西班牙能源公司采用区块链技术追踪可再生能源

Major Spanish Energy Company to Use Blockchain in Renewable Energy Tracking

前言

西班牙独立新闻机构Europa Press于1月14号周一报道，西班牙能源公司Iberdrola已开始使用区块链技术追踪可再生能源。

Spain’s major energy company,Iberdrola,has started usingblockchain to track renewable energy, Spanish independent news agency Europa Press reports on Monday,Jan. 14.

公司首次试验是与Kutxabank一起合作进行的，Kutxabank是巴斯克自治区当地的一所银行，该银行拥有Iberdrola相当大的股权及其子公司Cajasur。

The first trial was conducted incooperation with Kutxabank, a local bank based in the Basque Autonomous Community that owns a substantial part of Iberdrola's equity,and its subsidiary Cajasur.

在试点期间，Iberdrola监测了从两个风力发电场和一个发电站向位于巴斯克州和南部城市科尔多瓦的银行办事处输送的可再生能源。

During the pilot, Iberdrola monitored the renewable energy delivered from two wind farms and one power station to banks’offices located in Basque Country and the southern city of Cordoba.

该公司在试点中使用能源网络基金会，一个旨在满足能源部门的监管，运作和市场需求的开源区块链平台。

The company used Energy Web Foundation — anopen source blockchain platform designed to fit the regulatory, operational and market needs of the energy sector— in their pilot.

他们发现区块链技术能够能够使公司建立一个生产者的等级制度并使能源分配过程自动化。

They found that blockchain enabled the company to establish a hierarchy of the producers and to automate the process of energy distribution.

根据Europa Press的描述，该试验成功了。Iberdrola认为区块链将有助于签发原产地担保的过程—一种向顾客通报所消耗能源的来源的证书。

According to Europa Press, the test was asuccess, and Iberdrola believes that blockchain will contribute to the processof issuing guarantee of origin — a certificate that informs a customer about the source of the energy consumed.

此外，文章指出，去中心化方案有助于行业通过消除中间商的方式来提升透明度和降低运作成本。

Moreover, decentralized solutions can help the industry to increase transparency and cut operational costs by eliminating middlemen, the article notes.

据报道，12月西班牙另外一家再生能源运营商为六百万多户家庭生产无排放能源，ACCIONA Energia公司宣布将部署区块链以追踪其发电情况。

In December, another Spanish renewable energy operator that reportedly produces emission-free energy for over 6million homes, ACCIONA Energia, announced it will deploy blockchain in order to trace electricity generation.

区块链技术在全球能源领域中得到广泛应用。比如，德国科技巨头西门子也在与能源网络基金会合作，推动该领域去中心化技术的应用。

Blockchain is actively used in energy sector worldwide. For instance,Germantech giant Siemens has alsopartneredwith Energy Web Foundation to promote the use of decentralized technologies in the sector.

此外，美国能源部最近拨款480万美元，用于大学对包括区块链在内的技术研究。

As well, the Department of Energy in theUnited Stateshas recentlygranted$4.8million for university research into technologies including blockchain.

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https://cointelegraph.com/news/major-spanish-energy-company-to-use-blockchain-in-renewable-energy-tracking

作者：Ana Berman

编译：Janice

稿源（译）：拓朴区块链大学