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 ====== Blockchain ====== ====== Blockchain ======
  
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-updated: March 2026+updated: 26 March 2026
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-ai-disclosure: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic) assisted with stub content; awaiting full editorial development. +ai-use: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic) was used for initial drafting, awaiting full editorial development, reviewed by Vitaliy Soloviy on 27 March 2026. 
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 Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies offer mechanisms for recording and executing energy transactions without a central intermediary, enabling new forms of peer-to-peer trading, renewable energy certificate tracking, and grid coordination. Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies offer mechanisms for recording and executing energy transactions without a central intermediary, enabling new forms of peer-to-peer trading, renewable energy certificate tracking, and grid coordination.
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 +===== Why this matters =====
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 +Blockchain has the potential to reduce transaction costs in energy markets, enable communities to trade locally produced electricity directly, and create tamper-resistant audit trails for renewable certificates. Issues requiring attention include energy consumption, scalability, and governance: decentralised systems still require rules about who can participate and how disputes are resolved, which may require centralised authority of some kind. Evidence from pilot projects is mixed, and regulatory frameworks for blockchain-based energy trading remain to be developed in most jurisdictions.((Andoni, M., Robu, V., Flynn, D., Abram, S., Geach, D., Jenkins, D., McCallum, P., & Peacock, A. (2019). Blockchain technology in the energy sector: A systematic review of challenges and opportunities. //Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews//, 100, 143–174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.10.014))
  
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-Distributed ledger technologies promise peer-to-peer energy transactions without intermediaries. The governance question — who audits the auditors — remains substantially open.+Peer-to-peer energy transactions via blockchain require trustworthy and responsible platform providers.
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-Proponents argue that blockchain can reduce transaction costs in energy markets, enable communities to trade locally produced electricity directly, and create tamper-resistant audit trails for renewable certificates. Critics point to high energy consumption, scalability limitations, and the governance paradox: decentralised systems still require rules about who can participate and how disputes are resolved, which ultimately require centralised authority of some kind. Evidence from pilot projects is mixed, and regulatory frameworks for blockchain-based energy trading remain underdeveloped in most jurisdictions.+===== Shared definitions ===== 
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 +==== Technologies and infrastructure ==== 
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 +==== Institutional structures ====
  
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-This topic is part of the ISGAN Knowledge Hub and is currently being developed. The content above provides an initial framing to support contributors. If you have relevant expertise, please use the [[about:newtopic|Topic Builder]] to expand this page. 
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-===== Related topics =====+===== Distinctions and overlaps =====
  
-{tag>blockchain}+===== Related topics =====
  
-===== References =====+[[topics:grid_edge|Grid edge]] · [[topics:energy_communities|Energy communities]] · [[topics:virtual_power_plants|Virtual power plants]] · [[topics:markets|Markets]] · [[topics:grid|Grid]]
  
-Andoni, M., Robu, V., Flynn, D., Abram, S., Geach, D., Jenkins, D., McCallum, P., & Peacock, A. (2019). Blockchain technology in the energy sector: A systematic review of challenges and opportunities. //Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews//, 100, 143–174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.10.014+~~DISCUSSION|Discussion~~