Video: Blockchain Could Deliver the Smart Electric Grid
Video: Blockchain Could Deliver the Smart Electric Grid
The grid is changing, in the U.S. and globally. A smart grid is developing where small buyers and sellers of electricity can enter a market long dominated by central powerplants and large utilities. How will this disparate group of generators, buyers and sellers be able to maneuver along the new transmission path?
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