NEWCOMERS Summary case study report: Project Z
NEWCOMERS Project Grant agreement No. 837752
Project Z is a pilot project of a multinational electric utility company based in Germany. It aims to trial ‘local energy trading’ in order to retain privately generated renewable electricity within a defined geographical area. To achieve this, blockchain technologies are used to capture and process data on the electricity generated, traded and consumed. As of January 2021, the pilot consisted of approximately 30 households in North Rhine Westphalia in Germany.
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