﻿{"id":1939,"date":"2021-07-22T08:25:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T08:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/?p=1939"},"modified":"2021-07-22T08:25:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T08:25:18","slug":"applications-of-blockchain-in-energy-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/?p=1939","title":{"rendered":"Applications of Blockchain in energy &#038; climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1939\" class=\"elementor elementor-1939\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec1d8fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec1d8fd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e85d640\" data-id=\"e85d640\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8c453b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8c453b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blockchain is the most recent IT development in a chain of developments over the last 25 years.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6136524 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6136524\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7cb21e\" data-id=\"b7cb21e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe6ef45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fe6ef45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"768\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_1Blockchain-768x389.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_1Blockchain-768x389.png 768w, https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_1Blockchain-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_1Blockchain-1024x519.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_1Blockchain.png 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfb5265 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfb5265\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ff87f2\" data-id=\"5ff87f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-786a40c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"786a40c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blockchain is the use of three technologies:<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ol><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ol><li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Internet<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">private key cryptography<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">a protocol governing incentivization<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">that creates a secure system for digital interactions without the need for a trusted third party to facilitate digital relationships (\u2018trustlessness\u2019).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In its essence, the blockchain is a change-resistant database that allows only for new information to be added to it. It\u2019s impossible to change previously written information, without rewriting every Block once incorporated into the structure of the blockchain.\u00a0 Because of this, Bitcoin transactions for example are in themselves secure (although theft of tokens, fraud and market \u2018pump and dump\u2019 manipulation have become rife.\u00a0\u00a0 Since the Bitcoin blockchain is publicly available, one could theoretically trace back all of the transactions to the very first transaction ever made.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are 4 components to a Blockchain:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Hash<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The blockchain relies on cryptography, and in the case of Bitcoin, the method used is SHA-256. This is a one-way hashing function, which means that it can\u2019t be decrypted. It\u2019s used as a way to cross-reference information, where the hashes themselves can be used to prove work and Bitcoin ownership.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The hashes for Bitcoin transactions and mining are different. Bitcoin transactions are stored in the Blocks, while Block headers are hashed by the mining processes.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Blocks<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These are the building blocks of the distributed ledger. They contain all the information regarding transactions, such as the total number of transactions, block height, a timestamp as well as hashes for the previous, following and the current block.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blocks are created through the mining process.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Blockchain<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Once you understand what a block is and how it works, you can imagine a string of blocks. This string relies on the previous block and their specific hashes to validate the information. By checking and relying on the previous hash, it provides the layer of security that everybody in the Bitcoin community swears by.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Combined with the ingrained hash requirements determined by the mining difficulty (proof of work), this method ensures the correct transactional history of the ledger<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Distributed Ledger<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The blockchain is also a distributed ledger, which is another feature that further adds to the security of Bitcoin transactions. This means that the database, which is the blockchain is stored across a network of computers. Each of these computers stores the exact same copy of the database and the network itself continually cross-references the data between other copies.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">DLT is a protocol for building a replicated and shared electronic ledger system, collectively maintained by the participants in that system or network, rather than by one central party. In a DLT system, each network participant constitutes a \u2018node\u2019 or, more exactly, the nodes comprise the individual participants\u2019 computers, each of which contains a complete set of transaction records (i.e. the ledger). Taken together, the nodes constitute and maintain the distributed ledger.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93bd57f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93bd57f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5745db9\" data-id=\"5745db9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54650f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"54650f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"500\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_2_path.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_2_path.png 500w, https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_2_path-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3c226e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3c226e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2025ba5\" data-id=\"2025ba5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40b18f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40b18f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is important to be clear about the difference between DLT and tokenisation.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">DLT is an IT protocol for creating a block of digitally recorded and encrypted records of data.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tokens are virtual currencies which are issued by companies to raise money<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Specifically:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A distributed ledger is an immutable database that is governed by a predetermined set of rules, consensually shared and synchronised across multiple sites, institutions or geographies. It enables untrusting parties with common goals to co-create a permanent, immutable and transparent record of exchange and processing, while making the database more secure and resilient.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blockchain is really just a sophisticated ledger system. It is a versatile technology that can record financial transactions, store medical records, or even track the flow of goods, information, and payments through a supply chain.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While it can provide more security and, in some cases, anonymity, the truth is that on its own, blockchain doesn\u2019t actually do anything unless it is paired with a solid use case where it can serve as a sort of Trust-as-a-Service (TaaS) to ecosystem participants. Ultimately, it\u2019s more of a business model enabler than a technology.