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Blockchain in the Energy Sector

Learn how blockchain works, how the technology has evolved, and why it will empower energy customers like never before.

14,079 enrolled on this course

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  • Duration

    4 weeks
  • Weekly study

    3 hours

Understand the disruptive potential of blockchain in the energy sector

On this course, you will study the incredibly disruptive potential of blockchain technology in the energy sector.

You will look at how blockchain works and start to understand the background, value proposition and geopolitical context that brought it to the centre of the world’s attention.

You will obtain a clear overview of how and why blockchain will take over the energy sector, optimizing old processes and empowering customers like never before. You will also explore the future of a new paradigm, where users can buy and sell energy from and to each other.

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Skip to 0 minutes and 10 seconds Mark generates his own energy with his set of PV panels. Today, he’s seeing his meter going backwards, as he’s generated more than what he consumes.

Skip to 0 minutes and 19 seconds And look at that: he’s got a nice offer for his energy surplus! It’s Sarah, his neighbour. She decided to buy part of Mark’s energy. Clean energy at a lower price than the one from the grid. At the same moment, Jonh is driving past their street when he notices his car is low on battery, so he decides to drop by and plug his car in Mark’s garage. With just one click on his smartphone, John is able to pay for the energy used and keep on driving!

Skip to 0 minutes and 49 seconds With these simple actions, they are becoming part of a global network of empowered users, free to administrate both their energy production and consumption in a way never seen before. Lower electricity bills, boosting renewable production, increased security… and everything under the user’s control. It’s not sci-fi. It’s b lockchain. The revolutionary technology that changed forever the financial sector, and will soon redefine the way of understanding the energy field. It’s the new energy paradigm. If you are moving towards positions in the blockchain business or simply want to discover its potential in the energy sector, this course is made for you. With this course, you’ll learn what blockchain technology really is, and why it’s disrupting all sectors and actors across the value chain.

Skip to 1 minute and 34 seconds We’ll show you how the users go from mere clients, to managers of their own goods. It’s a technology immune to borders, that guarantees transparency, security and trust. Join us and discover the technology that already changed the rules of the game.

What topics will you cover?

  • What is blockchain?
  • Digital currencies
  • The evolution and future of blockchain
  • Smart contracts and decentralized applications
  • Blockchain in the energy sector: the new paradigm
  • P2P energy trading
  • Blockchain applied to EV charging

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Describe the characteristics of Blockchain and digital currencies
  • Explore the potential that smart contracts have in different fields
  • Synthesise the value proposition of blockchain for a specific company
  • Classify what sectors and in which measure will result heavily affected by blockchain technology

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for anyone who’s interested in learning more about blockchain and/or its role in the energy sector. A technical background or previous knowledge of blockchain is not required.

Who will you learn with?

With a long background in distributed energy generation and electricity markets, Oriol is convinced that Blockchain will be the key component that will bring the energy sector towards its new paradigm

Who developed the course?

EIT InnoEnergy

EIT InnoEnergy is the European company promoting innovation, entrepreneurship and education in sustainable energy.

EIT Digital

EIT Digital seeks to generate significant innovations from top European research results. Their objective is incubation, market uptake and rapid growth of these innovations.

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  • Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
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  • Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate

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