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<p>The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (<a href="http://uperc.org/Default2.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UPERC</a>) has approved a pilot project for peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions of power from rooftop solar systems using blockchain-based technology.</p>
<p>Under this pilot project, government buildings or consumers will carry out peer-to-peer transactions for the trading of rooftop solar power. The fees for the blockchain technology will be recovered in the account rate of return (ARR) of the concerned distribution licensee.</p>
<p>By using blockchain technology, participants can transfer funds, settle trades, or vote without seeking the approval of the central certifying authority.</p>
<p>The commission has directed the Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (<a href="http://upneda.org.in/">UPNEDA</a>) and Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) to submit the detailed report on the outcome of the pilot so as to fine tune the contour of the regulations and trading rules and then replicate this arrangement on a broad level within the state.</p>
<p>The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited, along with Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency, had sought permission to carry out the pilot for peer-to-peer transactions of renewable energy-based electricity.</p>
<p>For implementing this project, India Smart Grid Forum (<a href="http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ISGF</a>) has offered to advise the UPPCL with an advisory fee of ₹5 million (~$69,793). The ISGF has also agreed to waive off the transaction fee.</p>
<p>To promote innovations and peer-to-peer energy transactions using blockchain technology between the rooftop solar prosumers, the state had earlier introduced the concept in its <a href="http://www.uperc.org/App_File/UPERCRSPVDraftRegulations2019-pdf116201865502PM.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rooftop Solar PV Grid Interactive Systems Gross/Net Metering) Regulations 2019</a> issued in January 2019.</p>
<p>According to the <a href="https://hbr.org/2017/01/the-truth-about-blockchain" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Harvard Business Review</a><em>, “…b</em><em>lockchain is an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way…”</em></p>
<p>Blockchain-based technology has been gaining increasing popularity in numerous business segments around the globe, including solar.</p>
<p>Last year, Singapore’s <a href="https://www.spgroup.com.sg/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SP Group</a>, an energy utility group, <a href="https://mercomindia.com/blockchain-renewable-energy-singapore/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">launched</a> one of the world’s first blockchain-powered renewable energy certificate marketplaces at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (<a href="https://asean.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ASEAN</a>) Energy Business Forum (<a href="http://aebf.leverageinternational.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AEBF</a>).</p>
<p><a href="https://mercomindia.com/swytch-partner-south-korean-city-solar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Earlier,</a> Mercom reported that Swytch, another U.S.-based blockchain-driven clean energy company, signed a deal with Chuncheon, the capital of Gangwon Province in South Korea, to reduce carbon emissions in the city.</p>
<p>Image credit: Sunsenz</p>
<div class="saboxplugin-wrap" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope itemprop="author"><div class="saboxplugin-tab"><div class="saboxplugin-gravatar"></div><div class="saboxplugin-authorname"><a href="https://cms.mercomindia.com/author/anjana/" class="vcard author" rel="author"><span class="fn">Anjana Parikh</span></a></div><div class="saboxplugin-desc"><div itemprop="description"><p><img class="alignleft" src="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Anjana2.png" width="112" height="121" />Anjana is a news editor at Mercom India. Before joining Mercom, she held roles of senior editor, district correspondent, and sub-editor for The Times of India, Biospectrum and The Sunday Guardian. Before that, she worked at the Deccan Herald and the Asianlite as chief sub-editor and news editor. She has also contributed to The Quint, Hindustan Times, The New Indian Express, Reader’s Digest (UK edition), IndiaSe (Singapore-based magazine) and Asiaville. Anjana holds a Master’s degree in Geography from North Bengal University, and a diploma in mass communication and journalism from Guru Ghasidas University, Bhopal.</p>
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