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There has been a huge increase in the last two years in the use of Blockchain as a method of managing climate change related projects and activities and using tokenisation capital raising for financing projects.\u00a0\u00a0 With the recent EU developments of the Sustainable Finance initiative and the Border Carbon Adjustment Mechanism the use of Blockchain and tokenisation looks very likely to expand even further.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Key Blockchain applications groupings:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ddf65c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ddf65c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8f935d\" data-id=\"b8f935d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-613d27e\" data-id=\"613d27e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a2c390 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a2c390\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"927\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_3_delivery.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_3_delivery.png 927w, https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_3_delivery-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_3_delivery-768x500.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ace052e\" data-id=\"ace052e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3f5ef3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3f5ef3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19ee78e\" data-id=\"19ee78e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-490ca90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"490ca90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>DLT application for energy and environmental assets<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many energy and climate related coins have already been launched. Thus, there already is the beginnings of a market in trading such tokens. Building on this emerging market, a DLT Energy and Environmental trading platform would allow any token relating to:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">energy (principally oil, gas, electricity in a national market and specifically but not exclusively renewable electricity and biogas)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">emissions reductions, being voluntary or compliance carbon credits or emissions allowances to be traded. It will also allow:<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">trading of energy and emissions token crosses<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">trading of tokens against fiat currencies<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In July the EU committed to cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55% by 2030.\u00a0\u00a0 The Fit for 55 plan covers the following:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-568bfd6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"568bfd6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ee4897\" data-id=\"4ee4897\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-548d3e9\" data-id=\"548d3e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fe5b85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3fe5b85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"747\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tabla_1_pricing.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tabla_1_pricing.png 747w, https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tabla_1_pricing-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-427706b\" data-id=\"427706b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61c8d08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61c8d08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9c8e1d\" data-id=\"a9c8e1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91b20eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91b20eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Overview of possible Blockchain case uses in the energy sector:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f8f6ee8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f8f6ee8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2765864\" data-id=\"2765864\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88b9e4a\" data-id=\"88b9e4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b021b2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b021b2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"850\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tabla_2_aplication.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tabla_2_aplication.png 850w, https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tabla_2_aplication-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tabla_2_aplication-768x336.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-641f519\" data-id=\"641f519\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a8d2c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a8d2c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d813c3\" data-id=\"8d813c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-250cfba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"250cfba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cornerstones of a decentralised energy transactions and supply system:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-388bec1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"388bec1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f8994c\" data-id=\"2f8994c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d525eb\" data-id=\"4d525eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12638c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"12638c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"822\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tabla_3_descentralitation.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tabla_3_descentralitation.png 822w, https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tabla_3_descentralitation-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tabla_3_descentralitation-768x444.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d238ef\" data-id=\"1d238ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5394cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5394cd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46e76bb\" data-id=\"46e76bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e9231d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e9231d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Transformation of market structures under decentralised Blockchain model:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e4f7d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e4f7d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1835b73\" data-id=\"1835b73\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8740e16\" data-id=\"8740e16\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3785a87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3785a87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"857\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_4_traditionalvsnew.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_4_traditionalvsnew.png 857w, https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_4_traditionalvsnew-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/wpd.ugr.es\/~lids\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Figura_4_traditionalvsnew-768x436.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-897fd82\" data-id=\"897fd82\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8078b68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8078b68\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0dce33\" data-id=\"c0dce33\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c13379 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c13379\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Examples of current use of Blockchain in energy &amp; climate applications<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We can consider three areas in which Blockchain is currently being used to help to combat climate change:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">reating markets for carbon removals and offsets<\/span><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">creating a market for climate data<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">using crypto to finance climate projects<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Creating markets for energy, carbon removal and carbon offsets<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">GridPlus Energy is a retail electricity provider offering residential power consumers affordable prepaid and post-paid energy plans in deregulated areas in Texas.