Power Ledger partnered with a green energy retailer, ekWateur, to allow consumers in France to customize their energy mix. Over 220,000 electricity meters across France will gain access to the Vision product from Power Ledger which certifies the origin and source of renewable electricity.
This partnership will allow households to choose and mix different renewable energy for the first time. ekWateur offers 100% renewable energy from wind turbines, solar panels, and hydropower plants. The technology is expected to go live across the ekWateur network by the end of 2020.
