August 27th, 2016
Courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle, commentary on how water markets and trading allow regions to make the best use of resources: Conflicts over water are not new to the American West, especially to California. An upcoming trial in Santa Barbara showcases many of the issues involved in our parched state’s quest for water, and […]
Read more »China: Water Trading Aims To Improve Efficiency In Use
June 29th, 2016
Via China Daily, a report on China’s national water rights exchange: China launched a national water rights exchange on Tuesday, allowing for the trading of water between different areas and users. It’s part of a stepped-up effort by the authorities to encourage water conservation nationwide. The China Water Exchange will enable the trading of rights […]
Read more »June 6th, 2016
Via This Is Africa, an interesting commentary on the future of utilities in emerging markets in Africa: Dramatic declines in the cost of solar power and battery storage are finally giving consumers power over their own power supply. Most utilities are hoping it will all just go away. In some ways, the disruption of electricity […]
Read more »Buddy, Can You Spare A Watt?
May 4th, 2016
Via The Economist, an interesting article on the potential of trading power among mobile devices. While this blog is not focused on solutions that may free users from dead-battery tyranny, the pricing and consumer behaviour expected / observed from this solution is instructive of what may occur from larger scale smart grids/smart markets: ONE of […]
Read more »April 3rd, 2016
Via the Wall Street Journal, a report on China’s State Grid Co. vision of a global wind-and-sun power network: Wind turbines and solar panels are seen at a wind and solar energy storage and transmission power station from State Grid Corp. of China, in Zhangjiakou of Hebei province,March 18. The world will soon be able […]
Read more »An Indie, Off-the-Grid, Blockchain-Traded Solar Power Market Comes To Brooklyn
April 1st, 2016
Via Vice’s Motherboard, a bit more detail on an innovative indie, off-the-grid, blockchain-traded solar power market in Brooklyn: A new small-scale power grid project is looking to make it easy for a small number of Brooklyn residents to trade and sell their own solar energy using existing power lines and blockchain technology that powers virtual […]
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