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Brooklyn Microgrid is an<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>energy marketplace\u00a0for locally-generated, solar\u00a0energy in NYC which allows prosumer residential and commercial solar panel owners to sell the excess solar energy they generate to city residents who prefer using renewable energy<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Electrify\u00a0Marketplace was designed for the deregulation of Singapore&#8217;s energy market to provide residential, commercial and industrial consumers\u00a0with P2P trading<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Restartenergy is a Romanian company utilising Blockchain in utility switching in electricity &amp; gas markets<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/climatefutures.io\/1planet-blockchain\/\">1Planet<\/a>\u00a0by Carbon Futures enables individuals and organizations to support carbon offset projects. If you\u2019re a merchant, you can leverage 1Planet to integrate offsets into your checkout process. They\u2019re tokenizing the carbon offsets (1PL).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Climatebase \/ NCX (Natural Capital Exchange) is a data driven forest carbon exchange<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/cascadiacarbon.com\/\">Cascadia Carbon<\/a>\u00a0is selling NFTs associated with trees that are being planted.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corcova.do\/coin\">Corcovado<\/a>\u00a0is similarly selling NFTs associated with trees that are being planted. However, each NFT will also generate a fungible token (CORCOCOIN) each year after the tree is planted.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Moss.Earth\u00a0has created a token (MCO2) that is tied to carbon credits resulting from the protection of the Amazon rainforest.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/nori.com\/\">Nori<\/a>\u00a0has created a blockchain-based marketplace for buying and selling the removal of carbon from the atmosphere. They have focused on actual removal of carbon from the atmosphere, and blockchain just happens to be how they solve the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/carbon-credits-have-a-double-spend-problem-this-microsoft-backed-project-is-trying-to-fix-that\">double-counting<\/a>\u00a0problem. You could use Nori without knowing a thing about blockchains. A token issue is scheduled for later this year.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/pachama.com\/\">Pachama<\/a>, though not built on a crypto foundation, are using technology to make it easier to monitor efforts to reforest and avoid deforestation, and they are playing an important role in scaling up the availability of offsets. Probably they will move to a crypto activity.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/recdefi.com\/\">RECDeFi<\/a>, a signatory to the Crypto Climate Accord, has yet to launch. It aims to create a decentralized marketplace for trading environmental commodities (carbon offsets, renewable energy credits, etc.).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regen.network\/\">Regen Network<\/a>\u00a0is creating a marketplace for carbon offsets tied to regenerative land management, and they\u2019re taking a relatively decentralized approach. They\u2019ve set up a non-profit, they\u2019re encouraging participation from DAOs, and they\u2019re actively working on the problem of how to create bridges between ledgers. They\u2019ve issued Regen Network tokens via private sale and expect to sell to the public in the next few months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/universalcarbon.com\/\">UPCO2<\/a>\u00a0is a token tied to REDD+ carbon credits which have been verified according to standards set by\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/verra.org\/\">Verra<\/a>. Created by the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universalprotocol.io\/\">Universal Protocol Alliance<\/a>\u00a0and overseen by its\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universalprotocol.io\/foundation\">Carbon Foundation<\/a>, this token is in circulation, albeit at low volumes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zerocarbonproject.com\/\">Zero Carbon Project<\/a>\u00a0 is trying to lower the cost of carbon-neutral energy by creating a competitive marketplace where buyers interested in carbon-neutral energy can bid on bundles of energy and carbon offsets. There\u2019s also a token (ZCC) which energy providers have to use in order to settle contracts and which buyers earn as rewards when they make purchases. The bet is that the value of these rewards will rise, since the supply is capped and energy providers have to use them in order to participate in the network.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Creating a market for energy &amp; climate data<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Power Ledger is an operating system for new energy markets enabling tracking and trading of energy, flexibility services and environmental commodities.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dclimate.net\/\">dClimate<\/a>\u00a0is creating a decentralized marketplace for climate data, forecasts, and models.\u00a0 Just raised $3.5 million in a seed round.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.os-climate.org\/\">OS-Climate<\/a>\u00a0similar to dClimate, are trying to create a marketplace for climate data. Though they\u2019re using an open source framework, they\u2019re not building on a blockchain foundation. The competition between dClimate and OS-Climate may help shed light on an interesting question that is mostly unrelated to climate \u2014\u00a0whether blockchain is ready to support info services businesses.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><strong style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Using crypto to finance climate projects<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>WePower<\/em>\u00a0aims to finance renewable energy production by enabling developers to raise capital by selling their energy production upfront in the form of tradeable Smart Contracts<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Energi Mine<\/em>\u00a0develops products in the energy management sector utilising AI and blockchain technology and sells EnergiTokens (ETK)\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blockchainforclimate.org\/building-trust-in-carbon-markets\">Blockchain for Climate Foundation<\/a>\u00a0is creating infrastructure to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement; specifically, the hope is to use NFTs as a tool for tracking and transferring emissions reductions at the country level.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/interwork.org\/\">InterWork Alliance<\/a>\u00a0is working to get\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/carbon-credits-have-a-double-spend-problem-this-microsoft-backed-project-is-trying-to-fix-that\">alignment<\/a>\u00a0on offset standards, which \u2014 if it happens \u2014 will likely accelerate tokenization of offsets.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openfoundation.earth\/\">Open Earth Foundation<\/a>\u00a0describes itself as working on an open financial framework that aims to reduce friction when people want to invest in projects that combat climate change. They also are the beneficiary of a\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/abrambrown\/2021\/03\/15\/beeples-next-act-a-charity-auction-to-blunt-cryptos-climate-change-impact\/?sh=19fae7e04a23\">recent Beeple auction<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The use of Blockchain for energy &amp; carbon asset management and trading and tokenisation for capital raising is already well established, and we predict it will grow enormously in the energy and climate sector in the very next few years.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We will be working together with UGR Laboratorio de Ingenieria para el Desarrollo Sostenible (lids) on the use of Blockchain and cryptos for sustainable development of projects in Spain and from Spain, internationally.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background Blockchain is the most recent IT development in a chain of developments over the last 25 years. 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