Utilities


Policy

Phoenix Suburb Now Takes Bitcoin for Utility Bills

Chandler, Arizona, will take PayPal-held bitcoin, ether and litecoin for water payments.

Chandler, Ariz., is taking bitcoin for water bills. (Chandler Utility Services Division)

Finance

PG&E, California's Largest Public Utility, Joins Blockchain Education Group

PG&E, OKCoin, ShapeShift, CoinGecko, Band Protocol. One of these MouseBelt enlistees is not like the others.

PG&E is exploring blockchain use cases via a new partnership.

Markets

Three Iranian Power Plants Plan to Sell Electricity to Crypto Miners

Three Iranian power plants with enough output to supply half of New York City will begin selling some surplus power to crypto miners.

The Shahid Salimi Power Plant outside of Neka, Iran

Finance

How the Bitcoin Blockchain Is Being Used to Safeguard Nuclear Power Stations

Buenos Aires-based Nuclearis is using the Bitcoin-powered RSK blockchain as an immutable anchor for keeping tabs on critical documents.

Nuclear power (Thomas Millot/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitmain, Ebang Among 21 Bitcoin Mining Farms Stripped of Energy Perks in Inner Mongolia

Affected mining centers in the area may see a notable increase in electricity costs.

(HelloRF Zcool/Shutterstock)

Finance

IBM Teams With 3 European Power Grids to Build Green Energy Blockchain Platform

IBM has created a new blockchain consortium with power grid operators TenneT, Swissgrid and Terna to help facilitate the transition to renewable energy.

EV BOOST: Tesla owners in the Netherlands could soon use an IBM-built blockchain to monitor their power usage. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Argentina's Gas Regulator Greenlights Industry Blockchain Built With RSK Tech

Gasnor, a natural gas distributor for two million Argentine residents, has won approval to pilot a smart contract-based platform aimed to speed up the country's chronically slow gas certification processes.

Natural gas tanks

Finance

A New York Power Plant Is Mining $50K Worth of Bitcoin a Day

The power plant believes it will remain profitable even after the halving event in May.

Greenidge Generation's bitcoin mining facility.

Markets

IBM Blockchain Assists Groundwater Pilot in Drought-Prone California

IBM and two other organizations will marry blockchain and IoT to help manage groundwater usage in an "at-risk" Californian aquifer.

California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta

Markets

Singapore Power Unveils Blockchain Market for Renewable Energy Trading

Singapore's energy utilities provider has launched a blockchain-powered marketplace for trading renewable energy certificates.

Credit: Shutterstock

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