First European energy trade over the blockchain

PONTON happily facilitated a great moment for the European energy trading sector, taking place on the EMART conference in Amsterdam on Friday, 4. November 2016: Two traders of the trading firms Yuso and Priogen used Enerchain to execute a trade for Belgian power, to be delivered day-ahead on Saturday, 5. November. Find the press release here: http://www.emart-energy.com/blockchain.

The trade was performed over the blockchain without a central platform, instead it utilised the distributed peer-to-peer architecture of the blockchain infrstructure. 

 

Press coverage:

- http://www.the-blockchain.com/2016/11/03/amsterdam-event-emart-energy-2016-host-1st-european-energy-trade-blockchain
- http://coinalert.eu/20161103105125-EMART+Energy+2016+to+host+the+first+European+Energy+Trade+over+the+Blockchain.html
- http://www.telegraaf.nl/dft/nieuws_dft/26969227/__Consumenten_gaan_elektriciteit_aan_elkaar_verkopen__.html
- Tweet with Video of the contract closing session: https://twitter.com/chrssomers/status/794491128112435200
- http://www.coindesk.com/press-releases/first-european-energy-trade-blockchain/